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Originally Posted by Farmer John
The old 2CV was brilliant in snow, thin tyres cut through, low power doesn't spin the wheels.
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Maybe that is true in your place, or in the Netherlands or Denmark. Living in a country where horizontal roads are mostly fantasy, then unless you have got a differential lock (or whatever you call it in English) you will the moment one of the drive wheels spins - which will happen in every tight corner uphill - be driving a one-wheel-drive car. And in that situation on a steep hill, having the thin wheels of a 2CV or a VW Beetle, or whatever, just means less traction. If you want to drive off-road in snow, very wide rubber belts on a set of drive wheels, and skis on the steering wheels may be the best thing. With snow of any normal height here you would not get anywhere at all off the road in a 2CV. The way to get up the steep hills in an ordinary car is to keep your speed - and how do you keep your speed up in a 2CV - by turning the engine off and pushing it? But the first thing you want in Winter Norway, is a car so balanced that it lets go on all 4 wheels at the same time, that unheralded feature of the Volvo may save your life ove and over.