SNOW, oh good heavens snow.....

[imcquade]

Hello All;

Okay, today on the way to work it started snowing and pretty heavily at that. It wasnt long before I was driving on 1.5 inches of snow

It was the wet and dense snow which stuck to the ground and made a slick coating...

My smart............. handled like absolute crap

The road to work is very up hill/down hill and windy......

The stability control couldn't decide what to do so the 'happy hazard' triangle on the dash flashed almost in sheer panic of having no idea what to do.....

The car slipped side to side in the rear and I had to be super sensitive to the throttle....

Slight application of the brakes going down hill or slowly round a corner resulted in sliding...

The car also forgot completely how to take a corner and I practically had to 'roll' around the corners with zero gas application....

I drive alot; I race motorcycles, I off road and do alsorts of other fun and relatively dangerous things..... driving the smart on the back roads to work in snow was pretty freakin' scary.....

Note - The entire car is stock.

One would gather I need to adjust to it or more likely take the Wrangler back to the road....

For those in snowy areas and only one car (the smart) get used to snow days at home

Cheers

[eqwalker]

I was wondering how it would do in snow. Guess that tells it. Anyway, I plan to stay home anyway when weather gets that bad.

[jediknight36]

Wow! And no pics? I would love to hear more experiences like this. This is very contrary to the reports of last February.

[John_H]

I may start my search for snow tires after all. It's not like I have a great amount of snow but if it does hit, I'd like to still be mobile! At least search is easier when using the google option.

Winter: stay away!

[JanetMermaid]

Two good things about living in south Texas:

1. It almost never snows here

2. When it does EVERYTHING closes and everyone stays home both because no one around here knows how to drive on snow AND because everyone wants a chance to play in it.

[xrayguy32]

Good news keep it coming. I live in Ohio and we get a lot of snow! Like to read about how the smart does in the snow! Great Job! Thanks

[imcquade]

http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/gal...p?imageid=6149

This picture is pretty cruddy; I took it with my mobile whilst driving in the snow today

[jediknight36]

Originally Posted by imcquade

http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/gal...p?imageid=6149

This picture is pretty cruddy; I took it with my mobile whilst driving in the snow today

Ohhh dream sequence snow.!

I love the snow. Im one of the only people around here that knows how to drive on it. I guess because people stay out of it and I refused to. I wanted to learn. I wonder if driving in snow is easier or harder than an 78 f150. I gotta know because Im pretty sure it will be snowing in CO when I go.

[Gortok]

DAMN! You should slow down a little!!

[briansc]

Got my winter tires today, just in time I guess. Will be interesting to see how they work.