Suneet

Well Redmond and Seattle got showered with snow today.. I live in Seattle where it didn't snow much, but I work in Redmond.. I started to see the snow around 3pm but it wasn't really sticking. I saw how bad traffic was, so I stopped to eat dinner, and by 8pm.. it was pretty snowy.

Wow, the LS handles like a POS in the snow! I had some scary moments, but overall it was okay. At one point I was taking a freeway onramp in a counter clockwise direction, but my steering wheel was turned ALL THE WAY to the left! It was nuts.. It felt like a "Daytona power slide"..

I did manage to find an empty parking lot with some untouched snow..

Looks like I might need to invest in some snow tires!

takumi117

looks fun! I never touched snow before...

LiCelsior

iTrader: (32)

lol daytona powerslide haha. donuts look good and yes the LS sucks in snow unfortunately.

19psi

lucky! it seems to never snow here anymore. damn global warming. ever since i bought my jeep it hasn't snowed, for 3 winters now! maybe if i sell it, we'll get snow. of course, then it wont' be fun....

heyhowyado

we had one good slippery snow where i live......driving my LS was like riding on a sled....just horrible.
after that, i bought a set of blizzaks, but it has not snowed since.
i did drive through a somewhat icy situation with the blizzaks and i must say they performed really well.

oslo

I have driven my '98 LS a few times in the snow now. Last winter I had some all season tires on and it handled decently. This winter I drove it once in the snow with summer tires, and it didn't do so well. I got stuck quite a few times and needed the help of others to get pushed out. I have some Blizzaks sitting in the basement waiting to go on, hopefully tomorrow.

TJW98LS

iTrader: (1)

Thats the way to have some fun with minimal impact on the tires. We don't get much snow, so i rarely get to do any donuts

slimlma04

oh i have fun with the LS in the snow, it's not the best handler but take trac off and just go with the flow....I live in NYC so we dun get much snow especially this year, but i have a house in the catskills, so go up there and theres at least a foot in the winter...i love it....

avalon42

iTrader: (1)

Nice pictures Suneet! Your HIDs on the snow look so cool...

slimlma04

your corners are hid too?..or is that just the reflection from the other ones.... if they are where would i get them??

Suneet

Those actually aeren't HIDs! They're just PIAA extremes. But they do look cool, I can't wait to get HIDs.

The corner bulbs are not HIDs, they rae just PIAA light bulbs. They have a blue coating on the bulb to give that white color.. it reduces light output though.

Klierslc

We have had a good bit of snow here in ID, and the LS with all seasons on it is doing just fine......

Not the best performer out there, but I haven't spun out or been stuck yet.....

Dutch

the trac control helps me alot! they dont plow all the roads here(including mine) so the only parts of the actual road surface i see is where the tires meet the road. everything else is packed down ice, its tricky parking when you have to park on the road, gotta keep from sliding sideways and hitting a curb or another car (when parallel parking)

cell phone pic(all i have)

Suneet

What tires are you running?

I have Yokohama Avid V4s on my LS.

They do OK on snow. I haven't been stuck yet, but I did have a scary moment where I was on a street, I came to a complete stop, and then the car just started sliding by itself into the curb.. The only way out of it was to put the car in reverse and go back very slowly

On ice though? These tires are terrible. I'm sure there are other all-seasons out there that do much better, but I don't think these Yokos do very well.

I went skiing 2 weeks ago and on some black-ice early in the morning the car started to fish tail....

Suneet

Wow that is some insane snow! It isn't nearly that bad out here, it snows like 4 times a year or something, so I'm not too worried.

I am thinking about getting some better winter tires next season on a second set of wheels though. They'll come in handy when driving up the mountain to go skiing.