Re: A snow/ice storm and my A4Q (longish)...

[atwood@ptc.com (Tim Atwood)]

> We arrived safe, comfortable and happy at our
> destination well before any of the other guests (whose vehicles were
> mostly Explorers/Cherokees/Suburbans).  I felt smug...and detected an
> admiring glance or two from the SUV drivers - "that's got AWD, huh?"  :)

Remember, its not a race. Also, if there had been 6" of snow on the road,
you would have been stuck while they arrived at the mountain and felt "smug."
The greater ground clearance of SUV's can be just as much of an advantage
as the lower center of gravity of a quattro, given the right conditions.

Tim Atwood	Parametric Technology Corporation		DoD #1461
Burlington, MA	atwood@ptc.com					AMA #360999
1994 ZX-9R	1990 90Q20V