Dave, The right tires are the key. I have owned four 4WD vehicles nd they certainly do have more traction, but a set of snows all around and ABS make any FWD car a great snow vehicle. We got 9" of snow yesterday and last night. My B5 Passat with four Pirelli 190P snows works just fine.
--Dan "David E. Ingold" wrote: > > I take back all the negative SUV comments I've made. > > This evening when I left work, there was 6-7" of unplowed snow in the > parking lot. I spent a good half hour trying to get myself out. All I > could do was spin the wheels. > > I was one of the last to leave. Fortunately one of the guys had some tow > straps, and I got pulled out by a Cherokee. He towed me the 150 yards or so > to the plowed street where I could make it on my own. > > What nice tow hooks the Jetta has (The Cherokee had none that we could > find). I'll be picking up a couple sets of tow straps for both cars now. > > My average speed on the rest of the drive home was only 9mph. At one point > I almost didn't make it up a slight incline, and had a whole bunch of cars > behind me. Maybe I'll start shopping for an old Subaru wagon or BRAT for a > winter vehicle. > > Dave. > '90 GLi _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
