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Today was my first time driving my 3.4 C2 in snow (~1”) on proper winter tires.
My impressions:
This works just fine. I’m no longer concerned that maybe forgoing a Carrera 4 for year-round driving in Canada was a mistake.
I have never experienced such effective traction control. Mine is a pre-PSM car with limited slip diff and plain vanilla TC. If I mash the throttle it only pushes ... no sign of oversteer. If I behave more sensibly the car just sticks and the TC intervention is undetectable but for the flashing light. Uphill starts are drama-free. Impressive.
These are first impressions only. YMMV.
I have been driving mine year round and thru many Minnesota winters for the past 4 years. With good snow tires the car handles very well, better than a lot of other cars I would say. The only challenge I have had is when the snow gets to be deeper than about 4 inches because it sits low.
As a desert dweller, your picture confuses and frightens me, Kodiak. But I'm posting to say your car is gorgeous, congrats! I would agree it was not a mistake.
I decided to get a c4 and I am in Virginia. But our snows are so infrequent (maybe 3-4 times per season) that snow tires would be a waste and the municipality also considers plowing to be a waste of their time. So when it snows, you better bring your own traction.
Ha! I'm Canadian and snow also confuses and frightens me as well!
That said, I woke to a few inches of the "devils icing" coating my area this morn. Luckily I have a winter beater as to not risk my C2 getting coated with road salt.
It's not just the snow you need to worry about. When the temps drop below 40-ish, you start to lose traction both wet and dry. Check this video out:
Tires & Winter
I think AWD is great but it doesn't make you invincible. I drove my fwd GTI with a nice set of snow tires and it was a beast. A good set of tires and sensible driving goes a long way.
" I have never experienced such effective traction control. Mine is a pre-PSM car with limited slip diff and plain vanilla TC"
For even more fun, press the TC button to turn it off when you've got space and no other cars around...
I have a C4S and use it as a daily driver. That said, when there is snow here in the winter, I drive one of my trucks, since that is what they are for. The real issue here in the Front Range of Colorado is not the snow, but the cold. We have most winter days with dry roads, so no reason to leave the 911 at home. But most of us like the summer performance tires on our cars, and these soft compounds get very hard in cold weather and can make it like driving on ice. They are very dangerous in the cold. That is why I switch to Blizzak's for the winter. They are not awesome on dry roads, but way better than the performance tires below about 40� F.
Drive all winter in CO. C2 and good snow tires = no problem. If it is over 1' deep can get hard to see since snow just goes over the hood into the windshield. I drive up steep mountain roads in snow storms and pass people that are stuck in SUVs and pickups.
