Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihuxl!seifert From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Re: How many snow tires DOES a front-wheel drive car need? Message-ID: <1387@ihuxl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 09:59:24 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxl.1387 Posted: Tue Oct 9 09:59:24 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Oct-84 04:11:25 EDT References: <869@abnjh.UUCP> <681@ihuxa.UUCP> <1384@ihuxl.UUCP> <685@ihuxa.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 25 (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. Keep the shiny side up! (at least until they start salting again, in which case neither side will be shiny) -- "We've got a full tank of gas, it's dark, and we're _____ wearing sunglasses" /_____\ "Hit it!" /_______\ |___| Snoopy ____|___|_____ ihnp4!ihuxl!seifert