These are surprisingly bad in the snow.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95) 01/05/2014 at 18:18 • Filed to: None

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Just had to push one of these out of the snow. Took it 15 mins to get out of the parking lot. My friends Cobalt was doing better.

GeorgeyBoy > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 01/05/2014 at 18:19

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Tires are everything when it comes to snow.

JoelA237 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 01/05/2014 at 18:21

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Probably the tires on it. My suv was HORRIBLE in snow, even tho the tires had decent tread, put new ones on it, and voila! It will go anywhere I tell it to.

Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 01/05/2014 at 18:23

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Put my Cobalt in the snow, totally different story from your friends.

I bet they had some shit tires on the Saturn.....Those are tanks in snow with decent winter tires.

KB Garage > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 01/05/2014 at 18:29

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"My friends Cobalt was doing better."

Take down the time and date. You'll probably never read this again.

davedave1111 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 01/05/2014 at 18:49

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When you say parking lot, do you mean on the flat? Because however bad the tyres or grip, you ought to be able to get pretty much anything moving on the flat as long as you don't mash the throttle and spin the wheels.

TheNoblePatriot > GeorgeyBoy 01/06/2014 at 00:24

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This video sheds some good light on AWD and FWD systems, with and without the application of snow tires.

GeorgeyBoy > TheNoblePatriot 01/06/2014 at 01:27

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That's a good video, although it surely doesn't cover anything else you might need to do when driving like stopping, turning, etc.. I prefer all wheel drive in the snow, but I'll always take anything with snow tires before that.

I drive a rwd open diff car in the snow by the way. With good tires, you'll see the most capable 4x4 SUVs in the ditch before me.

TheNoblePatriot > GeorgeyBoy 01/06/2014 at 11:56

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Yeah, it certainly doesn't cover everything in this video. It is nice that they provided follow-ups with different videos on braking and handling characteristics, though.

I used to have a Grand Marquis and had very little trouble getting around in the snow and even in slightly icy conditions. As you said, the tires are the elements that really matter. All I needed were a good set of snow tires and I was good to go.

demondeeds > GeorgeyBoy 01/07/2014 at 00:34

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Really, ride height is just as important, living in northern Quebec, have seen many 4X4 lifted up off the road with all 4 tires spinning in the snow as it idles. Not even studs can help.

GeorgeyBoy > demondeeds 01/07/2014 at 00:39

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I've never encountered that much snow, we got about a foot on the ground right now. Snow plows always go through wherever I need to go so depth isn't really an issue.

If you get so much snow that it's grounding 4x4 lifted trucks, you need to rethink where you're living.

demondeeds > demondeeds 01/07/2014 at 00:46

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I prefer rear wheel drive over front. The simple reason being that when you get stuck you can rock your way out of just about anything, but once you get the front wheel drive spinning you need a push.

demondeeds > GeorgeyBoy 01/07/2014 at 01:08

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We have 5ft. on the ground. In a big storm you drive with your plough down to prevent getting lifted by a drift. Really have to watch your speed, too fast a drift will push you into a ditch and to slow well you are always stuck. Hardest thing of all is trying to figure out were the road is. Dangerous to follow tracks because you follow them right into the ditch. Often it's pretty frightening on really bad nights. So bad sometimes no choice but to stop, turn around and wait.