Saturday, January 9, 2010

Driving in the Snow

I'm learning a lot about northern living, here in our little house on the tundra.  One of the things I'm learning is how to drive on snow.

I have a Jeep, and that's great.  But, the tires aren't exactly designed for snow.  They're really sand dune tires - wide, designed to run at low PSI... the exact OPPOSITE of what you want in a snow tire.

But, since it's a Jeep, getting going is no problem.  Stopping, on the other hand, can be interesting.  It doesn't take much to make it slide.  Next year I'll have a better set of narrow snow tires, and driving won't be *quite* the adventure that it is now.

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