Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 11:03 pm Post subject: ICE DRIVING
i am having nightmares driving my 90 Integra RS (Mannual) on ice. i get skids when i stop or steer. im afraid i wll get into a wreck again. does anyone know where i can get information on how to handle skids while driving a manual car? i am hoping that because its manual i should have more control over it.
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 3:05 am Post subject: tire chains?
well man it is ice are your using chains or snow tires?? that should give you a little more grip the little stock rubber that the integra has or any racing rubber or anything that is not made for the snow will slide and skid all over the ice
Haha. I hear you. I live in Alaska and drive a 93 integra. I love it, it's the best car I've ever driven in ice and snow. I had trouble with my summer tires so I broke down and bought a pair of Hankook 404's w/studs. No trouble any more.
Tips for ice driving are the same as track and street driving - you just have much less traction to take into account. Remember that a locked wheel has no use. If you turn and start to plow, lessen the steering input untill your weels start turning. You can also let off the gas to shift the car's weight to the front and give your steering wheels more traction. And dont forget about your e-brake Most winter accidents happen at lower speeds, with you just sliding into someone/something, at that low of a speed, you could use your e-brake to swing the rear end around (i.e., if you'r trying to turn into a driveway and find yourself plowing towards the mailbox) and align your car in the correct direction. If you feel your rear end start creeping around on you, counter steer slightly and accelerate smoothly to transfer weight to your rear wheels.
The best tip I can give you, however, is go find an empty, icy parking lot and practice. If the lakes are frozen, go practice there. Just don't drive so fast you kill yourself when you hit a pressure ridge. One thing helped me immensly understand weight shifting and car balance was to drive in a tight circle in a snowy lot untill you feel the rear end start to slide. Then accelerate untill it grips again. Same with plowing, let off the gas untill the car steers again. Once you get it down, you can hold the steering wheel in position and steer just with the throttle.
P.S. I posted this before I read the article, so some things are repeated, but one thing they didn't mention about the stomp-and-steer regarding ABS, is you only need about 70% of your normal steering input due to the weight transfer to the steering wheels. If you steer as much as normal, you will steer too much, counter steer too much, and spin.
about what he said above about usin that ebrake-last winter i was driving and there was some snow on the ground i was drivin and there is a light at the top of the hill and as i came to the top it turned yellow and i knew it would be a rough stop but i also knew there was no way i was gunna make the light-soo i downshift press the brake car starts to slide so i let off the brake
turn the wheel pull the ebrake and i slid the sideways up to the line -i was across 2 lanes looking at the people in the left turn lane -lol the lady kind of looked at me funny i think my adreniline was still pumpin though so i bet i looked funny too but i just straitended myself out and i was good
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