Jim C. Wrote:
FWD's vaunted snow handling ability was informally put to the test a few years ago by Click & Clack, they compared an Acura to some old land yacht on a nasty day. The land yacht sailed circles around the Acura, and they attributed it all to weight. FWD lets you make a lighter car but with more of its weight on the driven wheels, approximating the traction a heavier car would have. That's pretty much all it does for you. I could not disagree more. When I bought my 90 300D I was driving a 1996 Olds Cutlass Ciera. It was the most boring and unspectacular car around. During a particularly nasty snow/ice storm. I still had the Olds. I drove it to runs some errands because I didn't want to drive the benz and get it all salty. My wife took the olds to work 30 minutes later and I had to drive the benz. The 90 124 was awful in the snow. It had new (all season) tires on it. It slid around and got stuck and was miserable to drive. I put the snow tires on it that day and it improved. But, given any amount of snow I would much rather drive the oldsmobile than a rear wheel drive benz. Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL
