# what winter beater to buy

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**Created:** [September 15, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-winter-beater-to-buy/17525 "2006-09-15T08:09:10Z")\
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**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")

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> [@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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