I drove my Tiger year round for 15 years before I restored & garaged it for
winters.
It is terrible in the snow, but I commuted 120 miles per day for 3 of those
15, from NProv RI to Newton, MA.
My other car during those days was a Volvo 144 RWDrive---which was every bit
as bad as the Tiger in the snow.
My solution? Studded snow tires on both. And snow driving skill.
My new Volvo S-80 has 4 wheel drive---great in the snow, but lousy mileage.
Al J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stu Brennan" <stubrennan@comcast.net>
To: "'Robert Bernardino'" <crbernardino@mac.com>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Cat in the cold
>I recall that you came from the south, so maybe you don't know about
> this. The problem is not the cold, but the salt that they use to melt
> the ice on the roads this season. Accelerates the rusting. Even though
> they didn't spread any that day, it's still there. Have you noticed how
> the sides of the roads look lighter than they did in the summer? That's
> the salt. Being near the ocean doesn't help either. Get a good storm
> and the salt spray can go a surprising distance inland. IIRC, Cape Cod
> saw evidence of salt damage over a mile inland after a storm.
>
> I'm in MA, right at the NE corner of RI. I've driven it into January
> when we haven't had any snow or ice. My Tiger stays off the road until
> we've had a couple really good spring rains, with no freezing and
> salting after. Usually mid April.
>
> I had my Tiger out in some salt free snow once, for some photography,
> and it's the most horrible car I ever drove in the snow. Except maybe
> the '79 Mercury Marquis wagon when the tires were almost done. An inch
> or two of snow and I couldn't get back up my driveway.
>
> Stu Brennan
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