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The answer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nos7cfy4ChA

 

What the heck is all that white stuff on your car and the street?

 

video in HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSGr-IzrP8k

 

nice rl dude...that shawd sure comes in handdy

 

Nice!

 

Im confused,.... Why was it spinning so much?
I mean good job you got out but,....

 

No snow tires = "ok" behavior in the deep snow. I am just guessing

 

Looks like upper east side.

I have been impressed with the Michelin Pilot Sport PLUS and SH-AWD during our blizzard here in Northern Va.

Looks like you just had your RL cleaned prior to the snow!

 

that's midtown east side and I am running Michelin Pilot Sport A/S.

I had the car detailed shortly before it got scratched up, bumped into, scratched up again...and then salted and put on ice.

 

I am from NY. I spent a week at the Cornell Club (44th and Madison) in October while my sister was at Mt Sinai (100th and Madison) and had walked the 55 or so blocks a few times when the weather great.

NY is not kind to cars! We had a "family" plan with a local body shop back in the day!

 

Dude, SHAWD is great, but it doesn't defy the laws of physics. lack of friction with the road means tires break traction. Snow and ice has a way of doing that.

 

Great video, Leo.

That's the kind of snow we usually see in Cleveland this time of year....that storm almost totally missed us here. We got less than an inch out of that whole storm.

 

I was out today in Northern VA. We had 23-24 inches in the backyard. The roads are mostly clear, but side streets are coated with slush and ice packed surfaces. On PAX tires with 32K on them, the car did fine accelerating, as you would expect, and was very sure footed. When it came to braking, just like every other car, your four contact patches have limited traction. ABS and ESC keep you mostly straight if get out of sorts, but AWD does not help in a braking situation. It probably did help going down hill keeping it in 2nd to control speed with little braking.

Still, a nice car, even with old tires....

 

RL did well in the mid atlanic blizzard from over the weekend. No complaints from the pilot sport A/S. Lots of salt spray to clean now

 

Winter tires !!!!

 

I got quesy and thought you were going to hit the poles after grabbing suddenly on the sidewalk.

Good job!

 

Sorry I just come from the world of Subaru. Could have taken my wifes outback, cranked the wheels full lock left and creeped over that big mound without ever breaking traction,....
I know there isnt that much ground clearance with the RLs...
Dont get me wrong I love my RL ,.... and my Subys

 

that's the reason I was slowly easing on the gas and folded my mirror, I wasn't gonna risk whacking any poles.

 

I'm not gonna say I didn't have enough traction to go straight through and crash through the snow, I probably did.

The thing is, my car has 4.2" of clearence and as soon as it moved it was literally lying on the snow...

for that reason I had to take my "off-road" vehicle on the sidewalk

 

okay

1 why is your beautiful car parked in the street?
2 Good job and go SH AWD!!

 

1. Thank you
2. I park in a garage 5 days a week and take it out to get scratched, bumped, and salted 2 days a week.
3. Go SH-AWD!

 

i should make a video so you guys could see how my car performs like a RWD car

 

just make sure your not like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dXtQZk4nEU

 

lol

 

I wasn't doing it for show...I actually needed my car that day and my lil apartment is not equipped with a snow blower or a shovel. I also left the duster I used next to the car while driving and then my videographer left it on the ground.

 

Very impressive to see this car in the snow, Up here in Toronto we don't have any yet for me to see how my RL will handle..

 

it will be great unless you got summer tires like Blazing GT

 

Anyways that was a job well done. I actually like your RL better then the new TL.

 

thanks, I chose it over the TL too.