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wintertime driving 900

posted by  greg_mustang on  Tue Jan 25 07:32 CST 2005
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"inch of snow"

I have two volvos in my household and live in Montreal canada
We have a few feet of snow and ice.

The cars are very good, need to be driven the right way though.

Firstly YES to snow tires and YES to all four wheels. Studs? Sure if you want.

Weight? It depends where you drive. For highway, I would say no to weight. for city, parking, uphills, etc I would say yes. You can accomplish fine with two 20k bags of gravel from Home depot at a couple dollars.

On my cars I never added weight. Not needed, wife has no problem.
she drives the 940 with limited slip diff which helps acceleration. I drive the 240 with non-limited slip and have no issues either.

Thing is, easy on the gas if you feel the wheels spin, and easy on the turns.

In many way rwd gives more (but harder) user control of the vehicle. with fwd you lose your steering when you spin the wheels. With rwd you lose your rear end. I personally prefer the latter option.

Enjoy! Drive it like a rwd car and you will love it.

Greg Mustang
Montreal
Canada





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