# what winter beater to buy
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-winter-beater-to-buy/17525
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [September 15, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-winter-beater-to-buy/17525 "2006-09-15T08:09:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-winter-beater-to-buy/17525/21 "2006-09-15T17:03:29Z")
As long as you pay attention they aren’t too bad. I made 3 winters in my 86 Ranger 2WD including one blizzard without getting stuck. Just don’t expect it to do great. Granted I made sure it was properly preped with snow tires, and a few sand-bags,
Personally though I found it a lot more fun in the snow than my previous front wheel drive cars. Plus snow-banks/curbs didn’t stand a chance against the Twin-I’s. :tup:
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### Author:  [@Sc1chik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sc1chik)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-winter-beater-to-buy/17525/22 "2006-09-15T17:07:22Z")
> [@woody](#):
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> hey, the z made it just fine, no scratches, no close calls. just a lot of getting stuck and going sideways when i didnt want to. 🙂 at least it taught me how to control the car better?
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> im gunna look at the tracer on monday. sounds like a solid car and i think its the smarter choice. i just needed some people to push me in the direction away from a fun POS that will proabably just give me headaches.
good look.
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-winter-beater-to-buy/17525/23 "2006-09-15T17:12:08Z")
> [@FuzzyFish](#):
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> As long as you pay attention they aren’t too bad. I made 3 winters in my 86 Ranger 2WD including one blizzard without getting stuck. Just don’t expect it to do great. Granted I made sure it was properly preped with snow tires, and a few sand-bags,
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> Personally though I found it a lot more fun in the snow than my previous front wheel drive cars. Plus snow-banks/curbs didn’t stand a chance against the Twin-I’s. :tup:
yeah I have driven both front and rear wheel drive in winter and I find that front wheel drive gives you more control, especialy while turning. I have, in the past, been driving rear wheel drive and gone around a turn only to have the car keep pushing forward while the fronts just slid. Although that was in a truck with kinda shitty tires. :gotme:
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-winter-beater-to-buy/17525/24 "2006-09-15T17:18:19Z")
It’s entirely dependant on the dynamics of the vehicle also. Plenty of FWD vehicles can do the exact same things. That is more down to the dynamics of the vehicle, just because it’s RWD doesn’t mean the ass will kick out, and just because it’s FWD doesn’t mean it won’t.
Every car is different and there are a ton of variables to it. (Suspension condition, tires, center of gravity just to name a few.) The drive wheels can influence it but it is not the end-all/be-all of how the car will handle. Though it does have a large influence.
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-winter-beater-to-buy/17525/25 "2006-09-15T17:24:34Z")
:word: very true.
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