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Well, I figured it would happen eventually.They were predicting 1-3" on the shoreline in CT with this storm turning to freezing rain. Well it started at 2am long after I had passed out. And when I woke, my car was buried under 4" at 6:30am. Well after a nice slow drive into work with the AWD sleigh we now have a good solid 6" and it's still coming down like crazy with no end in sight for the day.I love how they predict major storms all year then give us a ho-hum forecast for this and the state ends up shutting down.I saw about 5 cars in different spots all piled on the side of the road or spun out. Here was the parkway going into work, SUVs and AWD in the left lane, FWD/RWD in the right lane. Seems to be the unspoken policy until some guy with a Jetta tried to get in line behind me and almost wiped out crossing the snow line. Silly FWD'er, snow is for all wheel drive. Should make for an interesting ride home. I was dog sitting last night and these people have a driveway that is about 50 feet and literally a slope of about 35-40 degrees. (I used a protractor for that one). No joke, my AWD was really workin to get me up this thing with no momentum to start me off. But in the end I conquered.

AWD/4WD drivers here usually create more problems than us FWD'ers because they usually act like morons thinking they're invincible under any condition mother nature can throw at them. Although there's still a fair share of FWD idiots out there too any time winter percip starts flying. People are just stupid and don't adjust their driving according to the conditions around them. We had an ice storm yesterday and I swear I was the only one out there who was driving like they had at least half a brain.

I think people are stupid in general when it comes to winter driving. Doesn't seem to matter what they drive... though it is more common to see SUV/trucks in the ditch after a snow storm. People either drive to fast or to slow for the conditions. I've driven through many winters without incident in FWD and hope to have many more now that I'm AWD.

No matter what you drive, going slow is the key. Even with my AWD I won't get up abov 30 in this stuff, and thats on a mostly clear road. I typically drop my car into 2 on the selector and just roll with it. Steep hills I will drop to 1 to get the engine braking to help me slow down.Caution is key no matter what you drive, but when you need that extra grip on the corner, it's there

I know its slippery out when I down shift and the tires "skid" lol

I hate freezing RAN PS:check your title.

plenty of those idiots on 65 this afternoon, the ones that bug me in bad weather are the tailgator's thinking the will pick up a Nascar style draft. Not a big fan of the freezing rain either. Just have to expect it to take a little longer to get places.

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »AWD/4WD drivers here usually create more problemsIt was the same way when I lived in WI. The front wheel drive people slow down but the 4WD drive people don't and end up in the ditch. All 4WD does is help you get up to speed, doesn't do much when it comes to stopping. I will never forget the time an SUV tailgated me for about 20 mi until we reached a four line road, didn't take them more than 1/4 mile to spin into the ditch.