Anyone else having problems with the snow? I've gotten stuck every day this week...they don't plow my streets often and I have a hard time making it to the main road...is it worth getting snow tires? Should I put sand in the trunk? any suggestions? I LOVE my car...but spending 30-40 minutes digging out of my driveway every morning isn't fun.

 

Below is a link to my car in snow. Its only about 4 or 5 inches but I had no problem just clearing the windshield and driving out. I did have to rock back and forth a few times but I didn't get stuck. I am using the stock tires BTW.

Where are you from and how much snow are you getting stuck in?

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Putting sand in the trunk of a front wheel drive car will only result in you getting stuck even more. I would suggest picking up a set of cheap steel wheels and snow tires. It's a safety issue really. If it's bad enough in your area that you're getting stuck all the time, there's a good chance that you'd have trouble avoiding an accident in an emergency too.

 

Where do you live?

In Southern Colorado, the snow usually only sticks for a couple of days, so I just live with my OEM tires. And as AZCivic said, putting weight in the back of a front-wheel drive vehicle doesn't make sense (makes sense in a rear-wheel drive vehicle).

My problem is the low clearance of the car, which is what you probably also see. When the snow is deep, the bottom of my car is scraping snow. One scary thing that happened was a chunk of ice was in the middle of the road one day and it got stuck underneath my car. Had this scraping noise for miles with my car pulling to one side. . . and it killed my gas mileage. HAHA

But the nice thing is my CVT. I can accelerate gradually up an icy hill, and not worry about shifting gears and slipping. NICE!

jinno

 

I'm in Michigan...the recent snow here was heavy wet snow that then froze up...I think the low clearance is my issue...when they did finally plow my street the plow left about a 6-10 inch 'bump' infront of the driveway, i tried to go thru it, and got stuck on it...to me, safety is more important than mileage (at least in the winter) so I may try your suggestion AZCivic...thx for the advice.