Hows everyone experience with their RDX in the snow?

This is my first SUV and the SH-AWD is a thing of beauty. So much confidence when turning corners and the car correcting it self after a bit of sliding.

Im on stock tires and I'm not going to bother putting snow tires on since my commute is short and flat.

Heated seats can be hotter. Barely feel it with layers of clothes on. Heated steering wheel is boss status.

Quite happy with such a versatile confident riding suv. Never goin back to being a snowplow with a car.

 

I can't wait to try it in the snow. I've had the car since last February but i haven't had to pick up a snow shovel in almost two years.

 

Drove mine during last year's hunting season. Had almost a foot upstate and got a chance to put it through the paces. Mix of highway and backroads. Performed like a champ. Used sequential shifting for the really nasty icy downhill sections. Our hunting camp's driveway is about a 30 degree grade and had no issues going straight up to the top in snow mode. I have a 2019 advance with 20" diamond cuts on mine.

Regards------

 

Had my first real ice/snow driving last week. There was sleet/ice, then about 3 - 4 inches of snow on top of that ice layer. I actually waited until snow built up enough to start driving home from work. That gives a bit more traction than driving on the ice. The 2020 SH-AWD Tech with stock tires was handling the snow really well. Snow mode was on and was godsend. It was steady with good traction. I was taking it easy as I would on any car I have driven in the snow. A pickup in front of me was fish tailing, sliding with the rear wheels, could have been on purpose so I kept a bit of the distance from that idiotic/craziness.

Did you wait for the car to warm up a bit before driving? Even with a layer of the car seat cover, the heated seat was pretty warm. I did remote start the car up for 5 - 7 minutes before driving.

 

Crazy good, but we have 20" Continental WinterContact SI's. It's like a billy goat on...whatever. Butt warmers are great, heated steering wheel (my first-and had it added) is the best.

 

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-weat...ight-1.4771787 - Vancouver had a massive dump of snow this past week and I've been out and about pretty good. Went with performance winters (Continental WinterContact TS850P) to get better dry/wet performance so there's some tradeoff compared to a Blizzak/X-Ice but it works fine, it's a bit less traction than I expected but there's nothing out there in Vancouver that would have stopped me or which gave me any trouble. Snow mode works great. With a set of Blizzaks or Nokians this thing would be a monster in the snow.

 

Sunny and 75 here in Naples, FL. 19 and snow at home.

 

Supa I'm from the same area. I dont have winters on my RDX. Can you give me some examples around the Vancouver where winters tires can go that stock tires cant? Are you passing cars on the left with ease and confidence in a winter storm?

 

It isn't as clear cut as "where can it go?"

Tirerack has a series of videos explaining the differences. Here is a recent video

If this doesn't change your mind, then nothing will. The difference is stopping distance, if nothing else, speaks volumes.

 

The benefits of winter tires in Vancouver are the same as they are anywhere else - you accelerate and stop better, you turn better and you can handle tough conditions better. I don't have to exercise the same level of caution that drivers will all-seasons do even in dry/wet conditions. I didn't go with full snows like Blizzaks/Nokians as I wanted to retain more dry weather performance (the Continentals are better in the dry/wet than stock Eagle RS-A tires by a mile, the Eagles are hot garbage tires) and I find the Blizzaks to be too soft in the sidewall and tread. If I was a regular out in the valley or up to Whistler I'd probably go that route though.

As for places I could go: Every hill in Vancouver like Boundary/Kingsway, Willingdon/Kingsway down to Moscrop, Victoria along Marine up to 54th. Every side street (I live on one and had nearly 10-11 inches of snow to work through). No wheelspin (or very little), just easy forward motion. As others said, stopping power is a big difference - the foolish lady who jumped into the crosswalk without looking probably should be grateful that I could stop in time to avoid hitting her.

 

This was from our first real snow fall just last week. Pennsylvania is gorgeous with fresh snow on her. I was in and out of some icy and snow covered road conditions. I didn't push it, but I never felt so confident driving in bad weather! Have a safe winter to those who are experiencing it, be careful, don't get to over confident!

 

AWD makes it deceptively easy to accelerate in slippery conditions, which can lead to some unpleasant surprises when you need to stop or turn. Especially on ice. So don't get overconfident.

But this thing is a tank with Nokians.

 

So true. AWD is something that gives people far too much confidence. I'd rather have a 2WD car with winter tires than an AWD car with all-season tires.

 

... but haven't used them. No snow to speak of in central New England. Tires tended to drift when they were new. OK now.

 

I had my RDX put in the snow for the first time last weekend and I have to say it performed admirably. I took a mountain pass in VT under pretty snowy conditions, and it felt very confident on unplowed roads. Technically it was a “chains required” road (cop checking at the bottom of the pass) and I had chains in the trunk but didn’t ever really feel the need to put them on. I wouldn’t say it’s quite as solid as 4 Low in my old Cherokee but pretty close.

Snow mode does seem to reduce mpg quite a bit though....

 

https://www.tflcar.com/2020/02/honda...cura-rdx-snow/