How is your winter traction?

[Honda city]

The traction on this 09 Corolla is better than on my last car. ( Honda Civic ) It holds the road well and the anti-lock brakes do a good job. It has no VSC ( not availble in Canada yet ) The car has 4 new winter tires, so that helps a lot.

[sinnaever]

Originally Posted by Honda city

The traction on this 09 Corolla is better than on my last car. ( Honda Civic ) It holds the road well and the anti-lock brakes do a good job. It has no VSC ( not availble in Canada yet ) The car has 4 new winter tires, so that helps a lot.

i've got VSC...

but i also have an xrs...

and it handles like a dream in the snow

[ZenithTheTV]

Ive got VSC on mine too ^^

Only comes on the XRS model if Im not mistaken. No problems here in the snow, but then again, we don't get half the amount of snow you guys get in T.Dot!

[EHemmalin]

Today was our first storm for the winter (got about 8 ")

I was driving down the freeway doing about 60 and all of a sudden the traffic stopped. I have to say that at the time there was probably 1" of snow on the ground and the road looked clear.

There must have been an icy part on the road because i put on the breaks and started to loose traction and my car started to slide sideways.

i took my foot off of the breaks and turned into the slide and straightened out. There was a car at a dead stop about 50' in front of me so I slammed on the breaks and prayed for the best. I mean I was going to slam into about 10 cars.

My anti lock breaks kicked in and I stopped about 12" away from the last car.

When I finally stopped I turned around and saw all of the other cars that were going Along with me sliding off of the road, hitting the guard rail, bouncing off of each other. It was a real mess.

I believe that it was the car that saved me. Who Knows?

I don't have VSC.

[sinnaever]

VSC + Snow tires makes driving through snow a ton of fun. The only time i am nervous in the snow is when there are other drivers around me. if i'm alone with a snowy road i'm good. I just dont' trust other drivers.

[gizzer777]

Originally Posted by ZenithTheTV

Ive got VSC on mine too ^^

Only comes on the XRS model if Im not mistaken. No problems here in the snow, but then again, we don't get half the amount of snow you guys get in T.Dot!

Yesterday we got our first "real" snow"....about 12= INCHES FOR MY 09 XLT w/ Trac and VSC! (I am in the States and my XLT had VSC)I had traded my AWD last summer for the Corolla and had been a bit skittish but off I went. Conditions were anything from a few inches of ice to quite a bit more than a few inches of snow!.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I WAS IMPRESSED !!!! (I had a 2007 Hyundai Sante Fe before trading for the Corolla!. The Sante Fe was AWD w/ ABS, VSC etc, etc....the works!!!! (The MPG was also the worst in the snow! but I also liked the vehicle! IN Fact the Sante Fe was great except for the MPG!

Sante Fe:
I had locked up the fronts..... on purpose .....and did a few intentional skids before getting on the Freeway. The Hyundai always remained in a straight line....no matter what! To add some insult to injury (there were none and it more than held its own with any other vehicle I had owned too!)


Now to try out the Corolla....Gulp....?

No way. IMPOSSIBLE BUT........ The Corolla XLT w/ Trac, VSC (USA), STOCK alloy 16" M+S, ABS, EBD (Electric brake force distribution (what ever that is), etc with about 2000 miles on the clock.

BTW:HONDA CITY...... I am sure the 6 speaker + 6 cd changer stereo had lots to do with my success here!

The Corolla was simply incredible from the ice and the loose and packed power..............The ABS especially was fantastic and reacted much faster, QUIETER, and more accurately than the Honda Element..... had to add something to the stability ...right.....) I had the spare keys with me too ,just in case I was disappointed and was ready to trade (Seriously!)! NO KIDDING EITHER! I have always had AWD or 4x4 here for the past 30 yrs or so!

Yep....I am sold NOTE: I am still carrying the xtra set of keys at all times....Much more snow due all week and if it gets really bad, I am prepared to sell and take the beating if I must!

[ericgu22]

In Toronto, we got like 20cm of snow today. Driving was pretty tough especially in small roads where they haven;t plow yet. Did'nt have snow tires, had the factory tire Bridgestone Turanza, no traction control. The only problem i had was starting from a stop and that was all. But in small roads, can't even move.

[PhatRoyale]

Originally Posted by sinnaever

VSC + Snow tires makes driving through snow a ton of fun. The only time i am nervous in the snow is when there are other drivers around me. if i'm alone with a snowy road i'm good. I just dont' trust other drivers.

I hear ya, most people in Toronto can't drive for beans.

[porschebk85]

Same here, drivers in NH aren't used to snow driving. Gotta love crawling along at 30MPH on the interstate from a tiny bit of snow.

[gizzer777]

Originally Posted by porschebk85

Same here, drivers in NH aren't used to snow driving. Gotta love crawling along at 30MPH on the interstate from a tiny bit of snow.

Our Calif visitors think 4X4 helps you stop faster!

[MTPockets]

clearly a perfect day to test the snows and the car's handling. It was like driving on pavement. The winters did what they were supposed to do and the xrs did it's job. Now if we can get rid of all these idiots who think they can get through the snow with all seasons. Let's follow Quebec's lead and make it mandatory to have snows.

[MXs]

Got falken Ziex Ze 912s and they have no traction in the snow. I will probably not drive unless i am forced to and only if theres no snow on the road and less traffic.

[cabur]

Mine is a Canadian LE.
Snow was on Wednesday (2 days ago) about 4". Car drove and stops well even on unplough roads.
What really surprise me was the auto-climate. My temp setting is 23 C. When I drove off at 5 am at -4 C, heater/fan control was off. After a mile or so when engine temp starts to rise the auto climate kick in and start warming the car with fan running at #2 then as engine temp goes up fan speed increases as well to #5. (There's 7 speeds). When inside temp warms up fan speed drops to #1 setting. All these by itself and I did not even set the "auto" to On.
Tested driving on a ice covered parking lot. No trouble with stop- start. Brake good. ABS kicked in with little noise. Car stopped in a straight line.
Car have all season tires. No VSC and stuff.

[ZenithTheTV]

Originally Posted by MXs

Got falken Ziex Ze 912s and they have no traction in the snow. I will probably not drive unless i am forced to and only if theres no snow on the road and less traffic.

Dont sweat it bud hahah. Its probably a good thing, if only you could see how much salt is caked onto my car right now, you'd be crying.

I can't wait to get this thing washed....

But they're forecasting MORE snow....DAMNIT!

[NIKKICHICK]

The XRS has 4 new Michelin X-Ice 2s on the stock 17" rims w/o TPMS.
Handles quite well in the snow and ice.