How well does the AVEO handle in snow?

[djl_ottawa]

Now, I am from Ottawa where we get dumped on quite a lot.

Right now wife and I are looking to buy a 2nd car and the AVEO is looking better and better. But what about snow handling? My wife will be using the car for commuting 40km a day (from one end of Ottawa to the other end, but not all highway driving).

So I wanted to find out what or how well it handles in the snow and ice.

We are looking at getting the AVEO 5 hatchback. Yellow colour.

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Last year in Iowa, my cheap a$$ land lord never plowed the parking lot. I could always get out. The AVEO rules.

[ontarian_frog]

Try severe weather rated winter tires calewis. It's like trading ice cubes for sandpaper. You'll be amazed.

[petrified.rabbit]

x2 on that one.. i have cheap cheap cheap ($60 for the set of 4) studded snows on my car, and while the tires "feel" funny compared to my summer performance tire, i never get stuck, even when the snow is up over my fog lights and i rip the bumper off.

[Nemasys]

It's hard to get stuck in these cars... ive driven mine in snow deep enough to scrape under the car all the time, with a 3-4 inch drop...

Just get good winter tires, i had Toyo Observe on mine, never got stuck once, so much snow was built up between the bumper air dam and radiator i had to take a hammer and break it off because it froze from the radiator's heat a few times per winter.

Once i entered a driveway that hadnt been cleaned with just over a foot of snow, bumper acted like a shovel and snow got on top of the hood, opened the door and i was pushing snow with the door lol i got stuck there, but not for long, back up, 2nd gear, floor it bam right thru the plowed snow and out the other end.

If i got outta that with a 4 inch drop, no one should get stuck unless its prety extreme conditions.

[daug1502]

I just drove icy/slushy highway for about an hour. Only time I slid was if I tried to stop to fast It was fun passing people in the non salted left lane on the interstate. The right side of road was just water and they were doing 55-60 on a 65, I was in a hurry and wanted to do 70, so I did. It's gotta be embarrassing for the people in the AWD etc that I can pass them up in the bad weather.

[cheese007]

Car handles amazingly in the snow. Hard to break lose even if you're trying. It's the wind you need to worry about...

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Car handles amazingly in the snow. Hard to break lose even if you're trying. It's the wind you need to worry about...

aaaa aaaaaa aaaaaa aaa ......aa......a...... blown away in the wind.

[daug1502]

oh it was 1.8 miles all in town.

[daug1502]

Copied from the national weather service @ 12:28 am wednesday 2/2/2011
"A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY.

* SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY. VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES...OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR...
WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BETWEEN THROUGH 2 AM
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES
AFTER 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...TO STERLING
ILLINOIS. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL IOWA TO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. SOME
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.

* STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO TO 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY
SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...
STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE THROUGH
EARLY WEDNESDAY.

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK TONIGHT WITH
CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR
OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY
BECOME NEAR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6
FEET ARE LIKELY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL
BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF
YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES."

The hardest part of the trip was pulling into my driveway.