(cont., ran out of space again)...Besides, I feel much, much safer driving a Crown Vic in ice and snow than I do driving a front-wheel-drive coupe, better known as a "Postage Stamp of Death".  If you know how to drive in winter, rear wheel drive offers far superior control from sliding out of control.  The scariest near-miss in one of the latter category was on that short incline on East 15th passing Merrill Field, before they redid the road and put in the median.