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For the past two winters i have driven my Dodge Charger (RWD). It was certainly a learning experience in comparison with my Jeep i drove before it. If you couldn't tell from my profile, i live in michigan and the winters are lovely, but white. Here are a couple tips i have learned from having to drive my charger in absolutely appalling conditions.
1. When it first snows, make your way to an unplowed parking lot. Try getting use to the way your car handles in the safest possible way. Learn whether it will slide right or slide left.
2. Always start in 2nd gear from a stop (auto or manual) this will help if you have a lot of torque.
3. When the driving got really bad i pot 300lbs of rock salt in my trunk to help push the back wheels down. (it does help, just don't keep it in there always)
4. If you can, get winter tires as others recommended. I did not do this, but probably should have.
Lastly, and many people will object, turn of traction control. I prefer to know if/when my car is sliding. Sometime it requires a little power to get yourself out of a power slide. And ESP sometimes will rob you of it.
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