{"id":59,"date":"2023-07-16T17:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T17:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php\/2023\/07\/16\/winter-driving-tip-reverse-with-front-wheel-drive\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T17:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T17:25:13","slug":"winter-driving-tip-reverse-with-front-wheel-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"Winter Driving Tip &#8211; Reverse with front-wheel drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter driving can be challenging enough without someone telling you to drive in reverse, but that&#8217;s exactly what I&#8217;d recommend in the rare situations when forward driving with front-wheel drive won&#8217;t cut it.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, the idea of \u200b\u200bdriving backwards is a bit weird, but in special circumstances it works better with a front-wheel drive vehicle than it does going forward.  Special conditions are deep snow and ascent.<\/p>\n<p>For those of us who live with a steep and long driveway, it can be difficult to make it uphill in deep snow, even with front-wheel drive.  Reversing a front wheel drive vehicle can help overcome the difficulty.  Here&#8217;s why: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your drive wheels are lower, so gravity transfers more weight onto them for better traction. <\/li>\n<li>    You have to drive more slowly to maintain directional control, and this tends to enhance traction rather than wheel spin. <\/li>\n<li>The car&#8217;s front wheels are now on compacted snow (thanks to the rear wheels) instead of loose snow, providing additional traction. <\/li>\n<li>If you feel like you&#8217;re going to get a &#8220;high position&#8221; in deep snow, you can stop and pull forward (downhill) because your drive wheels aren&#8217;t in the deep snow yet, so they&#8217;ll have better traction.  Engine weight and gravity are all in your favor. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, when winter driving presents you with a challenge such as driving downhill in deep snow, you may be able to pass it by reversing your front wheel drive vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Only attempt this in situations where your path of travel is relatively straight, there is no traffic to contend with, and there is no ditch or embankment nearby which presents a hazard if you veer off the path slightly while trying to drive in a direction you may not be accustomed to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter driving can be challenging enough without someone telling you to drive in reverse, but that&#8217;s exactly what I&#8217;d recommend in the rare situations when forward driving with front-wheel drive won&#8217;t cut it. Admittedly, the idea of \u200b\u200bdriving backwards is a bit weird, but in special circumstances it works better with a front-wheel drive vehicle &#8230; <a title=\"Winter Driving Tip &#8211; Reverse with front-wheel drive\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/?p=59\" aria-label=\"More on Winter Driving Tip &#8211; Reverse with front-wheel drive\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-four-wheel-drive-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contracostaccc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}