Re: Female drivers and snow.

DavidR <curedham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Keith" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

but NOT ONCE have I heard them give any practical tips: use high gear,
low revs;

But what is the reasoning? Please don't regurgitate the old wives' "there is
more torque".

Umm, actually it's the opposite. There's less torque in higher gear and
less torque at low revs. This is a matter of fact, not a matter of old
wives' tales.
.

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