snow driving fun tips

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Snow is coming and many of us have already installed winter tires,and if you've lived around here for at least one season you most likely already know how to drive In the snow and (hopefully) know how to avoid those that do not.

Being the awd enthusiasts we are, we want to find a nice twisty snow covered road to have fun. My question here is:

What tips can you give others for FUN snow driving when the opportunity arises? Such as clutch bumping, steering into a drift at the right time etc... I'd like to know what other tricks people have learned.

Oh, and I know there is a thread for this already, but hoonage videos are welcome too.

 
Take the winter safe course at Team O, they'll teach you how not to kill yourself while driving in the snow.

The cheapest thing you can do is find an open empty parking lot and practice at low speed, or go to a rallyx.

Don't try to be Ken Block on public roads, that's how people get hurt. Even he crashes upside down in ditches sometimes.

 
+1 on the keep it safe on public roads, you crash and you put more then just yourself in harms way

Driving a FWD like I do I find downshifting, LFB and the good old handbrake turn into good times.

 
I would also assume that for 08+ wrx, you'd want to turn off the traction control too to help with snow fun...

 
empty parking lots are the best.

be careful of the derps in the trucks and suv's though.

I see more of them "off the road" during winter than i see any other vehicle.

they think they're invincible, but don't know how to handle that much mass/momentum.

 
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+22 on the Team O'Neil winter course. A lot of the techniques that make cars work right on low-grip surfaces are quite counter-intuitive. You can either learn them quickly in controlled conditions with an instructor in your own car (@Team O) or learn them slowly (and expensively, or not at all) by sliding into upright objects and parking lot curbs. Often times people are hooning around in the snow pretty much cluelessly, go off, and don't even know what actually happened.

Full disclosure: I do teach at Team O'Neil, and have for more than 10 years now. Wouldn't keep doing it though, unless I believed in the value of their program. A day at Team O'Neil winter course is like a day of skiing in your car, and price-wise ends up pretty much like a day at the Loaf with lift tix, equip rentals, meals and bar tab.

Just so the MS peeps know, Ken Block got his start at Team O'Neil. That guy worked his butt off to learn how to drive like he does now, it wasn't just applying massive amounts of DC Shoes $$$.

link to snow course info: http://teamoneil.com/school.safety.htm

 
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Nigel,

Team O'Neil is the best way to teach snow skills. I believe that is you with the cone on your head when my son Tyler had the Longest recovered slide through the cones that day. He did not even have a drivers license yet. Best time to teach winter driving skills IMO

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RedForester08 said:
Nigel,

Team O'Neil is the best way to teach snow skills. I believe that is you with the cone on your head when my son Tyler had the Longest recovered slide through the cones that day. He did not even have a drivers license yet. Best time to teach winter driving skills IMO

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LOL, guilty. Conehead helmet, warm Subaru WRC jacket, and walkie-talkie in hand...that's my Team O work outfit.

 
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