hi guys,

I am in the northeast and it has been a brutal winter. I am wondering how is everyone TSX handling the snow. I have a little patch on my drive way and my car skids out. When I do drive it on the road I dont feel save as it has skid out as well.
I can honestly say, after this winter I am throwing in the towel and never buying a car again. Hello SUV for my future car.

 

Do you have winter tires? I live in the Northeast, have a TSX wagon, and a set of Pirelli winter tires. The tires make a big difference.

Sometimes I do wish for a little more ground clearance. I had a Jeep Wrangler years ago. It was great in the snow.

 

SUV's are worse in the snow. hahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahha hahahahhahahahahha



Obviously, OP is using the wrong kind of tires. or his tires are bald. if there is no traction, you will spin out.
same thing with an SUV. the SUV is RWD, which makes it harder to drive in snow. the correct tires will be needed on the SUV as well.

 

Most SUV's are AWD/4WD... but tires do make a world of a difference. You can have an AWD/4WD SUV with shitty tires and it'll be just as bad as your TSX in the snow, if not worse. I can testify to that.

 

i must have been thinking about older SUV's.

 

I've got Hankook iPikes on steelies for winter and my TSX handles amazing in the snow. Like everyone else said, it's all about the tires.

 

I have been driving on the all-season tires despite the crazy snow and if you are not comfortable with a little bit of slippage, it is best to get a proper set of winter tires. Just remember that traction is a function of the tires ability to grip. Even the best AWD system in the world will get stuck if the tires cannot grip the road surface.

Invest in some winter tires and you will be fine. The TSX will power through all but the worst storms with the right set of tires.

 

mine been doing great.... haven't been stuck even once ....knock on wood! (from NY)

 

Your tires probably suck or are bald. We just had 18" of snow here and I had no problem getting around on the stock all seasons.

 

To be fair, the stock all season tires that come with the TSX perform very poorly in snow (and by poor, I mean worse than other all season tires, and we already know that all season tires do not compare to winter tires on snow).

Like with the other suggestions, get a good set of winter tires.

 

I have 2010 TSX with 5600 miles (yes you read that right). I have the stock tires that came with the car. I probably will sell the car soon cause I need a bigger one (growing family).

 

me and my winter tires have never had an issue.

 

Sigh... Tires are the thing connecting you to the road. AWD won't help you stop or turn - it "may" help up get up steam but that's all.

Just like you wouldn't go out in the snow wearing leather soled dress shoes, you shouldn't use summer or "no-season" tires in the winter.

All-season tires are commonly referred to as "no-season" tires because they do nothing well. Since most driving is done on hard/dry surfaces, the rubber compound for all-season tires is geared towards tire life, not snow traction. Winter tires wear badly on dry roads and are ideally suited for the winter that we've had this year.

As far as SUV's are concerned, look at the types of vehicles you see sitting in a ditch or on a guard rail. Isn't it odd how many are SUV's?

As long as you don't need the ground clearance, I'll take a TSX with winter tires over an SUV with all-seasons. I know my winter tires will get me there.

 

Ohio TSX Sportwagon


Pirelli Scotto snows, can go where no SUV has gone before.


Good tires make all the difference, standard "all season" tires are worthless below 36 degrees F, winter tires stay soft and grip amazing.


Also, TL w/SH-AWD & Snows... UNSTOPABLE in the snow

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ until you high center/

thats where any true SUV not a crossover will beat you everytime/

 

ceb has a good point. If the skidding of the TSX on snow with all-season tires is the only reason you'd choose to swap to an SUV, you might want to think twice.

Anyway, if you're interested in an SUV regardless but you're still curious about its safety and performance in the snow, test drive one.

 

i swear this has been discussed before

 

Like 100 times . . .

 

Fixed it for you...

 

This has been discussed in thousands of threads on every car forum. Google is your friend.

 

i swear we've discussed google before.

 

I swear we've discussed discussing this before.

 

Sometimes discussing about discussions is the best way to approach a situation.

 

discuption

 

this is a funny thread to look at.

It is true. we have discussed about discussing about this discussion on this specific subject thousands of times. but it is true that it may be hard to find unless Google helps but sometimes Google doesn't find the correct thread or its been months maybe year that someone posted on that specific thread.

well on other note everyone here is right about the tires. we all have test drove many car with different tires. and yes you wouldn't wear your slippery dress shows to clear snow would you?! NO! cause you would slip around and fall and bust your ass!

well all season tires are ok in snow I have an mdx and tsx. when I had my rl I had oem Michelin tires and it would slip. I changed to conti dws and man it does wonders. on the mdx I have same oem tires and it may be the best awd system but it slips a little and the car is heavy. I have snow tires on my stock tsx and dam I out beat my mdx. and we had a 13" of snow. but yes suv is good cause of clearance. that's all but I feel more safe in my tsx then my mdx. I may slip in a tsx but and suv spinning out may lead to a flip over. god forbid that.

Well to sum up. Tires are your best friend in any season like Jewelry is a wife/girls best friend.

 

I live in north NJ. I bought Continental Extreme Contact DWS (All season tires).They're great but probably not good as winter tires. Honestly, I never had winter tires and all season tires were enough for me. NJ does a very good job plowing the snow. It's the POT HOLES that kills us!

AWD probably helps going up hills and getting out of snow piles but it's really the tires that helps prevent accidents (braking, cornering, etc).

 

drove TSX in snow as a loaner, no issues. CL type S is daily driver and it does fine in the snow.

If you are like me and do not have the means to store an extra set of tires, you make due with what you got. If you have the means to store them, BY ALL MEANS GET WINTER TIRES.

Drove a RDX (a 2014 model) in the snow and it does BETTER than my CL-S in the heavier (read 9+ inches) due to ground clearance. My preferences are as follows of all the Acura cars I have driven

1. RDX
2. 3rd gen TL or CL-S - both drive exactly the same in the snow
3. TSX (slightly lower ground clearance)

HOW YOU DRIVE is the biggest determining factor. Drive like an idiot you are going to run into issues

 

I live in north jersey as well, the pot holes are the real problem, but I seemed to get around all right on the stock all season tires.

 

you kidding me? just jersey? 1/9, the FDR, random exits off the parkway/rt 80/17 my work = driving, this shit is redic

 

I recently bought a set of these Contis for my TSX. I've been surprised at how well they've managed all the snow and ice this winter. I easily crawled up a steep snow-covered driveway, for example. The previous versions of this tire, which I used on a 2001 Saab, were not nearly as good in the winter. Dedicated winter tires are definitely better, but now that I'm not commuting and can almost always just avoid driving, I don't think I need them. If I replace the TSX with something RWD, I'll definitely get winter tires.

BTW, the potholes here in Philly are simply unreal this year. I've never seen anything like it. They're bad enough to cause traffic snarls with all the folks slowing down, stopping, weaving, etc. to avoid the potholes. I always get a chuckle when the SUV-driving suburban types slow down to a crawl for holes no more than two inches deep.

 

I think the OP is using this as an excuse to buy a new car, hahahahahahaha.

A nice set of winter tires and this car would turn into a tank.

Enjoy driving your SUV the other 325 days of the year when you aren't dealing with snow.

 

This morning we had a bit of snow in the DC area. It started at around 5 and is still going.

I left the house at 6 and started hearing about massive accidents and spun out cars on the interstate (I-495 outer loop by the American Legion Bridge). Many of the roads were untouched by plows and I saw several cars that were facing the wrong way on the shoulder.

I have WinterExtremeContact mounted and never once felt even slightly uncomfortable - even on hills where SUVs were having issues getting traction.

I completed my 30 mile commute without issues, no white knuckles and drove most of the way at, or slightly under, the speed limit.

Granted, DC has the worst drivers in the universe (only a fool would try to drive a Corvette on a previously wet, unplowed road with the outside temps hovering in the 20's) but the right rubber makes all the difference.

 

qft!

in more ways than one...

 

I'm glad somebody got that.