AWESOME! Safe and fun drive in REAL snow in Massachusetts - Toyota Yaris Forums

127.0.0.1 · 12-09-2009, 08:13 AM

well.

Took bone-stock with OEM Goodyear M+S tires, 2010 Yaris 5 door automatic for a
16 mile drive on ultra greasy surface streets, and 29 miles on a slushy, snowy, icy Interstate.

And lemme tell ya, this thing is pretty damn awesome in snow.

I tried sections with trac off, and quickly put it back on.

TRAC does NOT leave me hanging on hills. It does prevent me from
getting out of sorts in many situations. (like gassing it around GranPa on an interstate
lane change....granted he is doing 30 and I wanna do 35....2 inches of mashed tater snow...FINE)

The Yaris in snow...of course, ...It won't fix stupid.

Anyhow, I have read this and that about the Yaris in snow, and my report
is, it is stable, drivable, confident, feels safe. Slush on highway doesn't toss it around much, lane changes at 50 mph in slush seem fine to me.

I now know that (probably) anyone complaining about it in snow, just doesn't
really know how to drive in snow in the first place, or there is a tire
or alignment problem. Mine is a blast.

12-09-2009, 08:13 AM	#1
127.0.0.1 Banned Drives: '10 Yaris5drHB+99 4runner LTD Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NE Posts: 672	AWESOME! Safe and fun drive in REAL snow in Massachusetts well. Took bone-stock with OEM Goodyear M+S tires, 2010 Yaris 5 door automatic for a 16 mile drive on ultra greasy surface streets, and 29 miles on a slushy, snowy, icy Interstate. And lemme tell ya, this thing is pretty damn awesome in snow. I tried sections with trac off, and quickly put it back on. TRAC does NOT leave me hanging on hills. It does prevent me from getting out of sorts in many situations. (like gassing it around GranPa on an interstate lane change....granted he is doing 30 and I wanna do 35....2 inches of mashed tater snow...FINE) The Yaris in snow...of course, ...It won't fix stupid. Anyhow, I have read this and that about the Yaris in snow, and my report is, it is stable, drivable, confident, feels safe. Slush on highway doesn't toss it around much, lane changes at 50 mph in slush seem fine to me. I now know that (probably) anyone complaining about it in snow, just doesn't really know how to drive in snow in the first place, or there is a tire or alignment problem. Mine is a blast. Last edited by 127.0.0.1; 12-09-2009 at 08:28 AM.