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Aka,Dec 2 2007, 11:04 PM Wrote:<mode="Troll"> It snowed fairly heavily last night. And I just had to go out and have some fun in my Subaru. So I back my Dads Focus out of the tiny driveway, and it got stuck. Immediately. Finally got it out of the way and my car out, parking my car in a big snow mound. Then worked on getting Dads Focus back into the driveway, which took some effort. I then got into my Subaru and drove off like there wasn't even any snow at all. It was great! </mode>

To be honest though, I brought a shovel with me incase my Subaru got stuck too. I'd never driven in that much snow so I was worried, plus I have really crappy all seasons, and no LSDs (aside from center). But surprisingly the car never got stuck. Even in ~1 foot of snow the car kept going. I did get 'stuck' once, I came up to a stop sign on a hill, stopped at it. Then tried to go, and the car went off fine but started to go sideways, then stop progressing. So I stopped, then started again and it was fine.


<attempt="Redeem Myself">Why is it Ford never offered an AWD version of the Focus they rally? I think that would have been tons of fun. Especially seeing how well it's doing in the WRC. <3 Gronholm.</attempt>

Question: How do you get unstuck with a FWD open diff car? I've heard things like touching the brakes to keep one wheel from spinning, does this work?
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the best subaru snow traction i've ever experience was in a Loyale station wagon with locking center and rear diff. (4wd not awd) and equipped with good snow tires and skid plate.. this thing was a monster in the snow. it was pretty much unstoppable.. i got through 22" of snow once

anyway.. to get unstuck in fwd open diff car i would use 1st gear to rock the car back and forth (go forward, clutch in, let the car roll back, clutch back out go forward a bit more) the key thing is to control your throttle usage so you dont get wheel spin. pressing the brake would let you be more careless with the throttle since it would take more throttle press to spin the wheels

there are some situations like uphill icy road that fwd open diff just can't handle