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pawoSD · #16 04-02-2009, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bustedbenz

Even if being an excellent driver is 90% of the equation, which I am sure is the case, that last 10% is enough to keep my car from moving uphill. There's no substitute for traction. And I can't get it. Running all-year tires doesn't help but I also think the w126 itself must be partly to blame... huge car, very heavy and with a heavy diesel sitting on the front end... it just doesn't stand a chance without chains and stuff. Which I suppose I'll have to look into.

Your problem is your tires. I have driven my SD through six winters with good tires on it, and even with 100" seasonal snowfall and several blizzards, I have yet to get stuck (for long). This winter was the first time I have gotten "stuck" to the point that I had to do some digging around the car.....I was out in a few minutes.....this was on an uphill road with 14" of snow on it....its amazing I made it to the top without getting stuck, but I had to stop at an intersection, and thats where my movement ceased. This was the only time I've really gotten stuck, aside from in the alley behind our house because it was all ice....any car will get stuck on a sheet of ice.

In the winter I put about 250lbs of sand in my trunk....it helps, a lot.

I rate the W126 a "very good" snow car....and the W124/W123 "very very good"

Next winter I am getting a spare set of Bundt's and throwing a couple heavy duty snow tires in back.

Our 300E does pretty decent in the snow too, probably because its lighter, has less torque in the low end, and does second gear start.