Although i had faith in the X, i must admit i had apprehension in the way the X would respond to the 2.5+ feet of snow.

1. i park on the street so the X was subjected to a blanket of 6 feet of snow due to wind drifts and the snow plowing every hour.

2. At 1200a when the snow stopped i shoveled around the perimeter of the X so that we could access the doors, and a path at the rear as i knew backing her out would be a better shot.

3. i started her right up without any problem... ran the engine for 1/2 hour... then went to sleep.

4. in the morn... she was covered by a bit of snow and so was the ground that i shoveled the night before. i brought a large (MOVING) blanket to place under rear pass tire...not really 4 traction but to actually create a buffer from the rims slamming up against curb and getting chewed up. this car loves to slide right... even in rain.

5. people... she backed right out smoothly.

6. the rest of the day the X frolicked thru - out manhattan... up and down and back on the FDR... the major deegan (87) up and down hills... some steep 80 footers at 30 degree angles... and all with the stock tires...

7. this day she became my SNOWXBOARD...

PS... with spoiler deploying at 60... the car started to buffet as ice was on the trail edge of the spoiler!!! the higher the speed the more radical the buffet... i pulled over to clear the ice... and the situation was resolved... i felt like a test pilot... outstanding!!!