Yaris horrible in snow.

[white_rice]

I was just wondering what everyone else's thoughts are on the Yaris' performance in the snow. Over the past month I've had a FEW close calls with mine losing control on backroads on the way to and home from work. I live out in the country mind you, with some seriously drifted roads; many which have not yet seen a snowplow. With that said, I have a 2008 Yaris LE Hatchback, running 14" steelies w/ brand new Firestone Winterforce tires. I honestly feel that the problem is that the car is too front heavy. I think once the car looses a little control that the back end just starts tossing around too easily. My in-laws have a ~2004 Chev Cavalier running OEM tires and it outperforms my Yaris on these same type of roads by a long shot. Driving the Cavalier, just feels a lot more heavy and secure on the roads. You feel a lot more confident when you run into a drift that it's going to stick to the ground. I've just recently set a couple of large bags of water softener salt in the hatch to weigh down the rear end a tad to see if it helps.

Anyone else have thoughts on the matter? My wife's Matrix feels a lot more secure as well.