Black4runner
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I visited my family up north in Pennsylvania and New Jersey over the holidays. As most know, they got hit with about 4-30" of snow.
Even though I grew up driving in the snow, I now live in the south and we rarely get a dusting so I am not used to driving in snowy conditions anymore.
Before the trip, I bought 4 new General Grabber HTS Tires in 265/65/17. I cannot compare them to the OEM Bridgestones in the snow because I never drove in the snow with the Bridgestones. My 4runner is only 2wd but it did very well in the snow. There was an accident on the way to PA from NJ. 4 inches of snow on the ground and the police had everyone detour down a single lane back road that had many hills. I was nervous because I had my 2 yr old with me and I just saw a AWD Volvo SUV rear end slide out from them. Traction control kicked in a few times but I never got stuck. I kept it in 2 gear and took it very slow (10-15mph). Once I got back to PA, my family lives on a steep hill that was covered with about 3" of snow. I kept it slow and the traction contol barely kicked in. Once I got to the top I decided to test out the traction control. I had my father stand behind me. At a complete stop on the hill, I hit the gas a bit hard to try and get the traction control to kick in. It felt like I was barely moving foward. I could feel the power being cut. My father said only the right wheel was spinning. I then hit the Auto LSD. At that point I started moving foward and made it up the hill with no problem. My father said that both the tires were spinning when I had auto LSD on.
Overall I was REALLY impressed with the traction the 4runner got in the snow. It wasn't nearly as good as my fathers AWD Subaru but with traction control and auto LSD, I felt confident in driving in snow less than 8". If I had AT or snow tires on maybe about 100lbs of sand bags in the rear, it would have been even better.
Even though I grew up driving in the snow, I now live in the south and we rarely get a dusting so I am not used to driving in snowy conditions anymore.
Before the trip, I bought 4 new General Grabber HTS Tires in 265/65/17. I cannot compare them to the OEM Bridgestones in the snow because I never drove in the snow with the Bridgestones. My 4runner is only 2wd but it did very well in the snow. There was an accident on the way to PA from NJ. 4 inches of snow on the ground and the police had everyone detour down a single lane back road that had many hills. I was nervous because I had my 2 yr old with me and I just saw a AWD Volvo SUV rear end slide out from them. Traction control kicked in a few times but I never got stuck. I kept it in 2 gear and took it very slow (10-15mph). Once I got back to PA, my family lives on a steep hill that was covered with about 3" of snow. I kept it slow and the traction contol barely kicked in. Once I got to the top I decided to test out the traction control. I had my father stand behind me. At a complete stop on the hill, I hit the gas a bit hard to try and get the traction control to kick in. It felt like I was barely moving foward. I could feel the power being cut. My father said only the right wheel was spinning. I then hit the Auto LSD. At that point I started moving foward and made it up the hill with no problem. My father said that both the tires were spinning when I had auto LSD on.
Overall I was REALLY impressed with the traction the 4runner got in the snow. It wasn't nearly as good as my fathers AWD Subaru but with traction control and auto LSD, I felt confident in driving in snow less than 8". If I had AT or snow tires on maybe about 100lbs of sand bags in the rear, it would have been even better.
