How is the Protege5 in the snow?
December-12th-2001, 05:48 PM
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How is the Protege5 in the snow?
I'm going to be heading over the pass next week and might get into some snow. I see a lot of the PR5 owners here live in snowy conditions. How does it drive/handle in the snow?
December-12th-2001, 08:30 PM
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although i live in southern CA, i go snowboarding often and there was some snow and ice in the parking lot and it handeled ok, but i was going pretty damn slow. I did get stuck on ice but got out of it pretty quickly. i dont think you should really use my expirience as a good judgment though, just wanted to offer my .02
December-13th-2001, 08:14 AM
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Windsor VT
No snow here yet, but I have a set of 4 Michelin Arctic Alpins (195/55-15) on steel wheels (15") ready to go on! :-)
I've driven lot's of FWD cars in our snowy winters, and with good all-season tires and smart driving, they are very safe and predictable. I expect that iwth dedicated winter rubber, it will be fantastic.
I've driven lot's of FWD cars in our snowy winters, and with good all-season tires and smart driving, they are very safe and predictable. I expect that iwth dedicated winter rubber, it will be fantastic.
December-13th-2001, 11:04 AM
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I'm in Calgary also running the factory rims and tires on my P5, and I have not had any issues yet. I am pretty surprised with the traction of these tires in packed snow particularly. Just take it easy.
Dale.
Dale.
December-16th-2001, 09:55 PM
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We had our first snow storm
OEM tires and rims.
Braking is very good with the ABS.
Grip when taking off, not bad.
I found the steering needed a little getting use to......does not react very good.
If I lived out of the CITY I would get snow tires.
Braking is very good with the ABS.
Grip when taking off, not bad.
I found the steering needed a little getting use to......does not react very good.
If I lived out of the CITY I would get snow tires.
December-19th-2001, 03:14 AM
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After much debate on whether to get winter tires or not, I have opted to wait till Calgary's next winter. The all-season factory tires and rims are fine so far and I have yet to encounter any difficulties driving my car on snow/ice...except maybe when I was trying to leave the Big Bucket Car wash and forgot that there was ice by the exit...only the one time though.
December-19th-2001, 11:44 PM
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Anyone experience starting difficulty in the cold weather? Although it didn't snow here in IN, it got pretty cold. It took like 4-5 seconds of cranking before the engine would start up! (it had 3/4 tank of gas in it). I really don't expect this to happen in a 2 month old car that has less than 2000 miles on it. My previous 6 year old Honda civic starts right up in less than 2 sec even in sub zero windchill temps!
December-19th-2001, 11:55 PM
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Originally posted by Protege5chick
After much debate on whether to get winter tires or not, I have opted to wait till Calgary's next winter. The all-season factory tires and rims are fine so far and I have yet to encounter any difficulties driving my car on snow/ice...except maybe when I was trying to leave the Big Bucket Car wash and forgot that there was ice by the exit...only the one time though.
After much debate on whether to get winter tires or not, I have opted to wait till Calgary's next winter. The all-season factory tires and rims are fine so far and I have yet to encounter any difficulties driving my car on snow/ice...except maybe when I was trying to leave the Big Bucket Car wash and forgot that there was ice by the exit...only the one time though.
December-20th-2001, 01:29 PM
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Re: Cold starts...
Originally posted by iroc326
Yup, I too am dissapointed by the engine behavior under cold starts...
Yup, I too am dissapointed by the engine behavior under cold starts...
That is going to be the nature of the beast. It is not a problem, just the way it is. You might try turning the key far enough to get the fuel pump working for a second or two then crank, it might start quicker. Let me know.
