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Originally Posted by big_bubba
Just know how to drive. Last winter I was driving a Dodge Dart, front engine/RWD, with crappy tires, a 383 4-barrel engine (300+hp), with a 4-speed manual, and 3.91:1 rear axle gears with no power steering. This is in Canada, snow up to 8" deep. I could keep up with yuppies in 4x4s all day long, although gas was a big problem, haha.
Driving schools in your area probably have a winter driving course on skid control, etc that you could take and it wouldn't be very expensive.
Anybody who says you NEED FWD, or all wheel drive, or these gazillion dollar snow tires, or ABS to drive safely in the winter is a pussy. Remember, until the early 1980s 90% of cars were rear wheel drive and overpowered.
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You don't
need any of those things. I mean, hell, I've kept control of cars in conditions that most sane people refuse to go out in, with or without snow tires. Try driving an old rusted out Bonneville with shot suspension and a donut on the front right in that sort of weather; you'll be confident driving just about anything else after that.
So, yeah. Don't need anything, other than four wheels and a motor, but they sure as shit help. If I'm driving in adverse condition like I'd be likely to see up north, I'd rather have good rubber on my wheels; I'll get there either way, but driving with the better tires isn't nearly as stressful.
I guess I just don't feel the need to be macho when I'm driving. I know what I can handle, I don't need to prove it to the world and possibly put myself in a bad situation.