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From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: How many snow tires DOES a front-wheel drive car need?
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Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 09:59:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  9 09:59:24 1984
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(a) what's this about I should have been an attorney?

(b) I think *you* should explain how you drove through 2'
of snow in a car with probably 6-7" of ground clearance.
Especially with 'normal' tires.  Up to the 6-7" I would believe.
That's no big deal. But you're talking about PLOWING an additional
18" worth.  The amount of force required to move forward goes up
DRASTICALLY as soon as you run out of ground clearance. (We won't
even *mention* trying to climb hills!  oops, we did. oh well. :-)  )

Where in the midwest was this? If it was in Ill-noise, it was
probably more like 2" of snow and 22" of salt.  (Salting the
roads is an olympic event here) Salt isn't compressable, so
you could drive right over the top.

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