-----And driver attitude.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Cathey" <j...@windwireless.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] BLIZZARD!!!! AHHH!!
I wasn't expecting good snow performance as I had been used to driving
my 220D automatic and a 450 and 560SEL which were not the best.
My winter car is a 200D manual. For a short period my wife
was driving the 450SL. Both riding on Hakkas, and both are/were
pretty darned good in the snow. In the 200D I've driven on a
badly drifted road, with waves of snow washing over the hood,
and my only problems were ensuring that I was _on_ the road,
and avoiding stopping.
A good set of snow tires and 200# of sand in the back also
transformed my Camaro, a car that loved to spin around normally,
into a not-bad snow car.
The most amazing slippery road performance I have ever personally
experienced was in my Dodge pickup riding on mud/snow tires, with
a 3000# camper in the back! On a glare ice day when _everybody_
was slipping and sliding around, we didn't even lose traction
once.
It's all about tires. And weight.
-- Jim
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