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My wifes 05 Accord doesn't do so hot on ice arround town. The throttle is so darn twitchy, and the feel is so muted for comfort that before I know it the tires are spinning and the traction control just goes "huh". On the other hand my 99 Frontier with about 400lbs of snow shoveled into the bed does much better with less power, no traction control and a manual. But then again it gives quite a bit of feedback as to whats going on even though its less pleasant on long drives.
Last snow (just before Xmass) when we were on the way to the inlaws we were doing 55-65 (normally 75mph) when we got passed by an excalade with fancy rims that was doing at least 80. 50 miles later when the road got worse they were nose first into a large mesquite bush. Almost all of the cars that were off the side of the road were 4X4's, and had passed us at one time.
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