On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 05:47:17 -0500, philoÂ* wrote:

On 03/10/2014 08:47 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:




Due to a really bad winter I sure had a lot of those snow clumps...but
as soon at I move the car or turn the wheel they fall off.
Yup,
Over here we are all on snow tires. That problem does not bother us.



The answer seems to be front wheel drive.

The alley had turned completely to ice and I had no trouble getting through.

One of my neighbors who has a rear wheel drive could not even back up to
get into the alley.

When I had RWD cars I always put 3 100lb bags of sand in the trunk
over the axle in late fall. I NEVER got stuck.
My Ford F-100 got 5 bags.
Sand is cheap, but there's a MPG penalty.
With FWD cars I try to not let the gas tank get below 1/2 tank to
minimize fishtailing.
When there's a foot of unplowed snow on the road, you best stay home.
FWD is much better in snow.