In article >,
Alan Baker > wrote:

> Lanny, with respect, I think you're overstating the case.

I'm just relating personal experience.

Just for kicks, I once backed halfway down my short, snow-covered
driveway. I could stop, barely; I set the handbrake, had my wife give
the car a push with one hand, and slid all the way to the street (which
was clear). With the rear tires at the curb, I let the clutch out in
first, got out of the car, and watched the tires churn slowly at idle.
This was with T1Rs, and I would call it a total lack of snow grip.

Perhaps your snow is different. Wetter, because Vancouver doesn't get
very cold? I've driven my Miata in snow exactly once, because the snow
arrived early and a meeting ran too long. It was 15°F, I had Dunlop
D60s, and 1/4" of dry snow was scary over 30 mph.

I normally enjoy driving in snow, and I'm good at it, but Miatas are
rotten in snow without proper tires.

--
Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
'94C