Driver's attitude and knowledge of and practice of basic physics are
extremely important when driving on/in snow and ice. I never had any
problems driving in Nebraska with snow tires on '56 Chevy; even left NE
early morning of 1 Mar 60 with everything we owned in car and utility
trailer; broke trail down middle of road through 8" to 10" of new snow all
the way across Iowa; 'passed many cars that night stuck on WV turnpike - we
never stopped rolling until we got to a motel just off southern end. Also,
never had any problem in snow ice, etc., with Sears steel belted radials (no
snow tires) for 4 years in MI UP; no snow tires on truck in Greenland,
either - just several sand bags in cargo bed.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "OK Don" <okd...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] BLIZZARD!!!! AHHH!!
Ah, but don't discount the difference the driver makes! I routinely drove
away from 4WD Jeeps and trucks on the ice at stop signs in OKC in my first
FWD car - the '74 Saab Sonnett. It was very light, but capable in the
slippery stuff. Then again, I never had much trouble with the V8 MGA
either.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net>
wrote:
IIRC, Click & Clack put everybody's favorite FWD snow
car (a Camry, I think, or was it an Accord?) up against
some ancient giant boat of a RWD American car, both with
snow tires but no other special preparation, and the
boat kicked the rice cakes out of the FWD car in the snow.
Their point was, it's all about weight. FWD was only
'advantageous' because it puts all of a light car's drivetrain
weight over the driven wheels, compensating for the overall
lightening of more economical cars. Same reason the
old VW bug, though light, was pretty good in the snow.
(Would have been a good winter car, if you didn't care
about heat.)
But bags of sand are pretty cheap, and are usually pretty
easy to deploy in a RWD car.
-- Jim
--
OK Don
2001 ML320
2012 Passat TDI DSG
1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager
1957 C182A
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