By Robert EmslieHere we see Volkswagens—which maintain both behaviors—participating in the inaugural Rengon JM-putki Rally held exclusively for air-cooled VWs last week near Hämeenlinna in Finland, and it looks like it was a ball. Okay, it looks like it was a snowball. Happy now?
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Kamil Kaluski 
Robby DeGraff
You should see old VW buses do it! Go to YouTube and search “Shasta Snow Trip”.
Will do. Thanks for the tip!
Good for traction, not so good for steering or braking while facing forwards…
On the other hand you don’t need to use the handbrake, from my experience on a wet skidpan that gives you way too much rotation!
Rear engines are great in the snow: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d63b6b0b5c5efb92ad273b2fd01357ada87c34f436fb9d0ee83ca17aa08b9b98.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/88f3b7273a52c42ea74b2c50557a0f65c3a609395bc2ff673754028ea8d8ff81.jpg