In article >,
charlie > wrote:

> On 6/11/2011 3:29 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> > In >,
> > "johnny > 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...
> >
>
> One of the more annoying things that happen on snow is due to the low
> clearance between the underside and the ground. Remember to take a shovel.

That would be *why* I'm planning to raise the car...

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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