Hello All!

I’ll say right away that I’m sorry.

I’ve had about 10 years of experience already, I’ve always had them
front-wheel drive cars, and that’s enough,
that the city is not cleaned, and in the winter around the city,
I just can’t get through, I decided to buy a jeep or SUV,
the choice fell on Toyota RAV4 1997. with 4WD.
Well, I drove it in the summer, I was very happy with it
that you can climb almost everywhere on it, and for
families and cottages are just right. Cool car.

And then winter came...
Well, I prepared for winter (fluids, battery, and suspension)
the car, of course, also changed the tires to winter ones,
though not studded on Michelin Alpine 4x4 (215/70/R16).
In our city, the first snow and ice, as always,
How disaster utilities, no snow
We waited and didn’t know, there was heavy rain in the evening,
then it began to snow, in the morning there was already 10-15 cm of snow,
and at the same time, it was already frozen, and there was ice below.
I had to go to the dacha with my mother-in-law in the morning, so I tore up the car
from the snow, started it, drove off, well, the roads, as always, were not cleared,
there are ice blocks on the turns, and an ice slide on the road
with a comb. We are not us, we are in a jeep, I am glad that it is a car,
so good, he drives through the snowdrifts, and walks through the snowy mess,
Well, great car, super. We left the city, well, as always,
out of habit, with front-wheel drive, I’m flying 70 km/h and can’t see,
that on the road outside the city the wind is strong and there is ice and crust.
Well, okay, I’m flying, and at some point during the detour, I don’t remember what,
the car starts to spin (or drift), I'm out of habit
with front-wheel drive, I press the gas pedal, I think I’ll get out somehow
from this drifting, but nothing works out, ahead of me,
in the left lane, cars and a regular slot, well, I think, only
no matter how I fit in, what the hell, I’ll fly out of the way,
there snow drifts, I’ll talk about them. Here in these thoughts,
I turn the steering wheel in different directions, trying to stabilize,
movement of the car, and get out of drifting, I get away from the cars,
then I see that I am being carried to the bus stop, the driver,
he also sees that he’s carrying me sideways towards him, let’s leave,
from each other, thank God, they left, while I was carried towards him,
It dawned on me that I need to brake with the engine, i.e. on the gas pedal
You cannot press in this situation. It all happened
in about 1-2 seconds. My mother-in-law sat next to me and didn’t say anything.
I told myself, well, screw it, I got some adrenaline,
I'll go back more carefully, I've had enough of this drifting
With first snow.
One thing that upset me was that I didn’t notice the number of the flight slot,
to drive up to apologize to him, and as a sign of gratitude
give me a bottle.

Now the questions:
- What driving style should be and is needed at full-time
drive?
- And what you need to do to avoid the car spinning
on snowy road with ice? I myself understand that I can’t fly,
and if I was driving carefully, and got caught in the car spinning.
- Explain, I have never owned a car with rear-wheel drive,
the driving style in the rear is almost the same as on a permanent one
all-wheel drive?
- What is the best way to get out of an unintentional skid in a car with 4WD?
Just take your foot off the gas pedal and brake with the engine?
- And also, I realized that for all-wheel drive and to drive outside the city,
you need studded tires. Spikes, I think, give less chance to
the car spun and would have been thrown out of the lane.

P.S: I understand that I did the wrong thing, I want to
so that this does not happen, here are the questions.

Thank you...
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With respect, Nicholai
Toyota RAV4 (left-hand drive), 1997, 3S-FE, manual transmission