Originally Posted by curtludwig

240Ds are the best snow cars and don't let anybody tell you different. Low power to weight ratio and heavy with narrow tires. Put good studded snows on and 100-200# in the trunk and you'll go anywhere that Audi will go and then some. The Audi's trouble is you'll start ripping it up when the snow gets too deep or if you hit a hard piece of ice. The 240D has better ground clearance.

Last winter we had an unexpectedly bad storm starting around noon (New Englanders will remember the December storm on a Thursday). At one point on my commute I go up a steep hill than banks to the left (anybody ever driven Rt 2 west out of Fitchburg, MA?) I was climbing it in my 190D thankful I'd gotten snowtires earlier that week. I was going slow and holding my own. I looked over to the right and saw a Toyota pickup crabbing up the hill SIDEWAYS in 4wd barely making it. The car in front of me slid into the jersey barrier and got stuck, so did the car in front of him, I snuck around them and the road ahead was clear. I gassed (dieseled?) it and pulled away from the Toyota leaving all other traffic behind.

I had NO problem getting anywhere other than all the other cars getting in my way!