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On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 07:55:58 -0500, John H.
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On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 08:15:52 +0000, RGrew176 wrote:


I was mildly surprised last winter. We had a 9 1/2" snowfall and they
had not yet plowed my condo complex. It came time for me to leave for
work and I was as I said mildly surprised when my 2014 Ford Taurus FWD
only drove right through it to the street which had been plowed.

It came with Michelin all season tires and they seem to do well in the
snow of course being FWD helps a lot.

We had a Jetta for four years in Germany, with lots of snow, and another Jetta now -
both front wheel drive only. The little buggers can handle snow pretty well, although
the manual transmission helped a lot on the earlier one.

It's snowing here again. I suppose we're on our way to the 6-8" we're supposed to
get. They were at least partially right on the forecast last night. They said the
rain would change to snow o/a 8-9am. It just changed.

I am hearing I may end up in a Rav4 in New Zealand. No matter what you
rent, that may be what you get if you don't want an econobox sedan.
Hopefully I won't be in the snow but with our itinerary, it would not
shock me.

What you get in NZ may not be what you think. I forget which model Toyota
we had, but was totally different than the same name in the USA.