If you know how to drive in the snow it would have done fine. FWD is 90% as effective in snow as 4wd. As I said in the other thread I have lived in Ohio 3 times and north dakota. Best car in the snow I have owned was a 2006 Honda Accord. Couldnt get that thing loose. Clung to the road like a drowning cat. I had no problems today in my Fwd Escape. Course I also have snow rated a/ts. That's besides the point. Fwd in snow is fine, if you have experience. Experience doesn't really help with rear wheel drive. Every turn could be your last.

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Posted by BowlJackson

Birmingham, AL

Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 1/29/14 at 1:08 am to VaBamaMan

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Experience doesn't really help with rear wheel drive. Every turn could be your last.

Learned that almost the hard way. I was getting around just fine in my fwd 2wd truck because it's big and heavy. Made a slow right turn from a dead stop at a stop sign, barely pressed the gas and spun 180 degrees around and ended up perfectly in the other lane. Decided it was a sign from God that I needed to head back instead try to turn back around

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Posted by Tiger Live2

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Posted on 1/29/14 at 1:09 am to VaBamaMan

The couple Integra and Prelude I had, would do fine in up to 6-8" of snow. Got tougher with hills obviously, but I only got stuck once or twice in 12 years in Richmond, and I only ever drove FWD.
Now, once I did have to go up a hill in my neighborhood, in reverse to get out,but was fine afterwards.

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Posted by cokebottleag

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Posted on 1/29/14 at 9:33 am to VaBamaMan

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If you know how to drive in the snow it would have done fine. FWD is 90% as effective in snow as 4wd. As I said in the other thread I have lived in Ohio 3 times and north dakota. Best car in the snow I have owned was a 2006 Honda Accord. Couldnt get that thing loose. Clung to the road like a drowning cat. I had no problems today in my Fwd Escape. Course I also have snow rated a/ts. That's besides the point. Fwd in snow is fine, if you have experience. Experience doesn't really help with rear wheel drive. Every turn could be your last.

I did 4 years in Kansas with a RWD Mustang, never got stuck and never had much of a problem. The wife came up and was scared shitless the first winter, but after I forced her to practice a bit in an open parking lot with her FWD, she enjoyed it. You just drive carefully and don't make any sudden moves. I did avoid certain hills after a snowstorm, but I figured that just came with the territory. Even though it wasn't as safe, I enjoyed driving in snow/ice with a RWD more than my wife's FWD Explorer. I was low to the ground and skidded around turns on purpose, fun as hell.