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Hmm my 940 is much worse in snow than a FWD 700 1990

posted by  masupra on  Fri Jun 10 15:25 CST 2005
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I live in central Mass where plenty snow falls each year (125 inch last winter). We have a 1990 Acura Legend and a 1994 Volvo 944 at home, so I was able to do the comparison.
The Volvo, with four close to brand new Nokian NRW's (they are the Nokian version of all weather tires, but many reviews say they are on par with the best dedicated snow tires provided by other brands). The car simply got stuck almost every time there was some packed snow on the ground. It helped when I put to bags of salt in the trunk. However, when the tail did kick loose, it was harder to gain control with the added weight. It wouldn't climb the slightest hill with packed snow on ground.
Now the Acura, with four cheap all season tires (two Kumbo, Two Nitto). Never get stuck in any situation, once it was buried on street by the snow plow, I shoved half the snow and the car could climb out. Another time we had one foot fresh snow on my company parking lot, the Acura pushed through the snow with no problem at all.
I know
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1994 944NA 100K miles






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