We put a deposit on a Fit in late June - Sport M/T - and have been told it should be delivered sometime in November. We wanted a new car for the AC and four doors to make life with the new boy a little easier. Now I've been wondering how the Fit runs in the snow? My 99 Civic hatchback is great, especially with snow tires. My wife's 01 Civic sedan isn't as good. Anyone out there driven one in winter?

 

i'd like to know as well, being from Chicago. it gets pretty bad here.

 

I heard the Turanzo tires are crap on ice, so my sales friend told me to buy winter tires and then i shouldnt have any problem. My 01 civic tires were bald heh so i had abs on all the time /laff

 

I don't have tryed for this time, but if you try the winter with summer tires you have big chance for bad experience...


Good winter tires : Michelin alpin. or pirelli sotozero. I have pirelli sotozero in 205/40/17 in my ep3. good grip and control.

 

Check out "The Tire Rack" winter tire test held at an ice rink-on their web site. Quite revealing with respect to the tires that couldn’t compete. They couldn’t even accelerate to the required speed for the first maneuver.

 

I live in Ottawa, Canada and it has all kinds of winter conditions. I was checking the thread to see if anyone had any info on winter tires. So far I have been quoted $99.00 CDN each for Toyo GO2s, from the Honda dealer. Rims at $66 each.

 

I'm looking forward to putting winter tires on this thing, and having fun with Sport mode and the handbrake.

 

Hi guys, Im in the market for the Fit as a daily driver and winter car. Are you guys saying that the stock tires that come with the sport model are bad in the snow?

 

No one has driven them in the snow in North American yet. I'm not too worried, drove a Tercel for 7 years with a/s. The Sportage was way worse, even with 4WD.

Ottawa is pretty good about scraping roads down to the bone. It's snowbanks I'm worried about, even tiny ones. With those skirts, I can't clear anything!

 

suprisingly my walmart winter tires worked very well. Plus they only cost me 100.00 w/ rims brand new haha

*edit
this was on my civic. fit hasn't come yet but will be getting the same tires

 

FIT is a front wheel drive car, meaning the engine is over the front wheels, and the weight of the engine is over the drive wheels, which makes it work well in snow.

out here in so cal (yes it does snow in so cal), the biggest hurdle in snow conditions, is the snow packing up under the car. say the car has 8 inches of ground clearance, when the snow is deeper than 8inches, the car floor pan, rides on the packed snow, and holds the wheels off the ground, making you stuck.
the FIT sport, seems to be real low, maybe 6 inches, so besides it being low to the ground, I would think it would drive like most other small cars that are front wheel drive, ...good in snow.

ice is completely different,
if its icy, with our hills, gravity takes over and you have no control. the biggest hassle, is all the other idiots, who cant drive their big american cars and trucks and get stuck in front of you, in all manner of angles, blocking the road, in front of you, walking up to you, asking if you can "pull them out".

 

I agree with you, it will be good in snow, tire-wise. It's the clearance that will probably be a problem for all of us who deal with snow.

Will HondaCare (or whatever it's called) pull us out of the snow? Maybe time to reinstate CAA (AAA) membership.

or I should buy a tow line, just in case???

 

trial fitting the threaded eyehook from the tool kit in the front bumper behind the round plastic cap, wouldnt hurt. neither crawling under the back and seeing whats there to hook onto. i havnt looked to see if our acura snow cables are the same tire size?

 

Most subcompacts and compact cars nowadays can be enhanced with a dedicated winter wheel & tire package. Car dudes know that there is no such thing as is the common misnomer of the term "all season tire."

Your next info trek should be to determine whether or not your winter tire purchase should be more of an ice tire or snow tire and which properties you desire most.

I've opted in the past for the WalMart special snow tires which was better than nothing at all with the steel wheels.

 

I know all season doesn't really mean snow in Ottawa or Montreal, but there's more to my decision than that -- $$, amount and type of driving I do. Besides, I have a feeling I'm not even going to get out of the garage once the plow leaves that icy, crusty stuff right after I've shovelled.

I will investigate snow/ice and Walmart. If I have the $$, I'll get winter tires.

I'm betting I'll wreck the bottom of my little Fit long before anything else. Gonna research low-clearance/winter driving issues too. And I'll make sure there TWO shovels in the back of my car, so someone can help me when I get stuck <smile>

 

If the snow is so high and the roads so icy; at least a majority of people without AWD and SUV's won't be moving either. This car's light weight and ground clearance does not help either.

However, I do see that a more confident and safer commute is desired for all of us who endure snow and cold during the winter months with winters in general. Pack the shovels, kitty litter and tow rope.

 

Here's is a great article on snow tires:

http://www.consumersearch.com/www/au...fullstory.html

Be good

 

All weather tire are very bad. Good for 4x4, but bad for 2WD

Bad in winter, bad on water, bad in summer and you cannot make many KM with it.

I have tried in a Toyota Rav4. 10'000km and front tire KO.

On my EP3, 20'000km with summer tire. and 20'000km with winter tire.

 

The fit should be good in snow only if you have winter tires on it.
you can get a set of winter tires mounted on steel wheels for $500-$600.

If you have winter tires on your car and almost rearend somebody because you couldnt stop, you would have hit them with allseasons. That pays for the tires and then some

Dont risk wrecking your new fit, please invest in winter tires, it is a really SMART investment.

But, if you do choose to drive on "all seasons" which i think is stupid, you have to drive slow, slower then the speed limit and the rest of traffic if you want to be safe. atleast with winter tires you can drive like everyone else, but you can stop a hell of alot better then everyone else.

Edit: Acually you can get a set of winter tires and wheels from tirerack.com for $360 plus shipping. http://www.tirerack.com/snow/WinterP...7&autoModClar=