I used to drive a front wheel drive Caddy before I got my first MB and I hear people say fromt wheel drive is better in the snow all the time all the time. I have never found that to be true. I think with MB you have equal weight distrubution so it is not an issue. With American cars there is more weight on the front wheels than the back so a rear-wheel drive car may not have the traction on slipperly surfaces. A couple of sand bags in the trunk can fix that, but I have never needed them in an MB.

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Jason Priest
1999 E430
1995 E420 - retired
1986 420SEL - retired