Now that the mid atlantic is the new Alaska anyone care to share about their winter driving and their Forester?
Believe me, I am the first to say if the roads are bad and you don't have to be out, don't be dumb. Stay home. But often we have to do what we have to, or storms start once we are already in the course of the work day or such. I wouldn't want to undertake being out on the roads without my Forester. FWD is one thing. The RWD Police intercepter crown vics we sell. forget it. They are the worst in the snow.
Mine is an 01 and has seen it's share of storms. Its an S model and I appreciate the heated mirrors and such. We went a number of years where we just were not getting much snow. When we did I always appreciated how well my forester would do and how few times I ever had any problems. For around 5 years I started using winterforce snow tires and that increased my traction and abilitlies in the snow greatly. A few told me they thought snows were not need for awd but I totally value having them every winter in the bad weather.
I have been doing great through the storms here but there have been a few times where even I was sliding around. Philly didn't do very well on their roads and driving on some side streets can only be done with AWD. Only once did have I ran into road conditions where I was sliding into the side of the street where there was a lot of snow and might have gotten stuck. Got out of it though.
We got unaccustomed to the storms I guess but we are getting used to it again. Have to. No other choice.
And it is cool when one of your passengers tell you how great your car does in the snow and tell they are really impressed.
Believe me, I am the first to say if the roads are bad and you don't have to be out, don't be dumb. Stay home. But often we have to do what we have to, or storms start once we are already in the course of the work day or such. I wouldn't want to undertake being out on the roads without my Forester. FWD is one thing. The RWD Police intercepter crown vics we sell. forget it. They are the worst in the snow.
Mine is an 01 and has seen it's share of storms. Its an S model and I appreciate the heated mirrors and such. We went a number of years where we just were not getting much snow. When we did I always appreciated how well my forester would do and how few times I ever had any problems. For around 5 years I started using winterforce snow tires and that increased my traction and abilitlies in the snow greatly. A few told me they thought snows were not need for awd but I totally value having them every winter in the bad weather.
I have been doing great through the storms here but there have been a few times where even I was sliding around. Philly didn't do very well on their roads and driving on some side streets can only be done with AWD. Only once did have I ran into road conditions where I was sliding into the side of the street where there was a lot of snow and might have gotten stuck. Got out of it though.
We got unaccustomed to the storms I guess but we are getting used to it again. Have to. No other choice.
And it is cool when one of your passengers tell you how great your car does in the snow and tell they are really impressed.