Nothing says “perfect winter car” quite like a Geo Storm. Light, front-wheel-drive, and if something should potentially happen to the little coupe, you’re only out about a couple hundred bucks. No big deal, right? Now, you aren’t going to be bashing through any snow drifts, but it’ll get you where you need to go. Unless you high-center the thing on a snowdrift outside of your buddy’s house and need to get it towed off of the drift.
This video, which appeared in 2006, is a cautionary tale of what not to do when it comes to towing a car out of a snowbank. Take note of the ten guys trying to free one stuck econo-coupe off of a small snowbank. Instead of trying to move the Storm forward onto the plowed driveway, the car is instead dragged further into deep snow. When the guys realize that the car isn’t going anywhere without some serious effort, the driver of the Nissan Frontier prepares to make a heroic effort. Then you get the famous last words: “You break my bumper, I’ll whoop yer ass!”
What happens next? Click play to find out…
NSFW Warning: There’s a bit of language involved.
tards with cars….
At least part of the car is unstuck.
My sister had a Geo Storm for a little while. It was in a minor accident that had taken the front subframe out of true; as a consequence, it tended to shake at speed. She therefore named it “Michael J. Fox”.
I don’t see why the owner is so pissed about his rear bumper getting mangled, last time I checked Pick and Pull practically pays you to get parts for any Geo car.
now I know I’m going to hell, I laughed at the Michael J. Fox reference.
We don’t get snow drifts in Atlanta, and even I can see this one’s the wrong way to pull a car out of a snow drift.