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Originally Posted by matthew330
It's hard for me not to get annoyed at the recommendations for driving school, parking lots, how talented they are in dodge darts, etc, etc but whatever. I knew that element couldn't resist adding their two cents here. A bit of a reminder:
Weather: freezing rain, snow
Road: straight at the time
My speed:approximately 20, not speeding nor slowing down
Result: my car goes sideways
Tell me what would you have done differently?
Now I made it home, so evidently I did something right. I've drove for a truck for a living in downtown DC and suburbs of norther va to the pa border for 3 without incident, we obviously get bad weather here. I haven't been in an accident since the first year I drove a car about 17 years ago. So it would seem I do know how to drive. Even with cocksuckers like cameroncrazy in some jacked up SUV riding my ass (much love bossman, how's your employee treating you - it is just one right?)
There's been a lot of great suggestions here, but save the "just know how to drive's".
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I think you took my post the wrong way. Yes---it sounded blunt, that wasn't my intention. I wasn't trying to insult anybody's driving abilities or praise my own. How do you think I learned how to drive in bad conditions? Driver's ed when I was younger, followed by constant practising slides, etc in various conditions in HUGE empty parking lots at night. It gets to be fun after a while too :P
The fact is that alot of people (myself included) simply cannot afford to be so well-equipped, and can't spend $500+ on a set of tires, or thousands on a modern car that can "hi-tech" itself out of any bad driving situation (although we all know they don't really do that). That's why I was driving my project/"hot rod" in the winter, I couldn't afford another car and needed to get around.
On a different note, I just bought an '84 BMW 325E (same body, different engine as a 318). I agree with you on how fun they are, they stick to the road pretty well. I took a big gamble by driving it back as it had been sitting a while and I live ~500km away from the seller, and about 10km after I left, I hit the brakes pretty hard and blew one of the (rusty) steel lines. To make matters worse, we had a bad ice storm come in, the road had about an inch of ice on it with no sand/salt on the highway. That 500km took 14 hours including rests and I went through about 2 gallons of washer fluid.
Anyway--I wasn't trying to push any buttons, just put in my opinion that the driver's ability will make or break the situation in a lot of cases (unless there is somethign mechanically wrong with a car). A good driver doesn't need ABS, AWD, or expensive tires to drive safely. As for a bad driver, even with ABS, AWD, and expensive tires, they can get into accidents and be screwed. Sorry if I offended anyone.
This topic has been alive for a while.....did you end up having the car looked at by a mechanic? Just curious.