04 SXT extremly unstable in snow????
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RE: 04 SXT extremly unstable in snow????
I doubt there is anything wrong with your car. My ride has winter tires and it has been a beast in the snow. Even so, when the roads get especially snowy or icy, my car will start to swing to the sides if I don't keep the speed down. Get some winter tires if anything, but mostly you probably need to slow down when the Neon starts to act like that.
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RE: 04 SXT extremly unstable in snow????
-Another one for the tires. My '05 SXT handled so-so in the snow too. Now that I bought new Cooper CS4's the car handles great. It's truly a night and day difference between the stock Eagle LS's and the CS4's. Not sure what tires you have but that definitely sounds like the problem. Mine are stillthe stock size185/60R15s.
L8R,
Matt D.
L8R,
Matt D.
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#16
RE: 04 SXT extremly unstable in snow????
What ride does well in the winter other than 4X4s and allwheel drive rides my sxt did fine last yr we didnt get much snow or ice last winter but this winter has been crap for almost everyone who gets snow and ice . My new tires are mostly performance even though they say all season they seem to do not so well in snow and iceuntil salt is down . My hydroedges did much better than my sports.
#17
RE: 04 SXT extremly unstable in snow????
AWD is way overrated. If you just let off the gas pedal your car is equal to an AWD car. All that has to do is help acceleration. In some cases I think AWD can be worse in the snow. This year I have seen one FWD car off the road and like 5 AWD cars. In my neon if my drive tire spins I just lose that one tires traction but if for some reason an AWD car loses traction it can lose all 4 tires and just spin out. My uncles stratus sxt is awful in the snow and I think its from the LSD in it. Because when he spins his front tires his braking, steering, and accel is all gone. For me its just half my braking and steering. Thats my theory anyways.
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RE: 04 SXT extremly unstable in snow????
i drove in snow over my front bumper today.... car was great!! then i hit a i big ice patch and spun..... but i have nver spun it before.....
i say get some good snow tires and slow down..... oh and in snow the skinnyer the better cause you can cut thru it, just like a dune buggy in the sand. if ya notice the people you are passing are never sliding at all..... its cause they are going slow not cause their car is better in the snow then yours
i say get some good snow tires and slow down..... oh and in snow the skinnyer the better cause you can cut thru it, just like a dune buggy in the sand. if ya notice the people you are passing are never sliding at all..... its cause they are going slow not cause their car is better in the snow then yours
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RE: 04 SXT extremly unstable in snow????
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i drove in snow over my front bumper today.... car was great!! then i hit a i big ice patch and spun..... but i have nver spun it before.....
i say get some good snow tires and slow down..... oh and in snow the skinnyer the better cause you can cut thru it, just like a dune buggy in the sand. if ya notice the people you are passing are never sliding at all..... its cause they are going slow not cause their car is better in the snow then yours
i drove in snow over my front bumper today.... car was great!! then i hit a i big ice patch and spun..... but i have nver spun it before.....
i say get some good snow tires and slow down..... oh and in snow the skinnyer the better cause you can cut thru it, just like a dune buggy in the sand. if ya notice the people you are passing are never sliding at all..... its cause they are going slow not cause their car is better in the snow then yours
#20
RE: 04 SXT extremly unstable in snow????
I drove thismorning in about 10' and at about 25-35mph it was no problem..... we the windsheild wipers were.... but yeah granted at a point nothing will help ya.... witch is why at about 5 mph i spun.... black ice suxs... but i would rather their be a few inches of snow then just ice
mines a pain cause its lowered and has the lip kit so the front end is only about 3' off the ground so i basically have a built in plow.... kinda nice sometimes but now i need to repaint the lip kit
mines a pain cause its lowered and has the lip kit so the front end is only about 3' off the ground so i basically have a built in plow.... kinda nice sometimes but now i need to repaint the lip kit