driving on ice

[agbuckle98]

So the GF was caught (by me) burning the front tires off my Honda during a stupid attack that hit as she was trying to climb the driveway at home which is steep, and was icy last night. The tire smoke was so thick I couldn't see the car at first except for the headlight beams. She was literally sitting there at 5000 rpm and moving nowhere for almost a minute. I reamed her out, made her get out of the car and I drove it the rest of the way. During the ensuing argument she insists to using "every trick in the book" to complete the climb, including sawing at the wheel "like I do with the Land Rover in the mud". Could this techniqe possibly work on slick ice? It obviously didn't this time.

 

[nrene]

Sell the Honda, get another Disco... Disco's never get stuck... anywhere... especially not on ice.

Seriously... moving the wheel back and forth does a couple things:
1) Exposes the side lugs of the tires to the outsides of the ruts to gain traction

2) Tries to find an area of more traction

3) In an open area, you can traverse the hill diagonally... but this is more steering than sawing

On sheet ice on a driveway, it wouldn't help... If there was snow, and you can drive on a different line, then that would have worked as opposed to sawing at the wheel.

 

[MUSKYMAN]

or just use the GF kinda like a pillowtrack for traction

 

[Lake_Bueller]

or just use the GF kinda like a pillowtrack for traction

Dude...wake up on the wrong side of the bed today:rofl:

My wife gets stuck in the driveway at least 2-3 times each winter. I think it's something that is hardwired into their brain to not carry enough momentum.

 

[ArmyRover]

my wife hasn't had a problem since I put AT's on her ML

 

[antichrist]

It might help. If there are some bare spots. Moving the wheels back and forth will usually cause the front of the car to move side to side and you could hit a bare spot and gain some traction. Of course, if it's a rear wheel drive I wouldn't bother. :rofl:
I wouldn't suggest doing it at 5k RPM though.

 

[agbuckle98]

or just use the GF kinda like a pillowtrack for traction

HAHA!!! That's what was about to happen!!! What really fried me was the fact that there was dry pavement on either side of the icy tracks she was trying to burn through and drive up. Like I said, stupid attack.

 

[JustAddMtns]

A lady at work uses these on her car. Super easy on and off...

http://www.scc-chain.com/Traction Pages/Trac_ZChain.html

 

[WNYDiscoIIErik]

sell the honda.

with her in it.