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Help! - close to selling 1997 960 because drives horrible in winter 900 1997

posted by  someone claiming to be Canadian Snow on  Thu Nov 24 02:20 CST 2005 [RELATED]

I drive a 95 960, and as a Canadian, have driven in snow all my life. We get about 35 feet of snow/year in the area I live in.


Front wheel drive is certainly superior, because the weight of the engine is over the drive wheels. Here, the car is 'pulled' through the snow rather than 'pushed.'
I have escaped unscathed from some really harrowing experiences in my fwd cars.

However, my 960 is rwd. On my 95 960, I have 4 snows rated M+S (mud & snow). In winter, I usually put two bags of kitty litter or sand in the trunk. This serves two purposes. First, it is weight over the drive wheels so I have better traction. Second, in the event I get stuck or can't get over a greasy area, I can sprinkle the sand or litter on the areas around the wheels to get traction.

All season tires are of little use in winter on this car. So I have two sets of wheels and tires. I take the snows off every spring to help make them last longer as they are softer rubber that wears too quickly in summer. But the softer rubber is what makes them work so much better than all seasons in the snow.

I also accelerate slowly in winter with the 960. If I don't, the back end slides out and I end up going sideways down the road. Winter mode hellps a bit with this on ice, but is not good to use when pulling into traffic because it can be so slow that you may get hit by another car. I find it is better suited for ice or greasy roads when you are going straight or do not need to get out of the way of something when turning.

Good luck in the snow eh?










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