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Ooh yeah! and tire pressure can make a huge difference in the snow also.

Honestly, I'm doing great in the snow. The only thing I've had trouble with was getting in the garage yesterday as my garage is a steep 35 degree or higher slope and it was covered in snow. But after I got enough momentum it got in just fine.

Out there in the snow it's perfect. Try driving a Prius sometime in the snow and you'll have a new found appreciation for the car! It has a great footprint, it's balanced well, ect. If you own a manual it's easier to drive in the snow. If you're not good at driving stick you can easily spin your wheels in snow and lose control, but the key is just to start out slow and to never gas it quickly.

Our snow 2 days ago was horrible. I saw over 8 crashes on my way to work. I kept distance behind the car that was in front of me and never had an issue. I've never slid to the point of no control like my Prius, and if I ever started to slide the car IMMEDIATELY corrects itself. And this is coming from someone with weight reduction mods. If you are stock, I see no reason, besides the reasons above, why you're doing poorly in the snow.

Actually I'll add a third to that - sandbags in the trunk. The rear is so light, the weight of the car is distributed unevenly making the rear really squirrely. Sandbags in the trunk combined with good snow tires and a gentle foot makes for some decent snow driving.

I love my Celi in the snow! Seriously it eats snow like nothing.

My celica is lowered 1.8-2" all the way around and with half tread snow tires last winter I made it through 9" of poweder over a 1/4 mile up hill(not a huge hill but a hill)... granted I had snow up to my headers and battery when I stopped but the celica is great in the snow.

This year I'm running on General Altimax Arctic's and I do 65mph on the highway when there is nothing but white snow underneath me and I credit the TIRES to what our cars can and cannot do. All-seasons are not meant for temperatures below freezing which is why they suck in the winter and cannot grab ice... no matter if you are a great driver or not, your life may rely on your tires to stop or steer you from harm that's most likely uncontrollable so I will never run all-seasons in winter. My .02

Wow you guys FWDing it through snow. I've never put the Four through snow, but I'm sure it would be a whole lot of fun.

You should! It's what it was made for .

And yea, FWDing is great in snow, providing the car has a good footprint and has a wide stance.

I saw a BMW try to accelerate while turning left after his light went green.......that was entertaining . I bet he used half a tank of gas just to get across down that day.

Im dealing with all the snow in Omaha, NE right now. My 96 gt gets around great
and we've already had two or three 6'' plus snow storms. Turning is a bit of an
issue with large snow drifts from the plows but my strategy so far of a dab of brake,
turn in and E-brake gets me through fine with a big smile on my face :-D

i drove in about 2 inches last night..in my GFs neighbor hood...it was funnnnnnnnnnn hahahha i was revving it like hell throwing snow everywhere just laughing..my gf texted me"stop revving,i can still hear your car"

Thats the way to do it

i'm riding on the stock TC rims and tires
and gossh dang, they are nearly bald! I'm telling you, i can't even move on the snow, not even on flat ground.

horrible for the snow...



This post has been edited by Rymaster: Feb 1, 2010 - 1:23 PM

My car does pretty well in the snow. Manual + easy clutch is the way to go. I just got all-season tires and they actually do pretty well in the snow too, but I'm gonna get snow tires next year.

It just recently snowed and iced over here and my car did fine

You have bald tires and wonder why you can't get any traction in the snow ??

saskatoon got hit hard with at least 3 feet of snow over the course of a day. i seen drifts 5 feet or more, i took some pics, ill post when ever i find my cord for my phone . it was fun. didnt get stuck once. helped 5 people push cars down the street. celica ftw

na, i know why, haha

but even before they were bald, they did nothing really. But now, i have max traction off the snow!!! since they are bald

This post has been edited by Rymaster: Feb 2, 2010 - 2:42 PM