Next gen quattro

[TWFAUST at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/11/2005 2:12:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
quattro-request at audifans.com writes:

> 
> Somehow our parents survived all of those years with RWD only...! I don't
> recall my Dad missing many days of work because it was too snowy to drive,
> and we lived in Upstate NY and New England for most of my childhood....
> And his cars certainly did not have ANYTHING electronic in them, other
> than the radio and maybe the ignition... Although I do recall him getting
> his big old studded snow tires put on the rear every year....
> 
> I guess we are spoiled these days. I would never even consider a RWD car
> for daily transportation, even here in NJ where the winters aren't as bad
> as in my youth... 
> 
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> 

I can remember a year when my father made up a board plow and cleared the 
drive with his Cadillac (he was an engineer, of course). 

Surprisingly, one of the best snow cars I ever had was an early Datsun Z. At 
the time I had a girlfriend (German) in Providence, Rhode Island, near the 
armory. One night, before a storm I parked in the Armory lot. To teach me a 
lesson, they piled snow around me. After clearing the windshield, I just drove out 
of it.

In both cases, I think it was the tires. Anybody seen a "snow tire" lately?
Tom Faust