how come wind can push my heavy box-shaped car around when I’m driving 60mph, but it can’t do it when the car is standing still?

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Although I have a heavy box-shaped car, I was thinking about the Mercedes G63 specifically. That is a powerful engine on a non-aerodynamic car, what happens if you take it over 100mph and get hit by a gust of 60mph wind? My car gets literally pushed around lanes during heavy winds at highway speeds, has anyone ever even gotten a G63 past 150mph?

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When you are moving your tires do not have as much traction.
I was driving to my favorite ski resort Lutsen Mountains in Minnesota on Hwy 35, it was cold and very windy with snow the previous night.
About Barnum MN. the wind pushed my Jeep Unlimited X from the right lane to the left lane. I had passed over some ice and that big sail of a Jeep just moved.

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