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11-21-2007, 11:05 AM
#12
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[QUOTE=Wodinator;213933] Guess I'll have to keep some sandbags back there, hell if I get stuck, the sand itself can be used for traction...QUOTE]
That reminds me of the story about the tow truck driver who went out to tow a car stuck in a snow bank. When he got there, the driver had dumped tons of sand and had shoveled out the rear wheels. The tow truck driver asked why they had put the sand under the rear wheels as it was a front wheel drive car and the car driver replied that the front tires where turning just fine it was the back tires that weren’t moving and stuck.
That reminds me of the story about the tow truck driver who went out to tow a car stuck in a snow bank. When he got there, the driver had dumped tons of sand and had shoveled out the rear wheels. The tow truck driver asked why they had put the sand under the rear wheels as it was a front wheel drive car and the car driver replied that the front tires where turning just fine it was the back tires that weren’t moving and stuck.
11-21-2007, 12:43 PM
#13
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WOW! thanks for all the input. I've never been a fan of "driving it like you stole it", so I should be OK. I was most curious about the light rear end (wish I had that problem 
) Guess I'll have to keep some sandbags back there, hell if I get stuck, the sand itself can be used for traction...
Thanks for the quick replies.
-Lorraine, mother of "Chops"
) Guess I'll have to keep some sandbags back there, hell if I get stuck, the sand itself can be used for traction...Thanks for the quick replies.
-Lorraine, mother of "Chops"
11-21-2007, 06:38 PM
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Being a front wheel drive vehicle if you put sandbags in the back you are just going make your ass end slide around more than it already does. 
Not to mention creating a safety issue being an open vehicle with pretty much nothing to stop the sandbags from slamming into you in the case of a front end collision. The idea is to put the weight over your drive wheel which is impossible on a FWD unless you want to mound sand bags on top your engine and tranny. 
Sandbags are only useful on a RWD. 
IMO the HHR handles just like any other light FWD in the snow....like crap.
Not to mention creating a safety issue being an open vehicle with pretty much nothing to stop the sandbags from slamming into you in the case of a front end collision. The idea is to put the weight over your drive wheel which is impossible on a FWD unless you want to mound sand bags on top your engine and tranny. Sandbags are only useful on a RWD. IMO the HHR handles just like any other light FWD in the snow....like crap.
11-21-2007, 06:47 PM
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SEE THIS THREAD ALSO...........
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/general-hhr-4/handling-snow-9100/
11-21-2007, 08:07 PM
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Wonder if anyone makes snow tires that would fit the HHR? Years ago, when I lived in upstate New York, I always put snow tires on my cars which were all RWDs. Seems they might help on a FWD vehicle, if available. Don't hear much about snow tires since moving to the Phoenix Metro area!
11-21-2007, 10:14 PM
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Wonder if anyone makes snow tires that would fit the HHR? Years ago, when I lived in upstate New York, I always put snow tires on my cars which were all RWDs. Seems they might help on a FWD vehicle, if available. Don't hear much about snow tires since moving to the Phoenix Metro area! 
11-28-2007, 10:47 AM
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The engine hold the front drive wheels to the road. It's us with rear wheel pickup trucks that carry weight in the back to give it traction.
Wife has been driving front wheel drive vehicles since 1981 and never had trouble in snow and we are in the "snow belt of N.E. Ohio".
Wife has been driving front wheel drive vehicles since 1981 and never had trouble in snow and we are in the "snow belt of N.E. Ohio".
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