Things that suck
– bending control arm in parking lot.
This wouldnt bother me if it happened while I was “playing.” but my engine and drivetrain were stone cold. I couldn’t have gotten power to the ground if I’d wanted to. I came around an island in teh parking lot a little too quick. I’ll admit it. AWD and super-snow tires tend to breed a little overconfidence. but I won’t say I was being careless. overconfidence is a much different thing than carelessness. So after I came around the island I just kept sliding in the same direction. tried brakes.. nuthn. Tried throttle.. nuthin, tranjny was cold and in the wrong gear. I just bogged. If I’d had it in first, I could have spun the wheels and gotten outa there. but instead I rammed a curb with the front right wheel and bent the control arm. so it’s 180 bucks, and it ruins my weekend. not to mention rashing the lip on my rim pretty bad.
– car getting towed.
It’s 6. I have a rental. AAA says it’ll be 4 hours. I decide to leave my car overnight. and it gets towed.
– rental car.
I can’t feel the road. the seats are like iron. the tires are like racing slicks in the snow. the front end plows if I so much as touch the brakes. yes I’m spoiled by my Impreza, but it still sucks.
-IggDawg
Howdy From Funker
Yes, the Mercury Sable is not exactly a tundra tamer. I had to drive one home one winter, from Chicago all the way back to NJ. Rt 80 was covered in snow/ice almost the entire way, and it was often a nerver racking experience. I felt as if the wind were to blow too hard, that the car would spin out of control. You’d think that Hertz (or was it Budget?), being that it was winter and the car was based in Chicago, would have put winter tires on it, but nooooooo!!!
It was especially not fun driving that car through the mountains in Pennsylvania, at like 2 am, snow covered road with ice beneath, with 18 wheelers lurking around.