<VV> Winter Driving in a different wierd car - not a Corvair

[peter koehler]

When I was going to college in Michigan I had a weird 
little Saab 96. It was front wheel drive (now not such a 
big deal but weird in the early '70's) and it had a 3 
cylinder 2-cycle engine up front. I drove it around town 
with my snow tires proudly mounted on the front wheels! We 
had a real good snow one weekend (1971?) that shut down 
everything. Guys were taking the neighbors to the grocery 
store on snowmobiles for supplies. We were digging people 
out with a bucket loader equipped Bobcat. And I was 
playing in the street racing the snowmobiles. I was doing 
fine (my Saab was the Monte Carlo version with 850 cc's 
and a triple carb setup!) until the car got up on top of 
the 24" of snow and I high centered. Was fun while it 
lasted. Not sure if a Corvair would have done any better. 
The biggest insult was having to be towed back home by the 
Bobcat!! - Former Saabist Pete K