Question for car experts

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We moved from sunny California to colder Minnesota. On very cold snowy winter nights we have a dilemma of which car to use: my 98' front wheel drive Camry, or his 93' rear wheel drive Volvo but with the seat warmers.

I wonder whether there are seat warmers than can be added to the Camry. It is amazing how cold those cloth seats can be, and stay like that for long time at a wind chill index of even 20.

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1. Winter hasn't even arrived yet...

Time to get some more winter cloths buddy, Winter has yet to arrive.

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. Front wheel drive cars tend to be easier to drive in snow.......

but they are susceptible to over steer on braking and deceleration because the rear wheels are rolling free and generally have less weight on them and over steer on corners for the same reason. Front wheel drive is great for getting going in deep snow but control under way takes understanding and practice.


The best advice i could offer for winter driving is, regardless of whether front or rear drive, envision an egg, taped to the bottom of your right foot. If you have to press on the gas or the brake hard enough to break that egg, you are over driving the car.

Accelerate slowly, look FAR ahead and brake gently....NEVER BREAK THE IMAGINARY EGG!!!!

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3. Thanks. The ABS was a surprise, when it "pumped back" at me

when I braked. Never done this in CA, ha!