got stuck in snow now cars acting wierd
02-03-2011, 04:40 PM
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got stuck in snow now cars acting wierd so the other night we got a foot of snow and i got stuck. i finally got out but now my car bogs down at high rpms and i was going up the driveway today and i could barley get up. i look out my window and the only wheel that is spinning is my pasenger side. What do you guys think?
02-03-2011, 05:21 PM
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If only one wheel is spinning, I would guess it is the anti-score or whatever it is called cutting engine power so nothing goes boom. When you were trying to climb your driveway, you had the traction control off, right?
02-03-2011, 11:43 PM
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i cant get anywhere with all this snow, you guys might have a good amount in the southern parts, but up here in the city, we got a good 20" everywhere, and roads are still not plowed completely, and some of them still have about an inch on the ground, needless to say, i cant take any corners at more than idle without sliding into something or make it up any sort of grade without a running start ...
i really wish i could have got my beater/ crown vic before this winter ... oh well
on the traction thing, were your wheels turned even slightly ? cause i notice even at low rpms, with TC off, the antiscore will cut in, kill the power, try again for about a second, cut it again and then just bog down to like idle until i take my foot off the pedal and start again ...
i find the best thing to do in this car, is to start in 2nd, TC off, let the car start to move a bit/ idle forward and then roll the throttle on until she starts to move up to about 5 to 10 mph then shift back into D, and get going,
but you have different rims/ tires/ and more power than i do ... the car may not like the weight difference in rim, stance and all that ... but then again ... WTF is she doin out in the snow ?
i really wish i could have got my beater/ crown vic before this winter ... oh well
on the traction thing, were your wheels turned even slightly ? cause i notice even at low rpms, with TC off, the antiscore will cut in, kill the power, try again for about a second, cut it again and then just bog down to like idle until i take my foot off the pedal and start again ...
i find the best thing to do in this car, is to start in 2nd, TC off, let the car start to move a bit/ idle forward and then roll the throttle on until she starts to move up to about 5 to 10 mph then shift back into D, and get going,
but you have different rims/ tires/ and more power than i do ... the car may not like the weight difference in rim, stance and all that ... but then again ... WTF is she doin out in the snow ?
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