Maybe on braking but my experience would indicate that the weight over the driving wheels helps in other ways. It was similar with the old rear drive VW bugs. They went through snow well. Might have partly been the narrow tires but I believe the weight over the driving wheels helped. Also an issue similar to ABS I think in the sense that one can still steer. The front drive vehicles steer better in snow. The wheels pull the car in the direction one wants to go. Often with rear drive, one would plow straight ahead even if one kept moving with the wheels cranked to the side. That was an issue with my old 2 wheel drive Suburban. Lots of weight so it didn't spin but it was not great at turning. We would get ruts in our back lane and the truck didn't like climbing out of the ruts. Turn the wheel and slide down the rut straight ahead. Had to remember to climb out of the rut at some speed before I got to my garage so that I could turn across the ruts into the garage for parking.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alex Chamberlain Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:45 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now? On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:51 AM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might convince me but I tell you, you would not convince my wife. In any > event, tires do make a huge difference > but I do think front drive does work better in the snow. Like somebody said, the only difference between FWD and RWD is which end goes off the road first. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
