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Picking the ski vehicle
I've got a great vehicle for getting to the slopes; I just have to
figure out which one it is. Since before the dawn of time, my ski conveyance has been an old Civic Si with a roof rack and a good set of snow tires. With the exception of the low ground clearance (4"), it's been outstanding. The only failings have been once when the last five miles of road to the cabin had about eight inches of new, unplowed and drifted (with more coming down, at about 2 AM) leading discretion to trump valor (i.e. we grabbed a motel room), and several occasions when friends with pickemups (2wd) or SUVs (4x4) have done 180s or nearly gone in the ditch trying to keep up with me. I've been able to compare it back-to-back it with an Exploder of the same vintage, and ground clearance aside, the Civic tracks, stops and turns so much better in the snow that there's no comparison at all. But this summer has seen the addition of a nice late-model pickup (4-liter Ranger with the entry-level offroad package). It's got over twice the ground clearance of the Civic, plus 4wd, but it's got all-season tires, inferior handling (I'd even call it truck-like), and a lot more mass in motion. So when heading north for a few days on the hills, which should I take? Or should I take one and my girlfriend takes the other, so as to cover all our bases? Decisions, decisions..... bw |
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