# OEM Re040's= bad winter traction....

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oem-re040s-bad-winter-traction/132840>\
**Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\
**Created:** [January 28, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oem-re040s-bad-winter-traction/132840 "2007-01-28T11:34:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 9

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![RealityZ33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@RealityZ33](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RealityZ33)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oem-re040s-bad-winter-traction/132840/9 "2007-01-28T18:04:55Z")

</div>

> [@Say Something About the Poster Above You](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/say-something-about-the-poster-above-you/808/129):
>
> yeah, it’s not a pretty sight. it happened to me about 2 winters ago in light flurry conditions. i was on the top of the hill on john street and bayview ave. going west on john in stop and go traffic.
> 
> i let off the brakes for a moment and reapplied only to have the backend kick out and then i went SLIDING DOWN THE HILL :S braking like mad with ABS/TCS kicking in with no help i pulled the hand brake and whipped the car 180 into oncoming traffic. missed the curb on the opposite side by probably 10 cm’s and continued up the hill 🙂
> 
> but yeah, scariest shit i’ve ever been in cuz i would have cried from messing up the rays 😛

Dam bro! Glad you made it out unscathed. I wont drive without winters, hell I wont even pull it out of my garage until the snows gone… lol

---

_[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oem-re040s-bad-winter-traction/132840)._