Don't forget to have plenty of low temperature windshield wiper fluid/de-icer in the reservoir and perhaps a jug in the car for longer trips.

 

This is a good tip as you can use a lot of fluid in various road conditions during winter. I tend to buy it in bulk at the start of the season and keep it on hand as needed and a jug in the car, if you have to buy it at a service station when you run low the cost is always quite a bit higher.

 

I buy it by the case at BJ's. I like the orange RainX the best.

 

I never understand how the de-icer fluid we buy is rated at -45 degrees C, but the crap freezes up just a bit under 0 degrees C on the road if the windshield isn't totally heated.

 

Great tip. I ordered one for $20 on Amazon.

 

Oh cool, you will really like it when you get a big accumulation sitting on a vehicle. You can push the snow off or drag it back , and it moves big piles at once, saves a bit of time and the paint is safe too. Auto dealers use these all the time now clearing vehicles on their lots.

 

Winter tires. If you live up north where it gets very cold, snows, ices, just get them lol. A lot of very hard headed people I ran into up in MN with the "I;ve never had them..." mentality. I did fine without them too for a number of years in MN, then bought a set and never looked back. SO much better and even on ice will outperform anything else.

On the jumper cables, I carry a jump pack. That way I do not need someone else if the need arises. Got mine for about $75 and it has come in handy more than once! I have started a number of cars/trucks with it and it does great. Just remember to follow the instructions on it and not crank away until you overheat and ruin it and it will last and work just fine. It also provides other things on the list like a way to charge your phone.



But I wanted to mention this. I read a story where a guy was killed trying to pull someone out of a snowy ditch like this and there was someone this summer killed in an off roading recovery accident the same way so this is important. If you have a truck and carry stuff to recover someone from being stuck, please get the right stuff! One of the two incidents I mentioned was due to someone using a drop hitch and trying to pull someone out of mud, the other was likely the same but the article did not specify if a drop hitch or just a rusted out hitch. But in both cases they failed, broken peice snapped back and hit the passenger in the other vehicle and killed them. Seriously do it right or call a tow truck. Key points to remember here:
- Obviously do not connect to a hitch/receiver that is rusted out
- Never use an offset or drop hitch to recover. The offset applies a moment that can easily break as hitches really are not meant for this
- Preferably, use a shackle for the hitch receiver that is made for recovery work and rated many times over what you think will be needed
- Do not "snatch" unless using a proper snatch/recover rope and are connected to safe points

We have this behind the back seat of our Tacoma. Nice little setup, well known and rated and not very expensive. Well worth the $90 in my opinion. If you know 2nd gen Tacomas, this actually fits just fine in the little cubby area behind the drivers side back seat. It have it in there with some other various straps, tie downs, etc.


It may appear like the above is seriously over rated and you could go with a cheaper option. But if you look up the calculations for pulling something out of mud (Snow will be easier) you see how quickly the required pull strength goes up, so pay a little more for the higher rated stuff.

Sorry, that is my safety speech for the day! But well worth remembering as being a good samaritan can quickly turn into an accident.

 

So if I store it in my trunk as they show in the video and my trunk has a foot of snow on it >>>>> best to carry a normal snow brush to get to it the fancy lighted extension snow brush.

 

Park your S2000 in the garage and don't drive it if it's even close to snowing or icy. That's my tip.

 

Best tip is park the toys for the winter.
Time for storage.