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Originally Posted by kai-wun
Hey,
-AWD. Hm. How does the FR-S do in the snow with good winter tires? How about an incline?
Decisions decisions ... I'd love to have both, but don't have the budget nor the space for that.
Would love your thoughts. Has anyone come from a turbocharged AWD hatch and never looked back?
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Well, I live in Chicago where we had one of the worst winters for snow in its history. I drove the FR-S all winter with snow tires on it (GOOD ONES mind you) and never once had an issue. I drove from Iowa City to Chicago (3 1/2 hours - 4 hrs) through a snow storm and didn't have a single issue. I would say that I am very very impressed with snow handling with snow tires. It does act as a snow plow on occasion (i.e. when there is 12 inches of snow on the ground) but I still had no issue getting through it. Oh, also, I wasn't going on many inclines and those I did, I don't recall having an issue.