Cars are getting bigger all the time. Trucks keep getting taller and longer, EVs keep getting heavier, and wheels seem to add another inch every time we turn our back. Now, it’s possible to see just how big vehicles have gotten over time with a useful online tool. The tagline of Carsized.com is “Bringing car […]
I made it home during the snowpocalypse in Atlanta about 10 years ago… in a lowered 2005 Mini Cooper S… On summer UHP tires… A lightweight front wheel drive car, with a stick and a limited slip differential, driven appropriately can go through basically any winter weather until ground clearance is a problem. It is probably better than something heavier in heavy ice conditions like I was in. I was puttering along, starting in 2nd gear to minimize wheelslip, managing my momentum, and passing more bro dozers in ditches or sliding backwards down hills than you would believe.