Ford Focus Floats on Flakes

I was much grieved when Ford stopped making the Escort. My Escort was a little mountain goat in the snow - handled pretty much everything a bigger car could with very little problem. However, I have come to discover that the Ford Focus actually does very well in the snow, too - although not so much on ice. More on that later.

First: we got POUNDED last night with snow. The news people were saying "biggest snowfall in a 24-hour period in at least 4 years, and maybe since 1979". That's a lotta snow.
My car was parked along the side of the road, so it sorta got "plowed in". Sorta. Mostly the plows cleared one lane, so I actually didn't have that much EXTRA snow to deal with. Good thing. Rocking the car back & forth finally got it out of my parking spot, and off I went. The car seems to pretty much float on the snow, and once it gets going, it stays going. I was traveling faster than some trucks were, with NO problem!

Sure, I only went about 40 mph the whole way to work, but hey, lots of people were going way, way, waaaaay slower. If there's no traction to be had, however, I have to slow WAY down because the car starts to slide out almost immediately.
All in all, pretty happy with the way my Floating Ford Focus handled last night & this morning.