Stuck in the snow? Try these tips instead of rocking your car!

[greenmarine5]

My wife gets stuck all the time...My first 4 years in the Marines I was in Motor T they teach you how to drive in deep sand, mud, water and snow without getting stuck.....and the prinipals are basic common sense...she pisses me off to no end every time she gets stuck....it's the same thing every winter. She's lived in Upstate NY for 43 years you would think by now it would of sunk in but NOOOOOO typical woman never learns.

[sc400575]

Not sure about the rocking; it's easy to rock in one gear, if you're stuck in snow you don't need reverse to get a rocking motion.

If you live near a city take water, food and warm clothes in case you do get stuck.

If you live miles from nowhere take dogfood too. Noone eats dogfood until they really really need calories.

But best advice??? Going downhill on a slippy road.... brake before the bend and NEVER mid bend. You'd be amazed how few people don't know this.

[dieselweasel69]

Just throw your wife under there and floor it.

[z0ac0k]

lol sorry but spinning the wheels fowards and backward in snow and ice aint going to brake engine mounts, there just aint enough traction. dabing the gas pedal to attempt to get traction is more likely to do that in my opinion. what dose every one els think?

[MrHossola]

or...... you could carry a couple of good old sandbags, for three reasons: 1- for weight in rear= traction, 2- you can use the sand for grip, 3- you can also drive up onto the sandbags instead of driving into the same mess you got yourself into in the first place!!!!!

[petem1989]

Another reason to drive a manual- they're more robust and you can rock the car either just on the clutch or by switching between reverse and 1st or 2nd gear

[Refalm]

You can rock your car back and forth in European cars, American cars break easily.

[Niksa123456789]

@Refalm actually bmw and mercedes have bad quality now compared to 20 years ago. You can read stories online of mereced having there engines seize after 25,000 miles.

[mr3ggroll]

@Refalm dont forget honda and toyota

[Livenderrr]

my tires are made of material used on the lunar cars and mars robots, so i have np

[mijnnaamisaaron]

WHAT ABOUT SAND

[TheGitaarAAP]

DOG POOP

[TheGitaarAAP]

You need to use dog poop.

[isahousefan]

wat als je geen vierwielaandrijvinghebt? En geen geld voro winterbanden?

[Unlimited035]

duwen hahah

[Marcel7984]

dan ben je een sukkel; wel een auto maar geen geld willen uitgeven voor onderdelen?

[TomatoAintAFruit]

Sand doesn't provide nearly as much traction as cat litter. It's way too fine for that. The sand also starts mixing up with the snow, which partly melts it turning it into one big slippery mess. It's better then just snow, but you're way better off with cat litter.

You'll also need a lot of sand -- more than cat litter -- making it very heavy, which you need to drive around.

[remcopeg]

@TazRulesNY.

Sand sux :P

[mardybumfish]

Sand is much heavier, carrying unnecessary weight in your car all year long would be a little foolish.

[blussenbrandweer]

Wij hebben geen dikke 4x4 met 400 PK die maar 120 km/u haalt en 1 op 2 rijdt...

[Faithcompressor]

Ach, dit stelt niks voor met overige sneeuwfilmpjes en auto's. Er zijn echt hele maffe, waarbij iemand 4 tot 5 keer het voor elkaar krijgt om palen en auto's te rammen.

[racecardriver467]

WTF is he talking about, the engine moving foward and backwards??? never seen that before....get a Toyota....you wont have that problem...

[inthegroove70]

BRAAAH!

[chik3224]

This video only applies if you have no idea how to properly rock your car when stuck. If people knew how to do it properly, they would have no problems.

It would also help if cars were made as well as they used to be.

[TheLiptonGroup]

He's talking about all kinds of worn parts, from rocking back-n-forth, in your vehicle, in the snow.

But as a Certified Honda Mechanic for the past 17 years at a local Honda dealership, I have never seen any of the parts he pinpointed, going bad from winter driving. --Trying to get out of a little snow

These problems may be common with Ford, Chevy & Chrysler vehciles, but they are virtually non-existant with Toyota or Honda

Buy a Honda or Toyota, and you won't have these problems

[warner4455]

how many engine mounts are on a car. the bolt that holds one of my mounts has snapped? can i sill drive it to the mech? is a mazda mx3 1995

[TazRulesNY]

What about sand?

[Aberrr]

put snow under your wheels

[Aberrr]

You should put snow under your wheels then