Sharon
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Saturday night I went out for a social event, and when I got back to my driveway, I drove up nearly to the top (it is a 1000' hill with a 5% grade) and my momentum stopped and my tires would only spin in 2nd gear (AWD Subaru). I tried first gear, no luck. So I put the parking brake on, but began to slide...backwards. No control whatsoever. I'm pumping the parking brake, foot brake. Trying to steer it. I'm accelerating down the hill, backwards. I knew had had to get into the snow bank. Tried to get the car sideways. No control whatsoever. I slide more than 50' before the front wheels lodged in the snow, turning the car sideways. phewww! Very scarey moments. My heart was pounding out of my chest. I called Bubba and he said he would come down with his Jeep with the winch to pull me up the driveway.
Suddenly I realized that he would probably come down the driveway the same way I slid and he would slide right into my car. So I got out of my car, only to slip and slide on my hands and knees another 10 feet, clawing at the ice and snow. It was a very wet and slippery ice. Once I got myself to the snowbank, I climbed a tree to get out of the way as he came down the drive to be out of the way in case he crashed. He was thoughtful and kept 2 wheels in the snowbank and did not slide. He was surprised to see me come out of the tree.
He said he would drive back up the driveway to put his chains on, on level ground, but even his Jeep with the big fat tires was going nowhere. He decided to put them on where the vehicle was, but he fell as soon as he got out of the Jeep and began to slide. I'm sure this might have been a funny video. There was no way he would be able to pull my car up that driveway. I told him to forget it tonight and we'll deal with it in the morning.
I made my way in the snowbank up to the top and got the 50lb bucket of salt and began to spread it all over the driveway.
It was warm and windy all night and the salt did the trick. In the morning he drove his Jeep up and down with the chains on to break up the softening ice and I was able to drive my Subaru up the hill.
Suddenly I realized that he would probably come down the driveway the same way I slid and he would slide right into my car. So I got out of my car, only to slip and slide on my hands and knees another 10 feet, clawing at the ice and snow. It was a very wet and slippery ice. Once I got myself to the snowbank, I climbed a tree to get out of the way as he came down the drive to be out of the way in case he crashed. He was thoughtful and kept 2 wheels in the snowbank and did not slide. He was surprised to see me come out of the tree.
He said he would drive back up the driveway to put his chains on, on level ground, but even his Jeep with the big fat tires was going nowhere. He decided to put them on where the vehicle was, but he fell as soon as he got out of the Jeep and began to slide. I'm sure this might have been a funny video. There was no way he would be able to pull my car up that driveway. I told him to forget it tonight and we'll deal with it in the morning.
I made my way in the snowbank up to the top and got the 50lb bucket of salt and began to spread it all over the driveway.
It was warm and windy all night and the salt did the trick. In the morning he drove his Jeep up and down with the chains on to break up the softening ice and I was able to drive my Subaru up the hill.
