I'm sure I did! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Problem is... The roads are relatively clear, no need for 4WD anyway. She could have just taken her car, you know, the one I just popped $400 on snow tires for?!? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Are you sure you're not one of my girlfriend's friends just trying to keep me from getting mad at her? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> In all seriousness, I'm not particularly mad at her for anything except for not knowing what, exactly, she did to cause this... I honestly don't even know which direction I should be TRYING to force the lever... I never really used this vehicle for off-roading (truth be told -- I haven't been able to afford my off-roading addiction in years) so I'm not particularly familiar with the position of the t-case lever. All I know is that for the past 3 years, anytime there was snow on the ground I had no problem.... And now I really wish I forced her to get behind the wheel last night in the Wally World parking lot... I was doing donuts and power-slides to get the feel for the snow again -- a tradition in my family on the first snowfall.

The idea is to go to a parking lot and just rip on it for about 10 minutes -- that way, when the situation arises on the road, in the real world, and you're spinning out of control doing 60 down the highway, facing the wrong way but still traveling the right way -- looking at a dump truck running down your throat -- which can and HAS happened... You have some basic idea of what kind of corrective action to take... If only I had forced her when she said, "No, I'm afraid..." perhaps she wouldn't have broken my 4WD this morning...

Live and learn I guess. The problem is, I keep living and keep learning... But I keep trading in my girlfriends for newer models, and then I have to teach them all this "guy stuff" from scratch again. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />