Hey guys, it doesn't snow and ice here very often so I need some advice. In the morning there "might" be some slick stuff on the roads(black ice) and need to know what would be better...my big ole 4x4 or my little front wheel drive Beetle? I'll take it good and slow in whatever I drive, I just need some input from ya'll that do it everyday.

 

Put the beetle in the bed of the dodge and your good to go...

Right now, I have about 300# sitting over my axle in my nissan, I drove home yesterday without a problem in the ice/snow mix we got in OK.

 

 

id rather be in the truck instead of the beetle from a safety stand point

brett

 

seriously tho, my boss has a 3/4 Hemi, he put a 500# pipe flange in the back of his truck yesterday going home and didn't have problems other than st00pid pepole.

 

It's too late to start messing with loading up the bed. I leave for work at 5:00 am so I guess I'll drive which ever one has fuel in it.

 

Ur lucky you even have to wory about driving in snow. I havent seen snow in years and i live in MN. Just kiddin!! We actually have an inch on the ground this year. big improvment over the last few. If the skys even start to turn gray around around here the darn salt trucks are out in full force making all of out vehicles die of cancer at an early age. The county mite actually have some money left for road rebuilding if they didnt put so much salt down when they see the first snow flake
Sorry bout that. Just venting a little.

I would take your CTD and just dont hammer down on her. If you make sure to slow down and slow early you should be fine. Just increase your following distance and make sure you have enuf room for a semi to pull out into when you merge with traffic and youll do great. I have the utmost confidance in you. If your really worried about it throw a load of hardwood in the back before you head out in the morning and lock it in 4wheel. Then the other drivers will watch out for you. Nothing slows down other cars more than the prospect of loosing a windshield to a 36in piece of oak!!!

 

Well, when it comes to ice or black ice, neither choice is good (maybe a D10 Cat would be the better choice). However, I subscribe to the "bigger is better" theory most of the time. Most goobs around here think because they have an SUV, they are unstoppable. Little do they know how true that is only in the wrong sense. Those are the ones I worry about hitting me so I usually go with the 3500 unless there is a lot of snow down. In that case, it is pretty useless with the Michelin highway tires I have on it. So then, I usually drive the Jeep or the Neon and let the 3500 sit in the carport. If you've never experienced black ice, pray you never do cause once you're on it, it' too late and you're usually on it before you know it. Drive safe friend and allow plenty of room between you and the next guy that will hit you first.

 

Ive seen a JD 650 LGP unable to move on the ice and also the same JD slide sideways down a hill and total the bosses brand new truck. I know the D10 wieghs alot more so maybe you will have better luck than the guys i work with

 

I got out of my IH Scout one day, unbeknownst to me, on black ice. My first clue was when my feet buzzed out from under my formerly upright frame and my posterior contacted the cold hard ground jamming my vertebreas together shorting me by about three inches. My second clue was as I sat there massaging my, well you know, I helplesly watched as my IH Scout slid slowly back down the hill and bashed ever so lightly into the guardrail. That was my first and hopefully last experience with black ice.

 

front wheel drive cars for the most drive better . but don't take a hit from a suv. as said some wieght will make things alot better.

 

A guy I use to work for showed me that years ago. I was in his little Dodge Omni with an auto and that little thing would go places you never would believe in the snow. The old beetles with the bicycle tires would go in the snow as long as it was not too deep and turn the car into a big snowshoe.

 

Yeah those things would just dig right into the ground, not to mention they had the weight of the engine overtop of the tires.

 

Drive the VW.........it costs less to replace.

 

My wife's VW cost way more than my truck to replace. I usually go by the fact that if I slide off the road in the truck, I have a pretty good chance of getting back on the road. Chances are with the car, we're waiting for someone to come help.

That said, my dang 4 wheel drive is acting up. Stupid Vacuum!