Aveo's in winter?

[brendan.melanson]

So I just got back from a 45 minute drive on the following tires:

185/75/R14 (Pretty sure) - Goodyear Alegra FRONT
185/75/R14 (Pretty sure) - No tread type Kellys tires (Bald to wear bar)

The road conditions were pretty crappy, it started out as a rain, then mixed, then snow, then rain again so basically the road was about 2 inches of solid slush/snow/ice. I lost control once and skimmed a snowbank, made it out fine and after that didn't really slide or slip at all doing about 70KM/H the whole way in 5th gear. Going up a really icy, slushy hill with just gravel/dirt underneath all that slush and what not I kept it in 2nd and spun my way up the hill, no problems. Yet, buddy with the cobalt and brand new winter studded tires kept getting stuck.

I find this car rides fine, honestly. It has a nice slice through whatever is on the road, the only downfall is if it does lose control it can sway whichever way it wants to go pretty damn fast and pretty damn hard, it's too light, that's my opinion. Winds don't help the situation at all either.

[petrified.rabbit]

He's slammed, as those dubbers like to put it.

:laugh:

[ontarian_frog]

Brendan... The two bald tires on the back probably don't help with the rear wanting to come out. In front wheel drive cars, it is advisable to put the two best winter tires on the back to keep from loosing control. Most people don't know this and think the drive wheels should get the good tires. Sure, it's great to have tires that give you traction in the front, but it is more important to be able to stop and keep the car straight.

[petrified.rabbit]

^ that is 100% correct, and even applies in summer..

[daug1502]

And on all vehicles, you need to keep the back where it belongs.

[petrified.rabbit]

my drift cars tires are constantly worn more than the front

[brendan.melanson]

I know what you guys are saying, but the back tires are too bald to put on the front, no chance I'd be able to start up and go with them. They're fine on the back for now.

[serega12]

I got a dedicated set if stock 14" alloys with OEM tires on them for the winter. 185/60/14. They handled well in snow, but I didn't take the car it too much because my front bumper was trying to act like a snow plow, so for the few very snowy days my car stayed at home. Note that I moved down to Oregon for a job, I put my 17" MSRs back on and I'm happy with them. 205/40/17 seem to take corners better than 185/60/14 without trying to slide out.

[william_234]

I have 175/65-14 altimax arctics on my 2004 and I haven't been able to get this car stuck all winter. The most snow that I went through was about a foot when NYC didn't get plowed.

[MatchboxKiller]

I finally lost it in the snow on the highway the other day on the way to school. Drove into a snow drift just a tractor trailer blew by. Sent me into a pretty sweet spin off the road. Didn't hurt me or the car, but had to pay $97 to have my car pulled about 7 foot back onto the road enough to get traction. Other than that, I really haven't had any problems with my Aveo in the snow.