In article >,
"johnny p." > wrote:

> Alan Baker wrote:
> >
> > I'm quite likely to want to take my Miata on roads that have
> > significant snow cover and in particular roads where the snow
> > is packed down in the centre of the lane and your tires drive
> > down ruts on either side...
> >
> > What do you guys think?
>
> What I think is that I was working outdoors all day yesterday in these
> crappy mosquito woods on the outskirts of St. Petersburg FL yesterday
> and it was hot as Hell and I like to pass out from the heat (had to keep
> moving, though, or the mosquitos would have drained me dry) and the idea
> of driving a Miata in snow sounds absolutely great. Just the word
> "snow" sounds great. "Snow." "Snow." Ahhh. Thank you.
>
> All the edge-of-losing-it fun of hi-speed driving at easy-going low
> speed, gotta love that. So go for it! What's the worst that could
> happen? Your snow tires wearing unevenly? Your car handling less than
> optimally well? It's going to do that anyway on snow tires.
>
> yrs wdk

That's what I think too...

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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