they say some one can smuggle drugs or knifes or guns into school or pull on the hood and hurt some one its so dumb
The sand bags wont help you.. Best short term solution is leave for your destination much earlier, take alternate less traveled routes and try to master your cars one certain speed that it will perform best at in snow. Every car has one particular speed or short range of speeds that just seem to work best while driving in fresh or packed snow.
If you had friends and family who are in the carpet cleaning business, why did you rent a Rug Doctor? LOL See, for me, that is where your story starts to sound weird. Also, as a tenant who felt you left this place in pristine shape, why did you tell the landlord they could keep the $1850 deposit? If you were sure that you left that place steam cleaned (professionally, I might add since you have friends and family in the carpet cleaning business) and in great shape, you should have been expecting that money or most of it back. See how it's hard to believe that you left it in the shape you are stating? Without video or pictures, you might be out of luck. If you were to go to small claims, I can guarantee you the agent who would be representing the owner would have pictures showing what the place looked like when you vacated. When you bring up that the realtor told you the place looked great for 6 years of tenancy, I can guarantee you, the agent will shake their head and say they never said that. LOL I guess you can wait and see if the landlord or her agent sue you for this other $$ they say you owe. Now, the thing is: the landlord isn't going to hit the lottery here and get a windfall to update her condo. It is a given there will be wear and tear on a place and the judge may just decide your deposit is enough to cover the things that need replacing. You could always be pre emptive and sue the landlord for your deposit back. That will force them to prove all these damages.
I lived in Alaska for many years and I drove both front wheel drive and rear wheel drive vehicles. The sand bags work very well on rear drive vehicles that don't have that much weight in the rear. Such as pick up trucks. I front wheel drive vehicle the weight of the engine is very effective in assisting you in getting some traction, assuming that your tires have sufficient thread to grab the surface, this work very well when there is fresh powder in the ground. During icy condition it's very difficult to drive don't matter what type of vehicle you use because the road is too slippery. I suggest you invest in some studded-snow tires and adjust your driving to meet the icy/slippery conditions, such as lowering your speed, anticipating stop and go conditions. In interceptions it also help to stay away front the very well used path that other vehicles had made and drive in an area that have not being driven that much by other drivers.
