9098 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 This weeks freezing rain & snow proved why Subaru's the best. It's an animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 True. Yesterday we needed to get to downtown Seattle from Bothell. Uneventful trip for us in our Impreza with the Hankook iPike snow tires. But we saw three spinouts along the way (one just in front of us as we were approaching the car). No problem with any of Seattle's infamous hills. Climbed up Madison Ave. toward the radio antenna towers without issue even when stopping for the traffic light 2/3rds of the way up. Never an inkling of loss of control. The amazing thing is that there were so many cars out there without real snow tires. Delightful that there was so little traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy777 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 It'd be curious to see if Subaru sales in the area increase after this little snow storm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbennett2u Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Doubt it. People who dont own a subaru already either tend to underestimate what they can do in poor traction situations or just dont care about the capability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I'm very fond of Subaru's AWD system, but I think propper tires are really more important. A quality SET OF FOUR Hakki's or Hankook iPikes will do more to help the traction situation on any car out there. I know other quality snow tires are out there but these are the only ones I have personal experience with. I drove through a worse storm than this with my Mazda RWD pickup with four Hakki's and was passing 4WD cars stuck in the snow or spun out on hills. I'm also partial to studless snow tires since most of our Seattle winters are rainy rather than snowy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor pole Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I definitely second the Hankook iPike:headbang:, my road is very steep and hardly ever gets plowed. My tires are studded and worked great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amill Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 ya lol my subby doesnt have awd or good tires lol so its just like any other car sadly : / i feal like a wanna b subyowner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9098 Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'm very fond of Subaru's AWD system, but I think propper tires are really more important. A quality SET OF FOUR Hakki's or Hankook iPikes will do more to help the traction situation on any car out there. I know other quality snow tires are out there but these are the only ones I have personal experience with. I drove through a worse storm than this with my Mazda RWD pickup with four Hakki's and was passing 4WD cars stuck in the snow or spun out on hills. I'm also partial to studless snow tires since most of our Seattle winters are rainy rather than snowy. My Honda Odyssey has Toyo studless snows. They worked really well for a front wheel drive but the Subaru climbed the hills way better with only normal tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahDL88 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Put a friend in the drivers seat of my leggo in an open parking lot, after 10 minutes of drifting and doughnuts he's ready to sell his corolla and buy a subie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bork Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Put a friend in the drivers seat of my leggo in an open parking lot, after 10 minutes of drifting and doughnuts he's ready to sell his corolla and buy a subie :lol: Drifting! That the best! Also, I have studded snow tires on both the impreza & odyssey! Priceless when the rain freezes, or when traffic packs snow & becomes solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obk25xt Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hakka's FTW, I have some for sale in that forum, don't get caught without them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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