[geeks] Stuff fo' sale

[Joshua Boyd]

On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 03:10:47PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Joshua Boyd wrote:
> >> Side note:  When I lived in Spokane, Washington and drove a rather
> >> highly tuned 1970 Camaro SS350, I had to learn to shift into neutral
> >> whenever approaching a light or stop-sign in winter, because on a snowy
> >> or icy road, with 350BHP and 388 lb.ft of torque on tap, it was
> >> impossible to apply enough braking effort on the rear wheels to overcome
> >> the idle torque of the engine without locking up the front wheels.
> > 
> > I usually put in neutral.  I drive a manual Jetta.
> 
> Yeah, it's the normal thing to do with a manual.  It took me a little
> while to get used to having to do it with an automatic.

I spent a fair amount of time one winter driving a Chevy Silverado (I
think that's what it is, I can't remeber for certain).  I learned that
pretty quickly.  Driving a big real wheel drive truck in snow and slush
on hilly terain was not at all a picnic.