I put 250 lbs of weight in my Town Car during snow/ice and drive everywhere. You can't put 250-lbs of sandbags on the hood of your FWD car. I have never got stuck in my Lincoln Town Cars and mine has 326,000-miles on the original engine and transmission.
Tail-happiness due to panrod bar. TC has Watt's Linkage which prevents skateboarding.
Signature L weighs 4700 pounds. Regular TC is 4500. This is based off a 2003+ Lincoln TC.
And weight means better traction. In truck pulls, the truck that has more weight on the side in which the wheels spin (although most trucks are 4WD) usually wins the truck pull. However traction is a small factor. Fact is it still is a factor.
Linking winter traction to truck pulls is faulty logic.
Why? Because a car stuck in the snow has nothing to move except its own weight. Although added weight will generate a greater force at the tires, it will also take more force to move.
The two factors cancel out--that's why the coefficient of friction has no units.
So why do sandbags in the trunk work for a RWD car? Simple--they put a greater *percentage* of the weight on the drive wheels. Sandbags would have no effect in an AWD car.
I drive a Subaru, and I routinely use it to tow other cars that have gotten stuck in the snow.
The last car I towed out of a snowbank was a Ford Crown Victoria, close cousin of the Town Car. RWD is useless in severe winter conditions, regardless of the driver.
RWD is not useless in severe winter conditions. If your Front Wheels are stuck in a front wheel drive, you don't have power to the wheels or steering. With RWD, you still have power to the rear wheels. Also, Subaru's are very light, well in comparison to a 2.5 ton Town Car, and will not get as good traction. Who knows, the driver could be using 10 year old All-seasons for all we know.
At least Town cars last 400,000 miles in rough cities such as New York and Boston.
I'm talking from 14 years of experience with a Subaru in severe winters. You're a bit off on all points:
-No traction to the rear wheels = tail-happiness and getting stuck even with the front wheels on solid ground (like a highway). I've witnessed incredibly dangerous situations as a result.
-Curb weight is next to irrelevant. Otherwise, semis would never get stuck (they do).
-Subarus are not "very light" (lightest model, Impreza, 3100 lb) nor does a Town Car weigh 2.5 tons (4,000-4,400 lb).
Exactly, it's the tires, the experiance of the driver as well as the weight of the car that takes a toll on dangerous driving conditions such as snow or heavy rain.
Sure rear wheel isn't too good in snow conditions but it's mostly up to the driver, my uncle drives a Ford Mustang Cobra, rear wheel drive supercharged during winter..never got stuck in snow and in CT our snow is known to be around a foot deep
True! That also includes RWD with "traction control". With the addition of front wheel driving wheels its easier to find traction by simply turning the wheels while gentally touching the gas. With RWD you obviously cant do that, but merely rocking back and forth by swtiching from Drive to reverse, hoping to find tractiong. If I am wrong, please correct me.
That's what I was gonna say. I mean, I drive a smaller car then a Lincoln, 2007 POntiac G6 but it never got stuck in snow, not to mention the snow was a lot bigger than on this video.
I put 250 lbs of weight in my Town Car during snow/ice and drive everywhere. You can't put 250-lbs of sandbags on the hood of your FWD car. I have never got stuck in my Lincoln Town Cars and mine has 326,000-miles on the original engine and transmission.
01fastrace 2 months ago
HAHAHAHAHA Must be the south.
Koop92tc 3 months ago
seriously? if your pulling someone out throw it in 4 wheel drive. what kind of retard leaves it in 2 wheel drive??
rheanmoes92 1 year ago
You call that being stuck?
BlueOx2277 1 year ago
Tail-happiness due to panrod bar. TC has Watt's Linkage which prevents skateboarding.
Signature L weighs 4700 pounds. Regular TC is 4500. This is based off a 2003+ Lincoln TC.
And weight means better traction. In truck pulls, the truck that has more weight on the side in which the wheels spin (although most trucks are 4WD) usually wins the truck pull. However traction is a small factor. Fact is it still is a factor.
At least Town cars usually last 400,000 miles.
CsalbertCs 2 years ago
Linking winter traction to truck pulls is faulty logic.
Why? Because a car stuck in the snow has nothing to move except its own weight. Although added weight will generate a greater force at the tires, it will also take more force to move.
The two factors cancel out--that's why the coefficient of friction has no units.
So why do sandbags in the trunk work for a RWD car? Simple--they put a greater *percentage* of the weight on the drive wheels. Sandbags would have no effect in an AWD car.
trainiax 2 years ago
The driver of the Town Car just sucks.
Town Car's almost never get stuck in snow.
CsalbertCs 2 years ago 9
I drive a Subaru, and I routinely use it to tow other cars that have gotten stuck in the snow.
The last car I towed out of a snowbank was a Ford Crown Victoria, close cousin of the Town Car. RWD is useless in severe winter conditions, regardless of the driver.
trainiax 2 years ago
RWD is not useless in severe winter conditions. If your Front Wheels are stuck in a front wheel drive, you don't have power to the wheels or steering. With RWD, you still have power to the rear wheels. Also, Subaru's are very light, well in comparison to a 2.5 ton Town Car, and will not get as good traction. Who knows, the driver could be using 10 year old All-seasons for all we know.
At least Town cars last 400,000 miles in rough cities such as New York and Boston.
CsalbertCs 2 years ago 3
I'm talking from 14 years of experience with a Subaru in severe winters. You're a bit off on all points:
-No traction to the rear wheels = tail-happiness and getting stuck even with the front wheels on solid ground (like a highway). I've witnessed incredibly dangerous situations as a result.
-Curb weight is next to irrelevant. Otherwise, semis would never get stuck (they do).
-Subarus are not "very light" (lightest model, Impreza, 3100 lb) nor does a Town Car weigh 2.5 tons (4,000-4,400 lb).
trainiax 2 years ago
Exactly, it's the tires, the experiance of the driver as well as the weight of the car that takes a toll on dangerous driving conditions such as snow or heavy rain.
EHZay 2 years ago
Sure rear wheel isn't too good in snow conditions but it's mostly up to the driver, my uncle drives a Ford Mustang Cobra, rear wheel drive supercharged during winter..never got stuck in snow and in CT our snow is known to be around a foot deep
EHZay 2 years ago
True! That also includes RWD with "traction control". With the addition of front wheel driving wheels its easier to find traction by simply turning the wheels while gentally touching the gas. With RWD you obviously cant do that, but merely rocking back and forth by swtiching from Drive to reverse, hoping to find tractiong. If I am wrong, please correct me.
Thats why i drive a Subaru and Audi quattro.
inuyasha555 1 year ago
That's what I was gonna say. I mean, I drive a smaller car then a Lincoln, 2007 POntiac G6 but it never got stuck in snow, not to mention the snow was a lot bigger than on this video.
EHZay 2 years ago
Once you install strobes in your trail light you are entitled to helping others...I know because I have some in my truck. lol
beaman220 3 years ago
thats a mercury
STREETRACEN4U 3 years ago
no its a lincon
suprakilzz26 2 years ago
why do u have flashing lights?
mlps93 4 years ago
ITS A FORD :(
dhorton37 4 years ago
yup!!!!!!!!!!! what els?!
leospony 4 years ago
a Chevy.
ethorlakson1 4 years ago