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Car Forum / Hyundai Cars / February 2006Snow Driving
We got pounded with snow here in NJ and I got a chance (not by choice) to do some real driving in it. I had to do a 60 mile round-trip drive to pick up my son. The trip to get him was in blizzard conditions. It was snowing at least 2" per hour the entire time. The roads had been plowed of the heavy stuff, but still had at least 6" on them. Visibility was near zero. It's a 2006 Sonata GLS V6. I could have honestly guessed that I was driving an all-wheel drive car. In fact, earlier in the morning I did drive a 4x4 pickup on a drive to my work and home, and it was not much better, although this was mostly back roads and were not plowed. This is by far the best car I have owned for a snow event. And driving no more than about 30 MPH gave me 28 MPG for this trip! Eric P.S. - We got 25" of snow with 5-6' drifts!! Everything around here is still closed today. I live in North NJ. I went out driving sunday 10 am. The roads had been plowed once recently but snow was still accumulating. Generally, the car behaved well, but....in all my years of driving, I never got stuck, in the snow..ever..until about 11 am. I pulled over to go to a store and tried to drive away after i returned. I turned off the ESC and tried to rock back and forth but to no avail. Had to spend 10 minutes to dig the car out. First time in my life (driving geo prism, toyota corrola, dodge van, datsun 200 sx). I did not park in a drift; there was some lose snow but I used the same amount of caution as I always have. Maybe it was just my time. But I woul not compare to a 4wd. zigipha@hotmail.com wrote in news:1139863020.532863.37110 @g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > I live in North NJ. I went out driving sunday 10 am. The roads had been > plowed once recently but snow was still accumulating. Generally, the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Maybe it was just my time. But I woul not compare to a 4wd. Well, I certainly can't argue about what happened to you. The only time in my life I ever got stuck was trying to climb a mountain in a 4x4 truck in the blizzard of 1996. I needed a track-hoe to come get me outta that one. I've had a Dodge Colt, Honda Civic, Nissan Sentra, GMC 4x4 pickup, Chevy 4x2 pickup, Ford F-150 4x2 pickup, Dodge Neon, '97, '02 and '03 Elantra's and now the '06 Sonata. Other than the 4x4, this is the best car I've ever driven in the snow. And other than the Dodge Colt, I never had snow tires on any vehicle. Eric > We got pounded with snow here in NJ and I got a chance (not by choice) to > do some real driving in it. I had to do a 60 mile round-trip drive to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > P.S. - We got 25" of snow with 5-6' drifts!! Everything around here is > still closed today. What tires are on it? My '04 came with Michelin MXV4's, they were suicide tires. I put on a set of Goodyear triple treads this past fall. Now I too can say that it's the best car I've driven in the snow. >> We got pounded with snow here in NJ and I got a chance (not by >> choice) to do some real driving in it. I had to do a 60 mile [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > fall. Now I too can say that it's the best car I've driven in the > snow. Stock Michilin's here. I believe they are the MXV4's also. I've had these same tires on my Elantra's too and they are great until just about 1/2 the tread is gone. Then they turn in grease. Eric > >> We got pounded with snow here in NJ and I got a chance (not by > >> choice) to do some real driving in it. I had to do a 60 mile [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > these same tires on my Elantra's too and they are great until just about > 1/2 the tread is gone. Then they turn in grease. Same experience here. Our '04 Sonata came with Michelins on it when we bought it used last fall. The tires were new and they've performed flawlessly this winter, though we really haven't had that many normal storms this year. Time will tell how they perform as they wear.  Signature-Mike- mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net The Mike Marlow entity posted thusly: >Same experience here. Our '04 Sonata came with Michelins on it when we >bought it used last fall. The tires were new and they've performed >flawlessly this winter, though we really haven't had that many normal storms >this year. Time will tell how they perform as they wear. I replaced the Michelins on my wife's '04 Elantra at about 13,000 km. It now sports Nokeans (Spelling?). Best all-purpose tires we've ever had. >>>>We got pounded with snow here in NJ and I got a chance (not by >>>>choice) to do some real driving in it. I had to do a 60 mile [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > flawlessly this winter, though we really haven't had that many normal storms > this year. Time will tell how they perform as they wear. Same here. I've been quite impressed with the snow performance of the MXV4's. Matt |
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