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Old 01-06-2014, 06:46 AM   #7
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There's one big thing that hurts this car in deep snow (more snow than ground clearance), and it's the shape of the front bumper combined with the flat under tray.

My old jetta had less ground clearance, but the front lip was vertical and worked like a plow. The bumpers on these cars just lift up on top of the snow instead of pushing it out of the way. Fitting a small air dam up front might help, but it would have to be pretty strong to do any good.

Once you get past that, they're great in the snow. I've driven mine in 5-6" of snow lots and not gotten stuck once. The only time I've been stuck was in about 10" of snow in a parking lot where the rear wheels were actually spinning in the air while the car rested on the snow.
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