By david on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 - 06:09 pm: Edit

Will my 1995 Discovery series 1 completly suck in snowy/icy conditions with a Detroit in the back of the car. Will I have more traction when turning on pure ice roads, or will my Disco pull do a couple of doughnuts? It is about to snow in my area, and I want to have all the traction possible. I drive responsibly, I never floor it. I really want a locker, but safety always comes first.

By Joshua Weinstein (Untrakd) on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 - 06:10 pm: Edit

ARB all the way!

By Phillip Perkinson (R0ver4x4) on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 - 06:15 pm: Edit

if you are gonna be on ICE and all ARB would be the best thing for you ..Detroit would not be of mmuch benfit and would cause your discos ass to get skectch on ice with an ARB you can choose when you wanna be locked as opposed to a detroit where you cant

By Moe on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 - 07:54 pm: Edit

No straight answers here

David, if you are planning on running a lot of ice you must have studs or at least good snow tires?

I am personally looking forward to the Detroit throwing me into uncontrolled donuts once some snow falls . . DL all the way!

By Kyle on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 - 07:56 pm: Edit

Yeah , its not the locker thats driving. Its you..


Kyle

By Rob Davison (Pokerob) on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 - 11:26 pm: Edit

well i have to say , it would be nice to have the choice. i've driven with the detoit in deep 24+" snow and it was really stressfull. i dont know about ice... i'd almost say ARB would be the best bet. if you can deal with the reliability issues.. i live in PA so i only occasionaly deal with ice. i still think i'd go with detroit... it isn't THAT BAD.

rd

By RVR OVR (Tom) on Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 11:23 am: Edit

I would think that if the snow is that deep and you have a front TT or ARB you would be fine. I haven't tried it yet, but if the weather ever drops in Chi-Town that would be fun.

Tom

By Discosaurus (Discosaurus) on Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 12:52 pm: Edit

Simple answers on the way !

Will my 1995 Discovery series 1 completly suck in snowy/icy conditions with a Detroit in the back of the car.

Answer: No

Will I have more traction when turning on pure ice roads, or will my Disco pull do a couple of doughnuts?

Answer: No (to both parts)

It is about to snow in my area, and I want to have all the traction possible. I drive responsibly, I never floor it. I really want a locker, but safety always comes first.

Answer: If it's about snow and not black ice or lake surfaces, you will have tons more traction and will only get in trouble if you're on severe off-camber surfaces or drive like a Texan in the snow.

keith
discosaurus
..who has TONS of DL snow experience

By Chris Condon on Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 01:18 pm: Edit

What's wrong with Texans driving in the snow!!!

Chris
(From Texas)

By Ron on Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 01:20 pm: Edit

hehehe

Its only those from Houston, Chris

Ron

By Chris on Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 01:25 pm: Edit

Thanks Ron. Besides, it's not like we actually get snow here!!

By Ron on Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 01:32 pm: Edit

Yes,

But when I see texas plates somewhere with snow I run away

quote from college during snow storm:

JB: "hey Ron, let me drive you're drunk and its snowing pretty bad."

Ron: "yes, but you are from texas and I am from buffalo"

Ron

By Daniel on Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 01:44 pm: Edit

That's a good one. I remember the year it snowed in Louisiana. (Yes, it happenned-actually two years in a row 88-89 or something like that)
I doubt anyone else on the board has ever seen an entire town shut down for 2 inches of snow.
I look back in amazement...

By Chris on Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 02:14 pm: Edit

Okay Ron, I do have to agree. As I am originally from Massachusetts (something people in Texas have an unsusally hard time pronouncing)I am somewhat familiar with snow----all I can say is that it is probably for the best that we don't see much snow, heavy rain and ocassional ice will cause enough traffic problems here.

Chris