Of the many things I really like about this car, there are many that I don't. One of them is winter performance in the near constant wintery mix we have up here.
I've spent substantial winter time driving in Suburbans, Jetta's, Grand Cherokees, Cherokees, Pilots and they are all much, much better than this car. The ABS is downright terrible - it cuts in way too early and massively extends stopping distances compared to threshold breaking.
Hell, I'd take the front wheel drive Jetta's over this thing. I just about spun it out on an off ramp last winter, something I have never done in over 20 years and 250,000 miles in the northeast.
I'm looking into adding snow tires, but I'm not sure if I can just the front two and whether I can expect that to improve snow driving. I'm not concerned about mileage differentials on front/rear tires as this is a lease and going back! I also don't want to invest a grand into a car that I have for two more winters.
Thanks!
I've spent substantial winter time driving in Suburbans, Jetta's, Grand Cherokees, Cherokees, Pilots and they are all much, much better than this car. The ABS is downright terrible - it cuts in way too early and massively extends stopping distances compared to threshold breaking.
Hell, I'd take the front wheel drive Jetta's over this thing. I just about spun it out on an off ramp last winter, something I have never done in over 20 years and 250,000 miles in the northeast.
I'm looking into adding snow tires, but I'm not sure if I can just the front two and whether I can expect that to improve snow driving. I'm not concerned about mileage differentials on front/rear tires as this is a lease and going back! I also don't want to invest a grand into a car that I have for two more winters.
Thanks!