who was climbing out of her car that was on it's top. Was first in line leaving the stop lights on a 4 lane that had an
S turn, while in the S I felt like I was losing steering at 30 mph and let off the gas thinking black ice. Coming out of
the S I could see vehicles scattered everywhere and I was getting ready to kill someone as I only had about 40 feet
to stop which would have been impossible for most vehicles on ice.
When out of nowhere my Guardian Angel or hers reminded me of an old article I had read published by GM I believe
in how to drive their big heavy FWD vehicles on ice & snow and started doing it. Steering wheel clear to the right
(still going straight) pedal to the metal for a split second (spinning the front tires), repeat as necessary (hitting the
gas & letting off) until you're headed the direction you need to be, return steering wheel to neutral position.
As I passed her she was just getting to her feet and when safely out of the way the car behind me T-boned her car,
seen this in my rear view mirror. And what was really amazing was 2 days later on Saturday morning there's a knock
on my door and she's standing there with a plate of home made chocolate chip cookies and thanked me for saving
her life. "How did you track me down?" I asked , "My husband thinks your Buick Rivera is a great looking old car and
since we live a block north we see it here all the time."
Sure is a small world, we became friends. And I educated Jim that only Oldsmobile & Cadillac made a FWD in 1970.
Hadn't thought of that in years, thanks for jogging my memory.