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Note: Winter tyres are not the old snow tyres they are new much better technology and are far far better than any all season tyre. Mikey, Mikey, Mikey. Roads there get downright trecherous. Long term memory getting a bit shakey?
How old are you and how old is your mother? I know the Monadnock region very well. A front wheel drive car like the New Beetle you are looking at is going to handle snow better than any rear wheel drive car like your old Volvo VW puts a lot of time and effort into crash worthiness, too.
I have owned two Beetles and they both handled Michigan winters just fine. I agree with a good snow tire or an all-season. Loren R. Wayne, I kinda wished I had driven my beetle when I was visiting Canada a couple of weeks ago just to see how it handled in the white stuff, we don't get snow much here in South Carolina an inch or two every couple of years; that's usually enough to close down the town!
I decided not to drive it due to the road salt up there so instead I drove my Toyota MR2 Spyder instead. Bad choice!!!
Although the spyder handles extremely well in dry pavement mid-engined car , on snow it's another matter entirely I drove from Montreal absolutely beautiful city I had driven in show before stationed in Germany in my younger days and consider myself a somewhat decent driver so I knew what to do once the rear end of the car began twitching I slowed way down about 30 mph, stayed in my lane, no sudden movements with the steering wheel, no quick downshifting and NO Braking I felt pretty good about myself enjoying the beautiful Canadian scenery when, faster than the blink of an eye the back end snapped around and I was off on my sleigh ride!!!
I didn't even have time to correct the slide as once the the back comes around it comes ALL the way around a common trait with mid-engined cars , so here I was siding completely backward across the QEW creating a real pretty backward snow rooster-tail across the expressway funny how you remember these types of things after the fact, well By the time that I had stopped sliding, I had slid across all 4 lanes of traffic and came with a foot of striking the retaining wall in the median The Good Lord was certainly with me that night Wonder if I'll ever get that stain out of my seat!
Several people stopped ther cars and got out to see if I was was OK Canadians are real nice people. After I composed myself and checked my car, I limped up the highway mph the rest of the way to Buffalo I think that I may want to wait until spring before I come back Ron snow and spyders don't mix Spears.
Actually, I do protest! My own little Super makes it just fine on the snowy roads that we've had in Michigan, lo these past several days. Gunter starts like a champ first thing, every morning using the "cold start" method I've delineated under the "Super Beetles" forum and faithfully gets me there, where ever "there" turns out to be for that day.
I keep my tools in the trunk for a little added weight on the turning wheels. Beyond that, the engine and drive axle being over the drive wheels makes for rather steady driving in adverse Winter weather.
Remember, guys and girls You think that we get snow around here?? All that it takes is a little additional driving skill to handle one of these little beasts in the snow.
At the age of 38, I have just around twenty years worth of Winter driving under my belt! In short, I hail from an era when you drove the car, not it driving you! With some care, and steady reflexes, anyone can learn to drive in the white stuff in an old car Daniel Mosher Resident Cartoonist www. Ya sure Wayne that would be great. I do agree that beetles are great with some care but I'm in vancouver it's awful icy snow and the city is just useless at doing anything about it, so it's not exactly the beetle but the Vancouver drivers I'm worried about.
But I digress.
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