I don't know what everyone else's experiences are in snow with this car, but i've been through a few storms now, both with summer tires and now with my new Bridgestone Blizzak WS-70 snow tires and I can honestly say this is the WORST car I have ever owned in snow. Worse than all of the following cars I have owned- 99/04 Chevy Cavalier, 04 RSX Type-S, 05 SRT-4, 99 SVT Contour, 05 Tacoma X-Runner, 1994 Mazda 626.
I don't know if it's the weight of this car or what but when I drive this thing in snow, I brace for catastropic events to occur. This morning we've only got about 2-3" of snow on the roads, they're pretty much unplowed/untreated, and man it was scary driving to work.
The VSA in this car seems to be one of the dumbest and most dangerous of features I have ever seen-- when the car cuts power when I start slipping, the car basically stops and I can't move-- in turn I have to shut VSA off in the snow, just so I can actually move.
I will never ever in my life ever by a FWD car, ever. Under no circumstances should I put myself in this kind of danger for no reason.
I don't know if it's the weight of this car or what but when I drive this thing in snow, I brace for catastropic events to occur. This morning we've only got about 2-3" of snow on the roads, they're pretty much unplowed/untreated, and man it was scary driving to work.
The VSA in this car seems to be one of the dumbest and most dangerous of features I have ever seen-- when the car cuts power when I start slipping, the car basically stops and I can't move-- in turn I have to shut VSA off in the snow, just so I can actually move.
I will never ever in my life ever by a FWD car, ever. Under no circumstances should I put myself in this kind of danger for no reason.