On 2/6/21 10:30 AM, EDWARD WOODS via Wpta wrote:
> Donâ??t laugh about snow tires. Back in the day when I drove the TR3
> though the winter months, I had VW Beetle snow tire recaps on the car.
> I once passes a stuck Volkswagen on the Vilsack hill with that
> arrangement.
I live in Salt Lake City. It can get snowy here. For years my one and
only vehicle was a '69 TR6. I fondly remember an incident regarding
snow. Obviously, it was during the winter. I had Pirelli Winter 190s
on all four corners, one of the top snow tires of the time. I was
motoring off to work at the U of U. It involved going up a steep hill,
the Wasatch Fault line.
It had snowed that night, the street hadn't been plowed, or sanded or
salted yet. I motored up the slope at maybe a steady 5 - 6 mph. Slow,
smooth, steady. There was a high school kid in a Jeep also driving up
the hill. He would hit the gas, spin all 4 tires, and slide backwards
while doing so. He had NO clue whatsoever about driving in snow. I
waved as I easily passed him.
mjb.
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