Posted by bandi
The issue is, people who don't know how to drive or know anything about cars think they can still drive as if it were a beautiful sunny day outside because it has AWD. I'd say 75% of Subaru write-offs is because of this. The other 25% is WRX owners going way too fast.
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"AWD makes me Invincible!"
People don't think their car could lose control and aren't prepared to react accordingly. By the time the do, it's too late to avoid an accident.
I "lost control" of my car once, two weeks into owning it, at 20MPH around a downhill corner because my hefty sorrel snow boot got stuck on the upper lip by the brake. I wanted to slow down more as I went into the corner, but my boot couldn't reach the brake. There was glare ice mixed with sleet atop the road.
I steered around the corner, onto the straightaway after it; physically reached down and unstuck the boot. I tapped the brakes until the car slowed down until I was swerving at 5MPH; the car
still not able to regain traction on it's own. I said "this is retarded" and brought the car to a full stop, threw the E lights on for a second, ripped the boot off my foot, and drove to work barefoot. I didn't go off the road or into a snow bank because I had my head on the road and was aware that the car might lose traction; what surprised me wasn't that I started swerving but that I had to psychically bring the car to a halt before the car would regain traction.
It takes a lot but once traction goes, it goes.
I don't wear snow boots and drive anymore; haven't had a problem since.
Why did I wear them in the first place? Didn't think they'd get stuck.