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So yesterday morning, my dad generously offered to drive me to school.

Unfortunately, he chose to try his new car, which has never seen snow before. It has rear-wheel drive. It is also very heavy. What this amounts to is that we could not get going over three miles per hour on residential streets and hills, no matter how gradual, were out of the question. It was a miracle that, after experimenting with different gears, we got it back into the garage.

The question; why the ******** would anybody in their right mind, especially a lifelong wisconsinite, buy a car with rear-wheel drive for use in snow/ice/whatever?

The answer; it must be his midlife crisis. Wouldn't surprise me at all rolleyes .