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We had a small snow storm on the east coast. I had never been home to see my
wife drive her car. The piece of crap 2001CRV could not get out of a few
inches of snow. The tires have less than 20k on them.
Needless to say we will be getting another SUV; a Jeep or maybe a FJCruiser.
I feel sorry for anyone stick driving a CRV.
My RAV4 got through the 8 inches of snow to get into the drive way the plow
pushed in front of it.

JAS wrote:

> We had a small snow storm on the east coast. I had never been home to see my
> wife drive her car. The piece of crap 2001CRV could not get out of a few
> inches of snow. The tires have less than 20k on them.


Could it be your technique?

Ours handles snow and ice just fine, thanks.

On Feb 15, 8:03 am, "JAS" <EnChris...@HeavenBound.net> wrote:
> We had a small snow storm on the east coast. I had never been home to see my
> wife drive her car. The piece of crap 2001CRV could not get out of a few
> inches of snow. The tires have less than 20k on them.
> Needless to say we will be getting another SUV; a Jeep or maybe a FJCruiser.
> I feel sorry for anyone stick driving a CRV.
> My RAV4 got through the 8 inches of snow to get into the drive way the plow
> pushed in front of it.


What kind of tires? Snow tires or all-seasons? Also, was it snow or
ice?

I feel sorry for anyone stuck driving a Jeep or (barf) FJ Cruiser.

Dan D
'07 Ody EX
Central NJ USA

Dano58 wrote:
> I feel sorry for anyone stuck driving a Jeep or (barf) FJ Cruiser.
>
> Dan D
> '07 Ody EX
> Central NJ USA
-----------------------------------------

Jeeps look good upside down. There's one on the evening news every time
we get a big storm and the Whitemud Freeway gets ICY. Rednecks don't
feel they have to slow down.

Good tires and driving skills make all the difference. I've had three
CR-Vs but the one with 'all seasons' was terrible for snow / ice.

'Curly'

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:49:20 -0700, motsco_ <motsco_@interbaun.com> wrote:


>Dano58 wrote:
>> I feel sorry for anyone stuck driving a Jeep or (barf) FJ Cruiser.
>>
>> Dan D
>> '07 Ody EX
>> Central NJ USA
>-----------------------------------------

>Jeeps look good upside down. There's one on the evening news every time
>we get a big storm and the Whitemud Freeway gets ICY. Rednecks don't
>feel they have to slow down.

When I lived in colorado, it was a cliche how 49 out of 50 vehicles that
sailed off road and had to be towed out were 4WD. The idiots who owned
them thought they made them invincible and were too stupid to realize that
they had the same braking as a standard car and worse handling.

JAS wrote:

> We had a small snow storm on the east coast. I had never been home to see my
> wife drive her car. The piece of crap 2001CRV could not get out of a few
> inches of snow. The tires have less than 20k on them.
> Needless to say we will be getting another SUV; a Jeep or maybe a FJCruiser.
> I feel sorry for anyone stick driving a CRV.
> My RAV4 got through the 8 inches of snow to get into the drive way the plow
> pushed in front of it.

Multiple choice time:

a) The tires are all-seasons and not winter tires;
b) Your winter driving habits stink;
c) You are a troll;
d) All of the above.

I pick d.

On 15 Feb 2007 06:32:21 -0800, "Dano58" <dan.dibiase@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Feb 15, 8:03 am, "JAS" <EnChris...@HeavenBound.net> wrote:
>> We had a small snow storm on the east coast. I had never been home to see my
>> wife drive her car. The piece of crap 2001CRV could not get out of a few
>> inches of snow. The tires have less than 20k on them.
>> Needless to say we will be getting another SUV; a Jeep or maybe a FJCruiser.
>> I feel sorry for anyone stick driving a CRV.
>> My RAV4 got through the 8 inches of snow to get into the drive way the plow
>> pushed in front of it.
>
>
>What kind of tires? Snow tires or all-seasons? Also, was it snow or
>ice?

Snow tires make a huge difference. My GS-R had no trouble during the
heavy snow in Chicago this week. I was easily faster and had more
control than 90% of the vehicles driving including the SUVs. I have
Nokian tires but I don't think they are available anymore. Michelin
and Bridgestone also make very good winter tires.







>
>I feel sorry for anyone stuck driving a Jeep or (barf) FJ Cruiser.
>
>Dan D
>'07 Ody EX
>Central NJ USA

"JAS" <EnChristos@HeavenBound.net> wrote in
news:UXidnS1oxJ2wx0nYUSdV9g@ptd.net:

> We had a small snow storm on the east coast. I had never been home to
> see my wife drive her car. The piece of crap 2001CRV could not get out
> of a few inches of snow. The tires have less than 20k on them.



Why would you blame the entire vehicle because of the tires you put on it?



> Needless to say we will be getting another SUV; a Jeep or maybe a
> FJCruiser.



Don't put bad tires on those, otherwise you'll be unhappy with them too.



> I feel sorry for anyone stick driving a CRV.
> My RAV4 got through the 8 inches of snow to get into the drive way the
> plow pushed in front of it.
>



I'll bet the RAV-4 had better tires.

The CR-V and the RAV-4 have identical operational characteristics and
similar weight. Nothing to choose from there.


--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

In article <lvs9t2p1um0a8obeffj50kmetkmk73mnn2@4ax.com>,
Gordon McGrew <gRmEcMgOrVeEw@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Snow tires make a huge difference. My GS-R had no trouble during the
> heavy snow in Chicago this week. I was easily faster and had more
> control than 90% of the vehicles driving including the SUVs. I have
> Nokian tires but I don't think they are available anymore.

Yes, they are.

I buy Nokian WR all-season tires, and they do beautifully in the snow.
They're the only all-season tire with the snowflake designator, which
makes them as good as dedicated snow tires in the winter. They're the
only tire to have this.

I will always have Nokian WR as long as I'm in a climate where it
doesn't snow huge amounts. If I moved further north, I would have
dedicated winter/snow tires and summer tires.

Gordon McGrew wrote:

> Snow tires make a huge difference. My GS-R had no trouble during the
> heavy snow in Chicago this week. I was easily faster and had more
> control than 90% of the vehicles driving including the SUVs. I have
> Nokian tires but I don't think they are available anymore. Michelin
> and Bridgestone also make very good winter tires.

I have Toyo Observe G-02 Plus winter tires on my Civic, and I have had no
problems plowing through the snow this winter. About a month or so ago I
was driving home from work in a snow storm, and I saw an SUV that had
skidded off the road and onto a nearby railway track.

Too bad that this railway track sees almost no traffic. Could have meant
one less SUV to worry about. :-)