yeah Friday it snowed about 6 inches... man was I having fun, IX + snow tires = fun!

 

You guys have big wheels.

 

Dude, that's funny that you mention it. After taking it out on the snow I went out for dinner... and the left side of the car was vibrating like hell. It scared the crap out of me... I thought I knocked it out of alignment or something worse. But on the way back home it was fine. ... whew...

 

I'm actually in the Boston area right now at my parent's place for a mini-vacation. Yeah I heard it was all rain down there, but they got about 6 inches of snow up here.

 

Ultra High Perfomance Pirelli PZero Nero M&S. I'm pretty happy with them so far.... they definitely do well in snow... and they are decent on clean tarmac too.

 

evo is fun in the snow but you have to change your tires first no exceptions!!

 

What kind of wheels are those ? what size ? did you have to get ride of the brembo kit ?

 

15x7 Compmotive TH3, ET35

Small brakes in front, stock brakes in back.

 

Coming from RWD to my EVO I read all the hype about how dangerous advans were, but unless you're trying to slide they are fine in going from point A to point B. With a little caution, it's no big deal driving with them on. Stopping and turning DOES require more time, but it's not unlikes anything else with wide tires, and even driving with advans on in the snow it's quite simple compared to the RWD car I used to drive.

 

I always thought that these evo's would mke great winters cars due to the AWD but you guys are sayiung that the width of the 17's make them not perform as well as they could?

 

my snow tires/wheels come in tommrow... 1 day too late! its gonna snow tonight wtf!!! but yeah with the advans in the snow (1 inch) I did fine with ACD set to snow mode I drove pretty slow around 40-45 on the highway and the traction was good

 

it's AWD

 

THATS that new EVO SNOWBANK they cane out with. WOW, how did you get yours so soon!!!............lol

 

i love rocking the evo in the snow, its so much fun to just drift the car everywhere

 

No... I think you missed something. The Advans that come with the car are high performance summer tires. The compound that makes up rubber in the tires is only designed for warm weather. In warm weather they stick the road very well... they are excellent tires. In the cold weather, the tires get really hard and loose their traction. Even without snow or ice... you are in danger of sliding on these tires. If you live in an area where it gets below freezing... you shouldn't be driving around with these tires in the winter. (I got caught in snow before my all-seasons arived... and I literally got stuck going up a small hill... I just couldn't keep traction... even going very slow).

If you get some decent winter/all-season tires... EVOs are amazing in the snow. They might slide a bit (everything slides in the snow and ice... except maybe chains or studs) but you can control the sliding very easily. I'd say the EVO is the best handling car I've ever driven in snow. It's great.