I bought studded snows and put on the stock wheels with hubcaps for the winter. Even lowered the car does great in the snow. On the highway I am always passing people when the weather is bad. Just get you some good winter tires and you'll be fine. Your mileage will suffer from the tires and the road conditions. That's been my experience with comparison to summer driving. Other than that I have had no problems in the snow.
Yeah, I get about 2 mpg worse with the winterforce's on then my solaris tires.
2008 aveo5 SV
custom 4-1 headers, Xaio's Headers
CEL prevention software
265 cams from Europe
short throw shifter
billet shift knob
Unbreakable
I hit 200KM/H with the roads covered in about 5CM of snow, with an undercoat of ice. I'm not trying to brag by any means, or sound cocky but I feel I have a real connection with the road, and the people in the cabin of my car since I started driving have said I have a natural ability to drive, same with my Drivers Ed Teacher. It's still not an excuse, cause anything can happen but I know how to handle the car at those speeds.
The bad under-steer works in our benefits during the winter though, and in slipper conditions I notice the car has a good aggressive take against whatever road conditions it faces as a pose to some other cars. I love the Aveo, I've never felt so safe in a car before.
i didn't think the aveo could go 200 km/h, mine maxes out at 165/km/h going down a hill and 180 on the lift.