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man, winter and 2wd :(
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:41 pm
by stant093
i cant believe how poorly my scooby is in snow, i just put new studded hawk's on and still 3 times to get up the driveway.....same results with my all season tires.
...looks like its impreza season after all...
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 7:08 pm
by DLC
Try a FWD, Turbo Wagon with Ecsta 712s. That was me about two years ago...
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 7:51 pm
by Dr Nick
Come on guy! No WAY is any FWD going to compare to a 4wd/AWD in snow, with or without snow tires. Trust me - I'm from the north of Scotland and have driven FWD, RWD and AWD in all weathers (-22 degrees at one point!)
Basically the choice on dry tarmac is RWD, AWD, FWD for driving pleasure, but give me a bit of snow and it's AWD, FWD and RWD if you absolutely have to. Or want to have some sideways fun!
Anyway, the positive is that you made it up the driveway!!
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 8:31 pm
by 91White-T
AWD makes for plenty of sideways fun too
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 8:47 pm
by stant093
i wish it was an AWD. next wednesday i should have the impreza should be done and ready for some winter fun. i definatly miss the relaxation of AWD in the winter...this 2WD makes me nervous...i pulled out into the road at the end of our drive way and the ass end just kept swinging around....glad no one was coming.....i had to put it in reverse, back up and then straighten out....im parking it for now, going to use my girls dad's jeep untill the impreza is registered....
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:01 pm
by Legacy777
with good snow tires my fwd did very very well in the snow.....granted the driver will also depend on how well you can get the car around
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:35 am
by Grant
I grew up with FWD in my old 81 Subaru DL in Wyoming where we have snow all winter long on the roads and my current Legacy is FWD too. It outhandles almost every "AWD" SUV and minivan on the road. Other Subaru's or Audi's with AWD are another story however. I use Nokian Hakkapileeta 10s and they're awesome on the snow.[/url]
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:17 am
by evolutionmovement
Tires make all the difference with the fwd Legacy, but it does very well with the right ones. But I think my old '84 GL's were better in the snow even with worse tires and they were also fwd.
Steve
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:41 pm
by stant093
its simply just too steep here, the road to our apt is at a good grade, suby loses all momentum, and then the driveway is worse, it didnt do too bad in town, but climbing, it just didnt have to grip...it did about the same as my all season tires...
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 7:02 pm
by evolutionmovement
I live at the top of a steep hill, too, but luckily can access my house from the other end which isn't steep. Made it further up the hill Saturday (in the middle of a 36" snow storm) than one of the four wheel drive pick ups did before I had to give up and go around. I will say, though, it was mostly tires (as well as practiced throttle work, of course
).
Steve
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 5:29 am
by ciper
If you really need the traction try reducing tire pressure to 25 pounds.