Another car question: Snow tires or 4 wheel drive more important?

odyssey
Thu, 31 May 2007 16:09:38 +0000

He will be living on campus and doesn’t need the car to get to classes. He does work twice a week off campus (but close by) and until now, has depended on cabs when he needs to. The fact that he has managed does mean that it wouldn’t be essential for him to drive in very bad weather.

I guess the issue would be that he wants to use it to get off campus on weekends and while he shouldn’t be going anywhere with the car if the streets are already bad, he could be out when it starts to snow and pile up.

I think the front wheel drive would be Ok for his needs. And as said above it is very important that he be prepared for bad weather (shovel, kitty litter, etc.-- he has the AAA card already).

Unfortunately, he doesn’t drive a manual car. We got rid of our stick shift cars years ago, and none of our friends have them anymore. He wants to learn, but the opportunity hasn’t presented itself.