he had more than 5 inches of ground clearance.You don't think that maybe, just maybe, your Dad was exaggerating a bit?
A car with 5.2 inches of ground clearance will not get through 12" of snow even with chains and a running start.
Besides, I was up and watched him drive up our lane-way which wasn't shoveled out.
I also drove that car in nasty snow storms in 12" of snow with no problems. Even my 1987 Crown Vic had no problems in 12" of snow. I deliberately tried to get stuck while testing out new snow-tires and it never got stuck.
