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RWD snow driving
I always hear people extoling the virtues of front wheel drive in the snow, but I've never had a problem with any of my RWD boats. The '82 Ford Granada was a tank, my '67 volvo loved the snow the same as the '78 and '87... and the SDL did great as well. Now, I've only had one of the 300TDs in snow, and I drove past a couple of accidents on hills where I had no problems. Proper tires, a little weight, and a little defensive driving.
It does snow in Germany and Sweden...
I know it takes a different set of skills to pilot a RWD in the snow, but it's not that difficult, or remarkably more dangerous.
(The AWD '98 Subaru Outback wagon was a beast in the snow- I couldn't get it to slide once, even when I tried. But, it leaked more oil than the diesels!)
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