Going downhill you can always drop into the lower gears (3 2 1) so that the engine holds you back instead of using the brakes all the time.
Yep....that is what the 3 2 1 is next to the D....it surprises me how many people don't know what those are for!I'm pretty sure all automatics allow you to downshift.
I'm always puzzled by the brake lights I see on Floyd Hill and coming down from I-70. Granted, I drive stick, but I'm pretty sure all automatics allow you to downshift.
I'm always puzzled by the brake lights I see on Floyd Hill and coming down from I-70. Granted, I drive stick, but I'm pretty sure all automatics allow you to downshift.
My concern is that people won't realize that I'm slowing down because I don't hit the brakes.
I did notice that a rental that I had a while back didn't allow you to shift into 3rd - it only had drive, 2nd and 1st. I really could have used 3rd - I was in Glacier NP.
You're not the only one. It was snowing on our drive up today. Started around Bakersville. Light traffic west bound. Coming down the pass there was a car stopped on the shoulder and I could see the passenger checking the front end of the car. Then I saw the car tracks - into the guardrail then shooting across all 3 lanes to the shoulder. Conditions weren't that bad. Driver must have been looking at the bumper to bumper traffic headed up to the tunnel and hit the guard rail (just a guess, not sure what happened).One of my favorite sayings: "Judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment." And then I think of that time when my dog Cooper was in the back seat, and I was coming down from the tunnel on I-70 going way too fast, and had to brake, and ended up fully experiencing all three lanes. Miraculously didn't hit the guard rail.
I'm much more conservative about driving these days.
Same in Lakewood. However, we live on a corner lot next to a street that has a school on it and those streets do get plowed. I just have to drive a few feet to get to the plowed section and then I'm on my way.I'm not afraid of driving in snow, I don't like driving on ice. Residential roads in Colorado Springs don't get treated or plowed unless 9 inches of snow has fallen, and when we did have 9+ inches of snow, they still weren't plowed. So, the worst part of my drive is usually my own road.
Well, I may be discovering my limit, and it's whatever the heck is going on tonight on I-70. I'm still hoping to drive just because I'm not sure tomorrow will be better - with 3-5" predicted overnight, and another 3-5" tomorrow during the day.
Did you make it? Sounds like getting out of Breck this morning will take awhile due to a multicar accident that blocked both lanes.