Subj : Re: build back better
To   : Andrew Leary
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Apr 25 2022 09:31:00

-=> Andrew Leary wrote to Jas Hud <=-

 AL> I replaced my 2010 Ford Escape AWD with a 2017 Ford Police Interceptor
 AL> Utility that had been retired by the Vermont State Police.  The 3.7L V6
 AL> actually gets better mileage than the 2.5L I-4 in the Escape was
 AL> getting toward the end. Being from Vermont, the 2017 also came with AWD
 AL> and decent winter tires.

Oh, they're calling the Explorer model "Police Interceptor", too. I was 
confused as how you could make the old Crown Vic platform AWD.

 AL> Around here people either drive scared or they think that they can go
 AL> 80+ in snow just because they have a 4WD/AWD SUV or pickup.  I chuckle
 AL> to myself as I pass them off the road stuck in a snowbank.

They *can* go 80+ mph in the snow/ice - they just better not plan on 
stopping.

My last experience in the snow was in my Prius with 3 passengers and myself. 
In retrospect, I should have gotten new tires first - I had about 6mm of 
tread on my car.

A 4 hour drive under sunny conditions took 12 hours, and the snow was coming 
down so hard that on the road to my cabin, I got stuck with cable chains 
going up a hill and had to rock it to get moving again. My car was so low it 
was snowplowing!

Now, we have a 7-passenger AWD SUV with H/T tires. :)




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