On Jan 8, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Phil Bates wrote:
> I got around ok in the MGB, but you find out really quickly just how
> poorly it does in this stuff. Anyone else using an MG for winter
> driving??
I finally picked up a 4WD Suzuki this year for traveling to the
mountains.
I did this for two reasons:
In the winter, the MG could hold a passenger, or it could hold my
skis. It could not hold both.
In the summer, I want to take myself, a passenger, and 2 mountain
bikes to places that my (lowered) MG has no business navigating.
The MG handles better in the snow than the Suzuki, and I have more
confidence in my driving at the same time. In four years, the B
slipped once while coming down the mountain road from Schweitzer
(Sandpoint ID). I was driving a little too fast and locked the brakes
on a hairpin corner--no damage. The Suzuki spent 15 days in a body
shop after it met a guard rail. In the B, I would never have
considered conditions remotely dangerous (it was only a *little* icy,
nothing to worry about...).
In the midwest, where they use rust-enhancers to keep the roads clear,
I would never abuse my B by driving it. In the inland northwest, slap
some high-quality winter tires on and go (I use Michelin Arctic Alpine
studless tires, but they appear to have been replaced with the X-Ice).
--
Aaron Whiteman -- http://www.panix.com/~awhitema/MG/snow/
'75 B HIF4 carbs, sadly missing winter while waiting for paint
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