Anyone have experience with the Fit in ice and snow? Chains?

 

No chains on FWD cars! Ever!
A good set of All-Season tires is all you need with this car.

Or you could move to Southern New Mexico and only see 2" of snow a year.

 

No experience yet... but where do you live? If there is snow often i'd recommend a set of snow tires. Either studded if you get bad ice or none studded if light snow through out the winter. Better safe than sorry. All season tires will become stiff at temperatures below 40 degrees which stop them from having traction. Snow tires stay soft in cold temperatures. Just depends on how severe your winters are.

 

One of the selling points for me, was both my parents glowing praise for how the 2013 model handled in the snow. They took their test drive in around 5" of heavy snowfall and dad claimed it felt more stable than his 2wd F250 they took the dealership because of the snow!


I am certainly looking forward to this winter to see how ours fairs.

 

I drove my 2nd gen Fit in upstate NY winters for 6 years on nothing but the all-season radials that came with the car. Worked just fine.

Only drove the GK in one bad snowstorm so far (bought it in March), but I had no trouble. I felt the traction control cut in once, turning in an unplowed intersection.

Then again, I've lived in upstate NY my whole life, so winter driving is just something you learn to do here.

 

Cable chains in our hilly city and nearby mountain passes are essential even on FWD cars.

 

Well, the location being listed as "USA" doesn't give us much to go on, as to what kind of winter driving you're talking about, now, does it?

 

Middle Tennessee can go years with little or no snow. Once every 10 years or so, 5 plus inches. Town shuts down for a couple of days. Most cars with FWD and careful drivers have no trouble, but then there are idiots who try to overpower the snow. Ice, stay home if possible. I leaned to drive in the snow the hard way, in a 1950 Chevy coupe.
Whatever you do, do it slowly. Avoid stopping if at all possible, then do so slowly.

 

Where's the "like" button?

 

If you live in relatively flat areas the Fit will do just fine with the all season tires it comes with. Thankfully it is short so that helps keep the weight transfer off your drive wheels minimal. Larger hills are a bit tough so we will likely get snow tires this winter. Everyone who lives up in my area needs them though so that's not much of a surprise.

 

So far, I haven't been stopped by or stuck in the snow here. I have the stock tires.

 

I just lower my tire pressure to 25psi when snowing. Works wonders with the stock tires.

 

My snow tires. Not skered..

 

You'd have to do a lot of body work to get those tires on a Fit. But once you did, you'd be able to laugh in the face of any snowstorm.

 

Can't see the images, darnit.

Snow capability and needs vary with location. City dwellers need cars that handle driving on ice since their roads are heavily travelled. Rural folk need the ability to handle deep, soft snow as well since they drive less-used routes.

I doubt that any passenger car will ever better the snow capabilities of the old-school VW beetle! Lots of ground clearance, a smooth bottom, and 70% of the weight on the drive wheels!

 

The downside to the VW is that eventually the floor will rust away and you'll be like Fred Flintstone

 

IMO, my old 2008 Fit Sport with all seasons did WAYYY better than the 2015 does.

But with basic understanding of winter driving principles, you should have no problem in the 2015.

 

Depends upon where you live. My '69's floors are still perfect!

 

And living in SoCal, what would you know about driving in snow?

Seriously, to his dying day, my Dad said the best winter car he ever owned was his '59 Karmann-Ghia. With narrow 5.60 x 15 tires and only 36 HP on tap, the only way you'd get the wheels to spin was to reach back and spin them yourself. He never put snow tires on the car, and never got stuck.

Unfortunately, Karmann's concept of "rustproofing" was no match for the Upstate NY winters.

 

Where's that VW guy? Beetles+snow=awesome traction, but you had to scrap the crust of frost off the windshield to see where you were going.