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Old 18 Dec 2005, 11:14 am
Alan Browne
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Default Re: CR-V is a SNOW CHAMP!

High Tech Misfit wrote:
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>>... wish I had that yesterday. Over 40cm of snow. City late plowing my
>>small, dead end street, my accord "rode up" onto the snow and there went
>>the traction. Dug it out and put it back in the driveway. City didn't
>>come until 15:15. There went the work day (I did do some phone work,
>>but it ain't the same). In any case, at the end of my street they left
>>a 3 - 4 foot hard packed bank. The CR-V would have done okay, but not
>>the Accord.

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> Do you have winter tires on your Accord? Or are they all-seasons?


Winter. But once the car rides up on the snow, there is nothing for
them to grab onto. 40cm is about 14 inches. The snow 'dams up' and
lifts the car.
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