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This was my drive into work last December... And I live nowhere near Texas?? Maybe it was one of those "Texas cold fronts" that blew all the way into North Dakota that caused the roads to be an ice skating rink...
I don't have a 4A but I use 4H on the ice all the time. It helps when accelerating but braking doesn't care what "drive" you are in. You give yourself plenty of room to stop and even then some of it's luck.
Biggest problem is ice/hard pack snow/black ice. When the highway's have patches of that stuff you aren't able to just quick throw it into 4X4....it's too late at that point
So why didn't you buy a lariat? Only thing fx4 has over a lariat is stickers.... Lol
That isn't a big deal! I bought a 2014 E.B. Limited that does even have an automatic headlight dimmer. My 2013 RAM 1500 Longhorn had an auto dimmer, what's the deal? I didn't use the dimmer anyhow so it wasn't such a big deal for me. I just wrongfully assumed that a high $$$$$$ truck like my Limited would have that feature.
That's what the auto manufacturers do.
I've never had a vehicle with auto dimming headlights.
"Texas" snow storm = ice, all ice, no pretty stuff, just the stuff to get you in a good wreck.
On our 18 hour venture from Dallas to El Paso on auto 4x4 I noticed upon sensing slip, engaging the front differential would upset the what little traction was present making the slip or any yaw worse than if it had never engaged. After a couple hours a several unsettling slides, switched to standard 4x4 high and eliminated the self induced upsetting of traction upon auto 4x4 engagement.
I had the auto feature on my Tahoe and used it a lot. I find the ford 4 wheel drive system has a couple of seconds delay to engage.
The auto system locks the front axle and uses the clutch in the transfer case.
Yes you are correct, however you have never driven Texas snow (Solid Ice). A good friend of mine and his parents were visiting earlier this year and happened to be here for one of those storms and they had your same mentality. He had a rude awakening, and a new found respect for texas snow storms. Its nice to have Auto going up overpasses and bridges off of that patchy road and for coming up on turns to pull the front end around. Other than that, like you, up north it really isnt needed where you guys actually have snow on the roads and not a nice sheet of ice.
LMFAO! Really! You think solid ice is only in Texas? You do know why you think YOUR ice is so bad don't you? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE IN IT 3-4 MONTHS A YEAR! I have driven on solid ice many times, no snow at all. We have had such bad ice storms that everything was covered. Ice was so heavy on the trees that huge branches fell and knocked out electricity. So many were without electricity that it took us a week to get ours back. It was an ice rink everywhere. I had to drive 30 miles in it to get back home.
If you are driving around town, sure 4wd or auto 4wd is quite beneficial. My point was it is completely useless on closed highways were you are going at a set speed. 4wd helps in turning and taking off. Once you are underway, it doesn't do much at all.
I also lived in North Carolina for a while. We had a few ice storms there. Cracked me up. No one would come out and drive. I actually got pulled over by a cop that said it was way too bad out to drive. I told him I am from Michigan and this is normal everyday driving for us. He wasn't happy with me but let me go.
That really cracks me up that someone in Texas is trying to tell me about ice. Don't worry, I have driven on worse than Texas could ever deal out. Plus here, it doesn't go away by the next day. It is here for weeks or months!
Last edited by funmoneypit150; 06-23-2015 at 07:22 PM.
"Texas" snow storm = ice, all ice, no pretty stuff, just the stuff to get you in a good wreck.
On our 18 hour venture from Dallas to El Paso on auto 4x4 I noticed upon sensing slip, engaging the front differential would upset the what little traction was present making the slip or any yaw worse than if it had never engaged. After a couple hours a several unsettling slides, switched to standard 4x4 high and eliminated the self induced upsetting of traction upon auto 4x4 engagement.
Originally Posted by mbullock
That looks like my drive to work from late November to early April
^Exactly. Same here. Of course we don't have a clue what "Texas ice" is.
Im a Chicago native and that cracked me up.
New England waaaaaay worse then us even
There is a parking lot in Boston, that still has snow. Plus some fire hydrants, parking meters, and a boat load of drivers side mirrors.
They're saying mid July before it's gone.
06-23-2015, 04:28 PM
