IIRC, Click & Clack put everybody's favorite FWD snow car (a Camry, I think, or was it an Accord?) up against some ancient giant boat of a RWD American car, both with snow tires but no other special preparation, and the boat kicked the rice cakes out of the FWD car in the snow.
Their point was, it's all about weight. FWD was only 'advantageous' because it puts all of a light car's drivetrain weight over the driven wheels, compensating for the overall lightening of more economical cars. Same reason the old VW bug, though light, was pretty good in the snow. (Would have been a good winter car, if you didn't care about heat.) But bags of sand are pretty cheap, and are usually pretty easy to deploy in a RWD car. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
