What kind of car do you drive, and how does it handle snow?
By maezee
@maezee (41988)
United States
December 15, 2009 5:38pm CST
I personally drive a '94 Saturn SL1 and it doesn't like snow very much, although it fares much better than my old '92 Oldsmobile Cutlass did (thankfully), but it's still tough driving on the snow, even with snow tires on! Traction is really bad.
What about you? What kind of car do you drive, and how does it stand up against the winter driving madness?
5 responses
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
16 Dec 09
Currently driving an '04 Honda Civic. The tires are relatively new, as I changed them last winter. They are however not snow tires, just regular all-season tires. I slipped and almost hit the ditch yesterday when I was driving faster than I was supposed to drive in the snow, but I recovered and just drove slowly.
I am counting days to spring so I can avoid all this winter-driving-madness!
@jesssp (2712)
• Canada
16 Dec 09
I drive a 2005 Ford Escape and I love the way it handles in the winter. It stops great and it also stops STRAIGHT on ice which is good, it doesn't try to spin you around. It goes through deep snow really well and gets going on ice with no problem. It has automatic 4 wheel drive so it kicks in when the wheels slip and turns off once traction is achieved. I would rather be able to turn it on and off myself but it's still a nice feature to have.
@froggieslover (3069)
• United States
16 Dec 09
We just recently bought a 1999 Toyota Corolla and so this will be our first winter with it so we will have to wait and see how it handles although it does handle really well on the regular roads. We have a 1999 Ford Explorer 4x4 previous and it is a great winter vehicle but it also cost a great price when it needed fixed and a great price when it needed gas so while I would still like to have the 4x4 I am glad we have nicer gas and repair prices. We just know to take it a lot slower with the toyota...I am sure it will do fine though.
@TickleMeBreathless (590)
• United States
16 Dec 09
I don't have my own car yet, but I currently drive my mother's Chrysler 300. It's pretty good in snow, with all-season tires. It plows through snowdrifts wonderfully, and has anti-lock brakes so it's a lot easier to stop on ice-covered roads. I'm not very experienced with cars, seeing as I only got my license in November, and I hadn't driven in snow before this winter [Yay snow...] so I was pleasantly surprised at how well the car handled it.
