| Subject: | Re: What is it about 4x4 drivers
| | Date: | Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:47:29 -0000
| | From: | "Blippie" <news@blip.remove-this.pie.org.uk>
| | Newsgroups: | alt.aviation.roswell.wannabe.wannabe.wannabe,uk.rec.driving
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>what did surprise me was the types of cars that had been stuffed.
>I saw a number of Subaru turbos, a couple of BMW X5s, a Range Rover and
more
>than a few cheap Japanese jeep things.
>The one thing that stands out here is that all of these cars have 4 wheel
>drive.
Might this be to do with these cars generally having wider tyres? The
larger surface contact area isn't helpful in icy conditions.
Cheers
Blippie
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