I live in Cleveland, Ohio, and I have just had my first week of driving in snow with my 2WD SR5.
I have spent the last 10 years driving a Subaru Outback with AWD, so I am probably spoiled. In that car, I felt like I could drive through anything the winter threw at me.
I bought this SR5 on a whim, after I test drove it at a used car lot next to where I work. It just seemed so nice, and $12,000 for an '03 with low miles and a clean carfax seemed like too good a deal to pass up. I love driving it, even though I had intended on getting a smaller more fuel efficient vehicle.
Last weekend, Cleveland got about five inches of snow over an icy road surface. My Subaru would have driven through that like dry pavement.
Man, it is SO easy to spin those rear tires! The icon on the dash for the traction control is an accurate representation of how the fourunner drives on slippery surfaces--side to side slippage.
My driveway has a short steep section about three feet tall--in my Subaru, I hardly worried about shoveling, as it would go in and out through a foot of snow with no problem at all. Not so this fourunner--five inches of snow was enough to make entering my driveway "interesting". I will have to shovel and salt every time to drive my Toyota.
After I drove in the snow for a few hours, and tried some donuts in an unplowed parking lot, I am getting the hang of it, but I am sure glad I kept my Subaru.
I have spent the last 10 years driving a Subaru Outback with AWD, so I am probably spoiled. In that car, I felt like I could drive through anything the winter threw at me.
I bought this SR5 on a whim, after I test drove it at a used car lot next to where I work. It just seemed so nice, and $12,000 for an '03 with low miles and a clean carfax seemed like too good a deal to pass up. I love driving it, even though I had intended on getting a smaller more fuel efficient vehicle.
Last weekend, Cleveland got about five inches of snow over an icy road surface. My Subaru would have driven through that like dry pavement.
Man, it is SO easy to spin those rear tires! The icon on the dash for the traction control is an accurate representation of how the fourunner drives on slippery surfaces--side to side slippage.
My driveway has a short steep section about three feet tall--in my Subaru, I hardly worried about shoveling, as it would go in and out through a foot of snow with no problem at all. Not so this fourunner--five inches of snow was enough to make entering my driveway "interesting". I will have to shovel and salt every time to drive my Toyota.
After I drove in the snow for a few hours, and tried some donuts in an unplowed parking lot, I am getting the hang of it, but I am sure glad I kept my Subaru.
