My vote gos to my Ford Bronco II (5 speed 4WD - V6) but not considering
anything with 4WD;
In the late 70's my wife had a '69 VW Beetle. Great snow car! It would
pass anything in the snow but she had to carry an ice scraper to keep
the inside of the windshield clear. Second best was the 1969 LTD (auto
with positraction rear) It required fifty pounds added to the trunk but
I never got it stuck in the snow.
A friend has a new full size Ford SUV...about 30 grand worth of bells
and whistles. He had it stuck in the snow 2 times last winter and is
afraid to drive it in the snow now....He figured he could go anywhere,
what he forgot was; after he went up the (very steep) mountian he had to
come back down.... go figure......
Kevin V.
Geoff Branch wrote:
What makes a car good in the snow? I just came back from a 1 1/2 hour
trip in
the snow, driving the wife's VW station wagon, and durned if that ain't
the best
vehikle I've ever driven in the slop. Never mind all that traction
control, ABS
stuff, (which it has and is grand), but even discounting the fancies,
this thing
is like a tank. It just goes where you point it and turns when you tell
it too.
My Taurus (bain of my existence, what a horrible car) wagon scares the
pants off
me in the snow. What's the difference?
Both my LBCs, ok one LBC and one IBC, are sleeping. zzzzzzzzzzz.....
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
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