Hello,

I was able to get some good testing for the 2008 Honda Accord EX-L Auto in
snowy and icy conditions. First of all in ice, like all cars and SUV's its
bad.

In snowy conditions with 1" of snow on an untreated road, there was good
traction, and no pulling to the side if going up hill under acceleration.

Deep snow of 6" or more is another story. We had that Nor'easter here in the
north east where we got 12" in 6 hours. I can say that although the car was
probably somewhat better than the previous Accords in terms of not pulling
to the side thanks to the traction control, it was still bad in terms of not
being able to move forward the way it should. Then again I only have front
wheel drive and not 4 wheel, but it was better than the 2005 and 1999
Accords that I had in the past, marginally anyway.

During the past week I had a chance to have the VSA, TC, ABS and probably
once the Brake Assist activate. All of the systems work the way they should
from what I have seen. All other systems seem to work in dangerous snow and
cold temps also.

One other comment I want to make is that at when driving the car one morning
with an outside temp of 11F the TPMS system malfunctioned even though the
tires were all full it said one was not. Driving it on the highway for 20
min at speeds of 70 mph didn't remedy the problem so I thought it was a bad
sensor, but the problem corrected itself later that night when the temp
outside rose to 29F.

Al