Both my '67 and '70 were outstanding in deep snow -- the '67 was the better
of the two with the higher clearance and reduction gears.  The only car I've
driven that came close to them was an old Rabbit LS Diesel -- too stinkin'
slow to do anything drastic.  I guess by now Gary has started to do whatever
he decided.  Three feet is going to be too much for a car.  If the roads are
cleared he should do very well in the 412 by keeping to slow and steady.  If
I had to make the call I'd find a nice place to curl up and stay warm til
things improved.  Having honed my snow driving skills in Maine and Alaska, I
am confident in my abilities to drive in the white stuff but not my
abilities to dodge those who only think they can.

Chuck
'85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'
In Sunny Houston

on 2/16/03 11:00 PM, Automatic digest processor at
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM wrote:

> Date:    Sun, 16 Feb 2003 23:02:01 -0500
> From:    David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
> Subject: Re: Snow handling of 412
>
> On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Larry Alofs wrote:
>
>> My '76 bus did much better in snow than my
>> vanagon.
>
> I remember my '75 bus being great in the snow, too.  Just watch those
> downhill hairpin corners, once that heavy back end starts to come around
> it doesn't want to stop. ;)