The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

don't even think about it.... 1800 1973

posted by  someone claiming to be asthenia on  Mon Jan 17 07:52 CST 2005 [RELATED]

Story time. My 1800ES has seen snow only once: the first day I had it, driving home through the Rockies going into Calgary. (I wasn't pleased, believe me.)

It was a freak blizzard, and even the plows were pulling over. There were SUV's upside down in ditches everywhere, and the mountain snow around Banff was so deep I could hear and feel it scraping along the floor of the car. It was coming down so hard that an inch of ice formed on the headlights, and I had to get out into knee-high snow to chip it off.

When I got into town at about 4:00 AM, there was not one other car on the road, anywhere, and the snow hadn't been plowed yet. I'd never driven an 1800 before, or anything like it, but it felt totally controllable. I was taking every turn sideways, and loving it. The balance was superb, I could hold a slide indefinitely, and I never felt like there was any danger to me or the car.

Granted there was about 100lb of luggage in the back -- love that wagon -- but if an 1800ES can go places even Jeep TJs get stuck, I'd say it's a pretty good winter car.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.