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I'm from South India, and at some point, lived in the midwest for about 10 years. I used to snigger at the big pickups and cars. Until one day, I was driving th
by sn41 3y ago
I'm from South India, and at some point, lived in the midwest for about 10 years. I used to snigger at the big pickups and cars. Until one day, I was driving through a snowstorm. (It was not my first, but this was a beast.) Unlike my usual Honda, I was driving a rented Dodge Charger. The snow was wet, and slippery, and I was driving along a state highway in Wisconsin. The car went into a skid, years of playing racing games triggered my instinct to go into the skid rather than out of it, and avoid braking. The car smoothly came back to the middle of the lane.
The highway was empty for miles around, and even state troopers were out for that storm.
I am pretty sure that if it had not been a heavy low car like the Charger, I'd have been stranded and lonely in a snowstorm for hours on a cold night.
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- FredPret 3y agoI'm from Africa, and I moved to Canada. When I bought my first car, I went for a four-wheel drive SUV with winter tires. Why live life on hard mode if you don't have to?! In addition to your scenario, there's also getting stuck in a snowstorm which can be deadly. And there's deer around too, for which you want the biggest car possible. Sadly tanks aren't road legal yet.