Another trick is put the car in neutral if automatic, and take it out of gear if it’s a manual.
Preparing an EV for a winter storm...
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Black ice and an Amish buggy taught me a lot when I was 19
I did once help a Prius driver make it up an ice-covered hill.
I was driving home after work and came across this terrified person in their Prius not gaining any traction going up an icy hill.
Between me and the Prius was a 4x4 pickup. The driver of the 4x4 pickup got impatient, slammed on their horn, and gunned it around the Prius. They almost hit the Prius and an oncoming car. I waited for that drama to pass, then slipped past the Prius, stopped, and walked back to ask the driver if they needed any help. They, in tears, said, “yes, please.”
I explained to them how to be towed up the hill into the parking lot. Hooked up my tow strap, pulled out their tow eyelet from under the rear cargo area (they didn’t know it even existed), and towed them into the parking lot. They did their part perfectly, keeping the strap taught and making sure not to run over it when we got into the lot.
I then aired down their tires and explained why I was doing that and what they needed to do next to get home. I offered to follow them to where the road was no longer hilly and they gratefully accepted my help.
We both passed the 4x4 truck spun out on the next hill, up on the curb, with a broken front axle.
The grandma in the Prius flipped them off as she confidently, slowly drove past them with her lowered tire pressure (and backup just behind her).
The grandma was also the band teacher from when I was in high school.
Awh, you are so helpful!I did once help a Prius driver make it up an ice-covered hill.
I was driving home after work and came across this terrified person in their Prius not gaining any traction going up an icy hill.
Between me and the Prius was a 4x4 pickup. The driver of the 4x4 pickup got impatient, slammed on their horn, and gunned it around the Prius. They almost hit the Prius and an oncoming car. I waited for that drama to pass, then slipped past the Prius, stopped, and walked back to ask the driver if they needed any help. They, in tears, said, “yes, please.”
I explained to them how to be towed up the hill into the parking lot. Hooked up my tow strap, pulled out their tow eyelet from under the rear cargo area (they didn’t know it even existed), and towed them into the parking lot. They did their part perfectly, keeping the strap taught and making sure not to run over it when we got into the lot.
I then aired down their tires and explained why I was doing that and what they needed to do next to get home. I offered to follow them to where the road was no longer hilly and they gratefully accepted my help.
We both passed the 4x4 truck spun out on the next hill, up on the curb, with a broken front axle.
The grandma in the Prius flipped them off as she confidently, slowly drove past them with her lowered tire pressure (and backup just behind her).
The grandma was also the band teacher from when I was in high school.
My boss years ago told the story of when she lived in Idaho and had a sedan and couldn’t get up the hill to get to her house. She kept telling her husband I need a truck. Well one more day of not being able to get up the hill she went to the dealership. Small town so everyone knew everyone. Anyway she said she threw the salesman her keys and said I need the keys to that red truck, my husband will be in tomorrow to fill out the paperwork. She said her husband came home that night and said whose red truck is that? She said mine, they are expecting you tomorrow at the dealership to fill out the paperwork.
You have an EV your saving millions a year. Or at least thats what they make it seem. Are you not? Maybe you are doing something wrong, lol.
Can you fit both vehicles in your garage? If so, that would be my suggestion. I really dislike having to clean large amounts of snow off cars.
I have a 30' X 60' garage and my two classic cars (1965 Chrysler Imperial and 1974 AMC Javelin AMX) take up the far end spots. Last snowstorm, I had my Lightning in behind the Javelin backed right up to the bumper, my wife's Kia Carnival behind the Imperial, and we fit my daughter's 2013 BMW X3 in front of the Lightning, and the side by side with plow in front of the Carnival, and we were able to close the big door on the front end of the garage. Not having to clean snow off any vehicles made me happy the next day.
Next time I do that I'll try to remember to take a picture and post it.
That was a requirement when we moved to the Midwest. An attached garage.
The Mustang lives in the attached garage.
The Lightning lives in the detached workshop.
I’ve never had a vehicle in an enclosure until this house. It’s pretty awesome not to have to work in the dirt and not to have to clean snow off either vehicle.
Your a great citizen SpaceEVDriver. Why do some 4x4 pickup drivers when they have the tool to be helpful seem to be hell bent on being belligerent? I see and hear stories similar to this way more than I would like.I did once help a Prius driver make it up an ice-covered hill.
I was driving home after work and came across this terrified person in their Prius not gaining any traction going up an icy hill.
Between me and the Prius was a 4x4 pickup. The driver of the 4x4 pickup got impatient, slammed on their horn, and gunned it around the Prius. They almost hit the Prius and an oncoming car. I waited for that drama to pass, then slipped past the Prius, stopped, and walked back to ask the driver if they needed any help. They, in tears, said, “yes, please.”
I explained to them how to be towed up the hill into the parking lot. Hooked up my tow strap, pulled out their tow eyelet from under the rear cargo area (they didn’t know it even existed), and towed them into the parking lot. They did their part perfectly, keeping the strap taught and making sure not to run over it when we got into the lot.
I then aired down their tires and explained why I was doing that and what they needed to do next to get home. I offered to follow them to where the road was no longer hilly and they gratefully accepted my help.
We both passed the 4x4 truck spun out on the next hill, up on the curb, with a broken front axle.
The grandma in the Prius flipped them off as she confidently, slowly drove past them with her lowered tire pressure (and backup just behind her).
The grandma was also the band teacher from when I was in high school.
Serves him right.Awh, you are so helpful!
My boss years ago told the story of when she lived in Idaho and had a sedan and couldn’t get up the hill to get to her house. She kept telling her husband I need a truck. Well one more day of not being able to get up the hill she went to the dealership. Small town so everyone knew everyone. Anyway she said she threw the salesman her keys and said I need the keys to that red truck, my husband will be in tomorrow to fill out the paperwork. She said her husband came home that night and said whose red truck is that? She said mine, they are expecting you tomorrow at the dealership to fill out the paperwork.
Stay away from everybody in the south when it starts to snow. The mentality is typically "oh crap, it's starting to snow, if I drive 80mph, I can beat it home!" By the next morning, lessons are learned (until the next time it snows), their cars are all in the ditches, most of the fires are out, and you have clear sailing to work. I love the serenity of a snowy drive since my mud tires are almost silent, working their way down the snowy roads. I don't even mind ice much since my drive to work is remarkably flat with nary a hill (very unusual in the foothills).
More on point for the thread: Use your EV to make sure you have sledding supplies ahead of time. Once the snow is down, leave the EV in the garage, make some hot cocoa for a Thermos or two and get out and have some fun. Use the excuse "my EVs have been so good in the snow, I haven't needed snow tires, until now" and stay home from work.
I live in an area of the country where snow and ice storms aren't emergencies, they're just a fact of life. But this got me thinking of one feature I really I want to see, which I'm sure has been mentioned elsewhere on the forum; the ability to completely disable the nannies on the Scout.
Snow and ice tend to accumulate on our vehicles' sensors. It isn't as much of an issue on my F-150, but our Armada's sensors apparently can't tell the difference between a sheet of ice on the front fascia and a collision. There has been at least a few situations where it has activated the emergency braking in an empty parking lot because of ice covering the sensor.
So if I need anything from Scout for our winters, it's to let us determine our liability.
Edit to add another want; customizable drive modes. I believe Rivian already allows this to some degree (or maybe GM?). I know for most people the default drive modes are plenty, but I really want to be able to customize how I want the vehicle to behave in certain conditions.
Snow and ice tend to accumulate on our vehicles' sensors. It isn't as much of an issue on my F-150, but our Armada's sensors apparently can't tell the difference between a sheet of ice on the front fascia and a collision. There has been at least a few situations where it has activated the emergency braking in an empty parking lot because of ice covering the sensor.
So if I need anything from Scout for our winters, it's to let us determine our liability.
Edit to add another want; customizable drive modes. I believe Rivian already allows this to some degree (or maybe GM?). I know for most people the default drive modes are plenty, but I really want to be able to customize how I want the vehicle to behave in certain conditions.
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I don't really do anything special for a storm, but get ready for winter late in Fall when the first flakes start to fly:
1. Swap in winter wheels and tires (remove summers with Pirelli Scorpion AT's / mount winter wheels with Nokians Hakkas)
2. Throw recovery stuff in gear tunnel (traction boards, straps, shovels). I leave two avalanche shovels and in the truck year round
3. Mount the ski box over bed
4. Throw a Hudson wool blanket in cabin
5. top off windshield washer fluid and carry a spare jug
6. Use SNOW MODE when it snows or gets greasy
7. Wash the truck more than I would like & keep lights and sensors clear
8. Charge up and head for the hills
1. Swap in winter wheels and tires (remove summers with Pirelli Scorpion AT's / mount winter wheels with Nokians Hakkas)
2. Throw recovery stuff in gear tunnel (traction boards, straps, shovels). I leave two avalanche shovels and in the truck year round
3. Mount the ski box over bed
4. Throw a Hudson wool blanket in cabin
5. top off windshield washer fluid and carry a spare jug
6. Use SNOW MODE when it snows or gets greasy
7. Wash the truck more than I would like & keep lights and sensors clear
8. Charge up and head for the hills
What even is the point of having such capabilities if you don’t use them to help others?
I would have helped that pickup driver if I’d seen them broken down before seeing their behavior toward the Prius driver. But at that point, I chose pettiness and continued on.
My mantra is more and more becoming, “I hope you have the day you deserve.”
And if someone gets offended, only they know why.
Crowded house. Did they all fit the first time?
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