Miata Mailing List: November 1996, Message #66
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   From: Steve An 

Subject: RE: VW in the Snow

   Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 15:43:11 -0500



Speaking of one's favorite FauVee in the snow, when I lived in Stuttgart

(Deutschland), I used to drive my Neun Elfer (911, the mother of all VWs) in

the winter with the old Pirelli P7s, (state of the art in 1971), they were

the worst snow tires :-}.



Traction was never a problem, directional stability was, I spun alot on my

way to work, but I never got stuck in any snow piles. All that rear weight

bias helped (it's like carrying 300 lbs of sand in your trunk).



One snowy day, I decided to play and took the car for a lap of the Solitude

Ring, where they used to race Formula 1 in the 50's, (it was on the way

to/from work), it took me an hour to get around, I nearly gave up and walk home.



My favorite snow cars? toss up between the Fiesta (Fiasco) and the pea

souped green 914.



I used to be young and stupid,



        - Steve.



At 02:43 PM 11/1/96 -0500, Matthew Anderson wrote:

>and the fact that they about 14 hp made sure you couldn't spin those tires or 













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