Driving through this weekend's storm

[Glassunion]

18. I like your attitude!

I have a wonderful vehicle. On dry or wet roads it has amazing handling. I can say with all honesty it is the best designed and safest car I have ever owned. However on snow, you have to put winter tires on. Period. First winter without snow/ice tires it was terrible. Of course it's rear wheel drive. It would drive okay in the snow, and the TCS would keep me on the road if there was an issue... But getting it going from a total stop was damn near impossible. I'd put a decent amount of weight in the trunk to help, but it just would not do the trick. For fun that first winter, I found a wide open parking lot, turned off the TCS, and simply tried to drift around. It was near impossible, it was like trying to drive in the rain on slicks, there was zero traction. I was amazed at how brilliant a good TCS system is.

I now have a set of Blizzak on all 4 tires. Those are amazing. I got detoured last winter when I went to pick up my wife from work. She couldn't drive home because of the snow... She also has RWD (we have no sensible vehicle). I had two options... Either try a very winding and steep hill, or go about 1/2 hour around the closed road. I barely struggled at all going up that hill.