Originally Posted By: Rand
A co-worker of mine was wondering the same thing
Her audi with quattro had 19" wheels with max summer tires on it.
This was circa 2002.
She kept missing work because she couldn't get out of her driveway.
She was really angry. Ended up going to the dealer and they sold her some factory wheels and snow tires for 3000$
I can just picture her in that range rover complaining about how bad it was lol.
Additionally I saw her with the winter tires on in august.. "because it just goes better"
luckily she moved or I dont know if I could have explained with a straight face how she wore out her winter tires by running them all summer.
Reason for that is bcs people in the U.S> consider driving as a right not a privilege. They think that driving is same as 1st Amendment.
My father was teaching me how god rive, car stuff etc. But in Europe, at least in Bosnia, you cannot pass driving test if:
1. You do not know how to parallel park.
2. You do not know how to start moving on the hill with hand break on from stand still. If car goes back, you fail.
3. If you do not know how to check oil, coolant fluid (they ask you why you cannot open expansion bottle while car is hot), washer fluid.
4. Yes they conduct driving test in snow (when I was doing test, there was packed snow on the road and 3ft on the side). When I arrived to Alabama, went to do driving test there was a sign on the door: NO ROAD TESTS DURING RAIN!
I think we seriously need to reconsider how we teach people to drive. However, I think it is impossible, especially now when cars have computer checking oil, bcs they are made for a generation that grew up playing video games.
