Is this possible? Has anyone driven both one of these RWD big blocksand a FWD and compared them? Currently I'm driving a 97 Taurus and ithandles alright in snow. I haven't spun out or been stuck, exceptthis one time going slowly up an iced out hill, I had to get out andpush :P.

|Is this possible? Has anyone driven both one of these RWD big blocks|and a FWD and compared them?I have both RWD and FWD cars, live in New York State.The RWD car, a 95 4.6 v8 T-Bird, benefits from real snow tires and some extra weight in the trunk. It also has ABS and electronic traction control. The best RWD snow car I had was a 65 Pontiac Grand Prix 389 v8. This full frame car with old Firestone town and country snow tires would get thru anything I threw at it, including getting up a steep hill towards Congers off the Lake Deforest causeway in significant snow. I don't think they make cars that heavy or snow tires with that type of aggressive tread, great in snow but poor at highway speeds.The FWD cars with ABS do fairly well in the snow with all season tires (whatever "all season" means today).

Can RWD be as good as FWD in Winter - Crown Vic, Marquis, Marauder cars

Dec 07, 2007 21 Replies

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Jeremie Bedard 18 years ago

Rear wipers are only good for a station wagon... Any sedan do not need a rear wiper. I bought 7 Crown Victorias, and I never got the rear window dirty.

Marauder = GOOD

Crown Victorias are the best snow cars ever. 10X better than the FWD Camry in snow ! Camry understeers a lot while the Crown Vic does not understeer at all.

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Picasso 18 years ago

something about the way the car is designed too you don't get as much crap on your windshield reducing the need for spraying washer fluid so much.. in my wifes car every 3 minutes you're looking for wash fluid... same in my work ranger.

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