Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 04:27:24 GMT From: "MJK" <mkarinnopsamhlink.net> Subject: Re: lease up-what to change to?
"Morgan Bullard" <mjbullardnopsampammersdie.earthlink.net> wrote in message news:zu3u9.3499$6F4.318042nopsamread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net... > > "MJK" <mkarinnopsamhlink.net> wrote in message news:ivKt9.2083$Fj6.142152nopsamread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net... > > > > > > > > If you've never driven a RWD in the snow, you > > > don't realize how bad it really is. > > > > > > > What a WIMP! What do you think we all did BEFORE front wheel drive cars came > > into vogue in the mid 70's? We all drove RWD cars and put studded snows on > > them. > > > > Now we have traction control, ABS, and much better winter tires available > > than were available in the 70's. > > > > I have a Saab 900SE Turbo and a Mercedes CLK320. Both have traction control > > and ABS. I put winter tires on both. Either car will take me anywhere I want > > to go in the snow. > > Snow tires! What a WIMP! I've driven my 944Turbo in the snow on Bridgestone RE71's. (summer only tires) > Actually until I bought my Saab about 4 years ago, I had never owned a front wheel drive car. Unless you > live some where where you get alot of snow or somewhere they don't plow the streets, it's not that > big of a deal. I live in the Chicago area, about half way to Rockford, and I would not say > that we get alot of snow. I spent one winter here where my only car was a 96 Mustang GT with > Pirelli P7000 supersports. It really wasn't a problem. (for those of you not familar with US cars, that's a > 3300lb car, front engined, rear drive, v8 powered car. ~60-65% of the weight on the front wheels.) > > Thanks for reinforcing my original point. RWD in the snow isn't a big deal, is it?
