Dang Bro! Leave her parked! OUCH! Sorry for your trouble.

 

Dido on the F1's, since I bought the wife a new 300C I get to drive the Mark VIII. I had a flat on the 555's rear and ruined the tire so I replaced the good 555's with a set of F1's w/about 8-10K left on them. It snowed and she did not want to take the new car out and the Lincoln had a bad battery all the sudden. So I get the L out because the last time I drove it in the snow and ice I had the 555's and did rather well. Well, )*&(#%$@%$# I get stuck four times before I get back home in just taking her one mile to work. F1's suck in inclimate weather period. Now I don't even get it out until it is dry and now I don't drive it maybe once every three to four weeks when I'm blue balled.

 

Snows and the L is parked. West coast snow is slick wet slushy crap.

Drove winter highway in Canadian mountains for several years, so with that kind of winter driving expeirence I will not take the truck out with F-1's.

 

I drove the L for 5 years in snow. This year I have it parked under a nice warm blanket. Now a 94 S-10 Blazer takes the winter beatings. As an added bonus, I keep the mileage low, and on crappy days, I can take the blazer out and not worry about getting my freshly waxed Truck all dirty. Also I am paying cheaper insurance on the L as it is stored and only pay liabilty on the s10. I save myself $40 a month this way. And gas is much cheaper in the blazer.

 

Add me to the Winter Tire List



Mine just happens to be faster than Gators Lightning
(on the street)

As for driving the Lightning in snow everytime I read one of these post I say to meself,
Self do he have a diff kind of L OR SOMETHING ???
Cause god knows I've tried it many a time and found it outright impossible to even get it to move.
As said foot off brake ='s instant spinning

I also found no matter how slight the incline it WILL NOT go uphill even with only a slight dusting.

One year I put @ 600lbs of Sand in the bed over the tires and still got stuck had to park and walk home a few times.....

 

I have an interesting snow story.

Last week it snowed in West Texas and the roads were iced. Monday I went to work @ noon after the ice melted. However on Wednesday the roads iced over again but I decided to "chance" it and left my house around 9am. There was roughly 1.5" of snow on the ground, and all of the roads were iced over. Since I am only 6 miles from work I took the feeder road since the loop was closed. Right after I turn onto the feeder doing 5mph the 2 cars in front of me lose it and drift to the curb on the right. Needless to say I was spooked as I drove around them, so I decided to get off the feeder and go thru the local neighborhood instead. I break loose a few times and eventually make it to the stoplight where I must turn left and then proceed to cross the overpass. Traffic was bad on the road I was fixing to turn on and I saw a Mustang lose it. I decided to cut thru Whataburger and the local Hotel parking lot to hit the feeder that is right next to the bridge. As I turn right onto the feeder doing 2-5mph I lose it and drift towards the curb crossing two lanes and I come to a stop facing the wrong direction. Thank goodness nobody was near me! A few seconds later a Dodge Durango loses it about 50 ft. behind me and drifts to the curb. I let off the brake and the tires spin. WTF I am stuck! I put it in reverse since the curb doesn't have any ice on it to regain some traction and straighten the L out. I try to cut across the lanes to go back into the parking lot but I lose traction and drift back to the curb. I was pleased to see that no cars tried to go around me. I put her in reverser to straighten out again and decide to go forward to the stoplight that is 20' ahead. I noticed there were 2-3 cars stuck on the side of the bridge waiting for help to arrive. When the light turns green I hang a left doing 2mph and drive down the center of the bridge since there was sand and mush. I then turn into my office parking lot that is about 100' after the bridge. I was so freaked out that I parked the L in the protected area behind my shop, said a few prayers, then went into the office and worked until 3PM. None of my co-workers showed up that day.

I'll never drive in ice again.

 

moral of the story is use snow and ice tires....period the L is undrivable on anything else when there is ice on the road.