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Old 04-13-2008, 11:49 AM   #1 (permalink)
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08 Civic LX AT or 08 Elantra SE AT for driving in upstate NY.

Okay I know this is Honda forum and people will have their prefrences but I want to know from people who are driving in snow with their Civic LX AT how good it handles in snow. Reason being I've narrowed down between 08 Elantra SE AT and 08 Civic LX AT. I test drove both vehicles and thought following

Advantage for Civic is
It has better looks and drives bit better than Elantra.
It has higher resale value (this one is somewhat important as I dont drive car down to ground but trade mostly around 5 years).
It gives couple of miles more than Elantra

Advantage for Elantra SE
It is bit bigger than Civic.
It is $1000 cheaper than Civic
It has more safety features than Civic (VSC + Brake Assist + Traction control - which are not on Civic LX).
It has better audio system than Civic.

At present I'm leaning towards Elantra reason being more safety features with relatively less money. But I want to know how well Civic drives in snow / ice compared to Elantra before making decision one way or other.

Thanks in advance.
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I have a 06 LX sedan MT, I drove around in albany in snow on occasion and the car drove straight and fine, i actually had to work to put it into a slide to see what would happen.

But i did hit a patch of black ice on a back road in rural MD and run off the road into a ditch, but i doubt VSA and traction control would have really been able to help me there since i was only doing 20mph at the time.
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