Now I have experience of driving my alltrac on winter conditions for 5 months and about 4 000 kilometers.

I have to say it handles very well. Starts on hills are not at problem at all.

Leaving from traffic lights when other cars are slippering makes me smile every time.

That is only normal every day driving. Like one time when there was 12 inches fresh

snow every where...one dude was practically laughing at me, saying my car is useless

on those conditions...guess who had biggest problems to move. ;)

Easiness of every day driving is naturally big plus for a car like this. BUT that is not

what counts isn't it? :) What counts is how you can run safe and sometimes fast and

still reasonable safely. Normal traffic has to slow down much before than I. So I find

driving at the same speed that others little bit safer for me. (I definitely don't

encourage anyone to start driving faster in bad conditions)

Just last weekend I went to the ice track. The track is actually for motorcycles only. But

they let me make couple of rounds with my car. Track was pretty narrow (bikes) but still

there was enough room to run pretty fast. That gave me picture how fast it is possible to

drive our cars on slippery conditions. Top speed on the track was about 130km/h (even more

but I need better tires) and minimum about 30 km/h. Traction was driveable there where

those bikes had been driving, every time my car went over that used area it did spin (twice)

immediately (no traction at all) and there was nothing for me to do about it.

Anyway, I highly recommend that you go for a test drive like I did. On ice, no traffic,

competing against your own driving skills. It was so great to be able take to car on your

command and go through sequential turns.

If I can manage second time for me I will take a camera and maybe video camera with me

and try to get some evidence what I am talking about. Till that drive safely! :o)

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