JoeB

Is it just me or are our are Max's terrible in the snow. I've owned lots of front wheel drive cars and this one has to be the worst in the snow. I have new all season tires and thought I'd get by this winter with them. Next year the stock 15" rims go on with dedicated snows. Good thing I have a 4X4. Thing is I love to drive the Max

Ant96GLE

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What are you talking about? With my stock 15's and 2" drop, I didnt get stuck once! I drove through the middle of the storm and out to Long Island yesterday.. sure I scraped a bunch of times from high snow.. ground clearance isnt exactly average on my car but not one problem with traction... its all in the tires

JClaw

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All season tires suck real hard in the snow. All-season really means "summer". I would never drive it with All seasons (Canadian winters are really bad, though). But I don't drive it in the winter. I have a 400$ beater that has trouble spinning them in the snow (98 HP!). Plus it's cheaper on insurance to get a beater (at least for an 18 yr old).

2 Da Max

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ture^^^^ with my 2k rims and 2350 all season kum hoe tires, i cant go no where! my tires suck ****, plus im afraid i might burn out my tranny in the snow. i wish i had put on my stock rims.

deezo

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I agree. I'm getting snows all around for next season. I'm on Bridgestone RE950's and they are terrible in the snow.

Terran

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I think the only reason people think this is because of how easy it is to get the front tires spinning...or they just can't drive.

2 Da Max

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i mean i dont floor it in the snow, i dont go past 2k rpm and i let it roll, i even let my dad and uncle drive it in the snow, and 2 inches of snow is like a problem too it

Ant96GLE

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I remember my old 90HP RWD Toyota Corolla with All season sumitomo tires.... I got stuck one day on the Brooklyn Bridge, the very slight incline made it almost impossible to go up the bridge... now I put some good tires on it... I didnt have a problem during this snowstorm.

2 Da Max

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so you have both cars insured? fawk carbon fiber parts for the max, boost the toyota!

Ant96GLE

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I was thinking about it... I could boost the Toyota with just as much money as it would cost to boost the max and be ALOT faster. Yea actually have 2 TOyotas, one a 82 and one a 74, the 82 is registered, the 74 I'm selling.

Igobuk

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My Maxima did fine in the snow.

I put it in 2nd gear because 1st gear spins out too easily and it crawled out of the snowed in parking space barely slipping with all-season tires. If I were to get dedicated snow tires, it'd be even better.

Snow driving definitely is greatly dependent on the tires you're using... but next come the car's abilities and the driver's limitations.

I had to help my wife this morning with her Odyssey, with the traction control ON, we couldn't get it out. It limited the RPM's to 2000 and kept activating the brakes to prevent the wheels from slipping. So I turned OFF the traction control and I managed to get it out just fine... again, barely slipping too much, just pumping the gas pedal. All the Ody has are all-seasons too.

I think that unless you have 18+ wheels with low profile tires (which have shallow tread), you need to learn to drive a little better in the snow. There's 2 other Maxima's where I work (another 4th gen and 3rd gen) and we all made it to work on time with all-season tires and very snowy streets here in Westchester.

IZZYS96SE

I agree!! i also have a 2" drop and almost bald tires and i drove to work (manhattan). I got off work at 11p.m. and i drove back to queens in the middle of the storm.I was the only person on the l.i.e.driving!! I have to say maximas are great in the snow.. The only thing that happened to me is that my battery just died today. I had the yellowtop. So I just bought the redtop back to normal again. So yes maximas are great in the snow PLUS its the driver also.

Doc

No problem here in the snow. We had 16 inches over the weekend and the Max was fine with just some slippage. This year I'm using Hankook snows on the front, real nice bite. Last year in some nasty stuff, no problem with my summer tires...Goodyear RS-A's. Gotta just tweak the throttle is all.

97maxxx

my max isnt so hot in the snow with these 17s and kumhos o yea and im lowered 2 inches so yea cant be 2 good-i wish i put my 16s back on for the winter

Turk

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They are good in the parking lot full of snow. Never complained about that. But overall they suck in the snow. Anyone wana see videos of me in the parking lot let me know!

Nismo3112

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It's all about the tires.

exit10

how would u burn out your tranny?

guyincognito

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When I had my 4th gen I had snow tires with the stock SE rims on for the winter and never had any trouble up here in Boston.

MidwestMaX1

All Season Tires aren't bad at all. I got stuck a million times last year with the Toyo's that came on on the car. I bought some Goodyear all-season tires just recently, and the only time I've gotten stuck was when I took on a foot of snow on my street. I'd recommend them.

THT

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Yokohama Avid Touring AS tires on my stock steelies do just fine regardless of snow depth. Can't wait for spring though so I can put my SSRs back on with Eagle F1 GS-D3 rubber.

~THT

MaxKlinger

Yokohama Avids are great, I considered getting them last time around. I'm running Dunlop SP Sport A2's on my steelies, and the Max tracks very well in the snow. I don't even have ABS and I have no fears of taking my Max out in the weather. Actually, last week I took her out in the height of the snowstorm that hit the northeast...the roads hadn't been plowed and had several inches on them, but I was still able to go out and have new tires put on the 17" '02 SE rims for my dad's Max (had a blowout).

It's no secret...driving in the snow is all about minimizing the severity of your changes in velocity, whether it's accelerating, braking or turning. Leave lots of room, brake gently, accelerate gently, and slow for turns, and you'll be fine. It's not the car that has the problem...

sterlingmaxima

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my car is great in the snow i have ventus tires teh all season I have been very impressed with them not to mention I got them with the car.

A32Matt

i hate this car in the snow. I have new Blizzaks up front and half worn Blizzaks in the rear, and every where i go with minimal snow or wet roads, i slide and spin. i barely have to give it throttle to get the fronts to break loose.

recardeeps222

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I haven't had a single problem in the snow. In fact I think driving in the snow is far surperior than driving on dry roads. How often can you drift a maxima around a turn without touching the e-brake. If anyone is having trouble driving in the snow, just practice. My dad always quotes an issue of Road and Track that must be older than I am that told drivers to find a big parking lot full of snow and practice doing donut's and such so they could get a better understanding of how their car handles in the snow.

As far as i'm concerned, apart for the horrendously ugly salt slatter all over my car, bring on more snow, and let the tires spin as much as they want.

p.s. when i actually have to get somewhere my car is great in the snow and i'm on stock tires that should have been replaced long ago due to tread wear.

99SEL4ME

I have 4 Bridgestone Blizzacks WS-50s on my stock SE rims.... Just like a 4x4. I actually pass people in storms on my way to work who are doing like 20mph on their all-seasons. Get snow tires, they are expensive for good ones, but so worth it. Night and day difference.

Igobuk

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Well, although I agree with the article, you could only practice "and such"... real donut's or for rear-wheelers.

My personal favorite thing to practice is making the car slide sideways and J-turns.

Sped

I have absolutly no problems in the snow or ice with my max. I cant make it slide or lose control unless i pull the ebrake. then again i also have TCS and ABS and a good set of tires

lilaclucymaxima

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mines fine in the snow

crazy97

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We had about nine inches a week ago, I was nervous because my p.o.s. Jeep is not running, well anyway my alley wasn't plowed and I had to go to work and my 97 went through at least 6 inches of unplowed snow. There was so much snow that my engine belts were getting wet and squealing! I have crappy tires and don't know how I didn't get stuck. I now love the the challenge of driving in snow with this thing and I'm hoping for more snow.

Bring a shovel with you when it snows like a bastard, just in case.

nismos14

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I drove in the snow/ice/sleet storm that we had in iowa/missouri about 2 weeks ago, and i had no problems getting by. i just started her off in 2nd gear and my goodyear all seasons had no problems handling the snow

nismos14

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another q, do most of you guys who are having trouble have autos? or manuals?

2 Da Max

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excessive wheelspin will put too much pressure on the cluthcpacks inside and say bye bye to my tranny again. trust me auto max trannys are really not that strong.