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Old 12-25-2003, 07:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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how are camrys drive in snow?

I just wonder how everyone's camry drive in snow? Mine is sweet.
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mine did fine, except when it was trying to stop down a large hill of ice,
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Well... they certainly will slide around a lot if you don't have good tires. Get snow/winter tires if you haven't already. BTW whereabouts in MA do you live?
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excellent

get blizzak tires...
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Yeah they're pretty heavy so they drive good as long as u don't have summers on. I have all seasons on mine and I never slide.
Anyways that always depends on ur snow driving skills,and being in Canada I learned to drive on snow before than on asphalt !!
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Old 12-25-2003, 11:44 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Me and My Blizzak tires didn't slide once in the 2 blizzards we got that left 3 feet of snow allready while my friends 2003 Audi A4 Quatro spun out with all season tires. I swear it drives better in the snow than on dry pavement.
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Old 12-26-2003, 12:05 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I dunno about you guys but I was spinning around and my car got stuck in a pile of snow. I have all season tires also. I took advatange of my lack of traction and did shit I didn't usually do. So I kinda like it like this but hate when I have to really go somewhere in the snow.
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my rents gen3 has never had any problems in the snow whatsoever. theyve had it for 4 years, with brand new snow tires from the begining
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Mines alright. I have a set of Bridgestone Blizzaks but they are huge 225/55/16's Mine are a winter tire package off of my 2000 Grand AM GT. Usually you want the most narrow tire for snow tires. Mine are wide and I get less traction than you would with a narrow tire but it definitely beats any all season..
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my rents gen3 has never had any problems in the snow whatsoever. theyve had it for 4 years, with brand new snow tires from the begining
You mean they have them on even during summer ????????
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Even my featherweight gen2 drives fine through snow, but it helps to have good snow tires. Then again, it depends on where you are; up here in the northeast US (New York to be exact) they're a good idea. My car is also a stick, which is nice because in the snow the clutch acts as traction control- the amount of power going to the wheels depends on how far out you slip the clutch.

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The Solara is alright, kinda forget that the car doesn't have abs some times, and I end up sliding a bit. That's about it. THis is my first winter driving with tokico/eibach set up + trd kit, so I'll see how this goes. SO far, one scratch cause snow covered
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If we had any snow this year, I could tell you. This winter sucks. But when we DO have snow, my Gen3 drives foine. As long as you're not stupid with it, you won't have any problems. I just got some new all-season Kumho's, which will definately be better than my old Goodyear's, but I haven't gotten a chance to really try them out.
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Yeah they're pretty heavy so they drive good as long as u don't have summers on. I have all seasons on mine and I never slide.
Anyways that always depends on ur snow driving skills,and being in Canada I learned to drive on snow before than on asphalt !!

word. I took my g2 test in the snow
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You mean they have them on even during summer ????????
no, just in the winter. when spring time comes we change the tires
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