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so i have been extremely disappointed with my car in the snow. i have an 09 sedan with 5 speed. i'm in buffalo and no stranger to winter driving. there have been days i longed to be back in my old mustang because it was easier to get around in. just curious how others were fairing.
The car is great with good winter tires. I can beat anything that's on the road here no problem. The stock all season tires suck.
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Originally Posted by ontarian_frog
yeah, that's kinda what i figured. but since i'll be moving to san antonio this summer, i can't see spending the money on new tires and will just suck it up for the next few months.
im still in my all seasons, and the car does well but you have to drive it completely different.
i noticed the back end likes to swing around a bit, so put some wait back there..
but i have only gotten stuck trying to go up my alley, which is unplowed and unsalted.
my plan was to put snows on with weight in the back, i think the car would do well with that.
lowering the car has also changed the handling to a positive, so that might help snow handling as well.
but i dont know how this affects snow driving other than i seem to plow for my neighbors.
we had 2" of snow, 2" of ice/mix followed by 2" of snow and now i think we are getting 4-6" pf snow today.
i still got my summer tires on!!!! no probs here other than like what rabbit said and having the back end kick out a bit when i make turns, but otherwise u just gotta drive smart and know where u can and cant go. if u see a snowbank higher than 8 inches, dont try drivin thru it :lol: and here in chicago it sux (dunno if this is happenin in other cities) cus the mayor announced that the plows and salt trucks will only be out half as much this year due to a tight city budget... or in other words, mayor daleys wasteful spending and schemes.
I have fairly new set of all-weathers on my 06 LS (stock set went 34k).
I've had no problems getting around in bad New England weather (especially this year!). I think the car is fine in the snow/ice.
Then again, I've always believed winter driving breaks down like this:
15% the tires
15% the car
70% the driver.
--Mike
coming from my other car that has way to much power to the front wheels, the aveo is GREAT. I rocked the stock all seasons ass winter. Now I didnt get nearly as much snow as the rest of you but the car handled it very well compared to my other car.
I'm not sure that's quite right... my impreza with snow tires, I couldn't even tell if it was icy... my aveo with summer tires... well it was pretty bad out there... in fact my subie with summer tires I could only go about 30 on snow/ice, otherwise I would be risking an off road excursion. With the snow tires on, it wasn't much different than driving on gravel.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcthumber
My old bronco was the same way, little studded tires were great, but the 31X10.5's were straight up dangerous on the ice. This was in Montana where driving in snow was quite a regular occurrence.
I fixed it though by moving to Vegas... now I only have snow maybe once every couple years. :)
I put a set of Firestone winterforce snow tires on and its like driving a rally car, We got about 10 inches of snow the other day, every one at work was stuck in the parking lot so when they plowed part of it everybody moved to the plowed part except me i just plowed right on through, and with the air dam on the front I only have 5" of clearance...everybody was shocked I didnt get stuck
i still have my bridgestone hp50's on, they are almost worn to the wearbars and the car is still pretty decent in the snow. granted i need new tires but i'm gonna pt on a good set of all seasons. i never liked the stock kuhmo tires that it came with.
Stock Aveo with Factory Tires handled better than I expected.
Don't drive like an idiot and there are no issues.
Winter grips WILL help alot, it takes quite abit of snow to slow me down and I've never been stuck with them on, I have posted what I have on my car for the winter. viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2824&p=30207&hilit=winter#p30 207
I'm having a terrible time this winter as well. As soon as I step on the throttle, the AWESOME POWER of the Aveo just spins the tires..LMAO NOT!!!!
Slow and steady gets the car rolling and away she goes without any problem.
Studded Winterforce 175/65R14
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3..._frog/tire.jpg
i didnt really understand what people meant about the aveo's back end coming around in the snow....well i got my first experience yesterday. I think this is the first time I have driven with the stock wheels and tires in the snow because I have alway had my 17x7 with 205/40 tires on during the winter. I never had the back end come around, dont ask me why, just havent. then yesterday I was driving like I normal do in the snow and there was a slight bend. Next thing you know I have the aveo drifting sideways in the snow
i've been fortunate enough not to experience rear end drift. i'm sure it would be kind of unenjoyable.
you all bitch about the Snow? most of you live in Snow areas. i live in CA near LA and it never Snows this winter it has Snowed 2X. last time my Aveo was Stuck in a snow bank. yesterday it snowed for the 2nd time this winter and the CHP closed off all the roads near my house last night. you all can Keep your snow. i'll stick to earthquakes
Earthquakes?
Now those are scary. I would MUCH rather have the Snow.
earthquakes 5-10 sec of the ground shaking and you dont know its comming so you cant get freaked out
Snow 4-6 months of freezing temperature and hibernation.
Ill take the earthquakes too
because this is better than snow?
http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/...se-710066.jpeg
maybe some of you are too young to remember that?
I was in San Francisco for the earthquake in 89'. It was not as bad as the news made it out to be. At least that is what I was told, I was only 3 :lol:
There are more deaths per year directly caused by snow than earthquakes.
Today I drove my Aveo for the first time in 6 weeks because of the snow here in Central, NY. We've had 124.2 inches thus far, so when I go outside and look at the Aveo and the Trailblazer it is an easy choice.
Wow, thats alot. You guys have been hammered over there, usually its us here in Western Ny.
I look forward to driving My Aveo in the snow, because I love the sense of accomplishemnt when I arrive back home without a bump or a scratch.
I used to drive a car from the 70's that you would never ever want to drive in the snow.
Heavy v8 front engine, rear drive, but lightweight with a small wheelbase and 13" tires.
My screenname should give it away.
So the Aveo handles very very well , relatively speaking. You have to be a good snow driver around here because you spend more than half the year driving through it...We drive straight on thru snow that would have alot of other cities shut down.
So Driven for the conditions, the Aveo is very stable.
But I've tested it in parkinglots, it is spin happy if provoked. I'm good with the hand brake and mines a stick, so I can swish it around pretty good. but I dont chance it out on the roads.
Thats why it seems safe I'm sure.
i was in Northridge for the 1994 quake ya there wasn't power for a day and a half and we had to drink bottle water for a week but it was over way faster then having to deal with snow. the best part is 1994 was the last big quake that stopped everything in my area when was the last time it snowed and stopped everything in your area.
January 2007.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/s ... storm.html
Pretty much everything stopped, alot of people slept at work that night.
I can't imagine living in an area that has major earthquakes, both can very bad things.
We get more than 20cm of snow regularly in Moncton. It shuts all the schools down but not work or the transit. The difference is that we are prepared for it. We have the machinerie to deal with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClintCart
I do not know, the all season where not to bad but there where new. I drove most of the winter with about that or most times a foot or more at times.
Then I got some winters got even better. And I push the car pretty close to the breaking point of the traction. I drive pretty fast even in the snow get to know the car and the tires you drive on and drive on good tread.