Would like to ask a question: Why do people assume that a smaller car can't be driven when it's slippery?
I run an early Miata as a daily driver. It snowed a week or so ago while I was at work-a steady snowfall all day long, but not really heavy, just slushy, and the city kept the streets pretty clear.
Anyway, all I heard all day long was: How are you going to get home? But your car is so SMALL!!!! It can't handle the snow! ITS SMALL!!!
It's a line of reasoning I don't really get. The only time snow has really made travel in this car difficult is when it's very deep (ground clearance problems). I've spent lots of time driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee in similar conditions to last week, and let me tell you, I'd rather be in a vehicle I KNOW will go round a turn and stop, than a car whose technology I'm HOPING will allow it to do so.
Sorry, I've just been hearing that a lot lately. Needed to get it offa my chest.
-Wm.