i was thinking about buying a 2 door 6th gen for a daily driver and was just wondering how it did in the snow. if you have a 6th gen and have driven it in the snow please tell me how it did. thanks

 

ive driven mine in the rain and hydroplaned at 40mph on the freeway

 

well accords certainly has the weight so you'll be better off with it than something like a civic. just have the proper tires for the season.

 

its all in the tires. I have some nice tires on my 5th gen and it handles good in the rain and the snow, just dont hit the ebrake while you're turning, haha.

 

I have a 6th gen Sedan and the thing is a blast in the winter, I feel much more in control. I've driven an Escort, a TL, and an Explorer in snow and I must say the Accord felt at home...even a little tighter than the TL, except I HAVE done some suspension modifications...


Sorry it's not a coupe but it gets a from me in Michigan...

 

I have a 6th gen 2door lowered on H&R sports and Koni yellows and mine did fine in the snow

 

Live in Canada and run 4 snows on my Accord about 7 months of the year. Don't believe the crap you hear about SUV's being the greatest thing on snow they really are not. SUV's are only better in deep snow. I mean 6" or more. I routinely pass SUV's on our snowy roads because they are generally driving too slow for my liking. Annoying bastards. Most of these SUV drivers think they are invincible. You should see the looks on their faces when I pass them. The fact is an SUV with all season radials can only out accelerate a front wheel drive. However when they get up to speed they can't brake or handle like a front wheel drive with good snows on it. Whenever we have a storm the first vehicles in the ditch are generally SUV's. Believe me I see it every winter.
To drive in the snow one must have a light touch. No hard braking, no jerky steering. It is hard at first to not yank on the wheel when you feel a slide but it is best to let it slide a bit and then gently - real gently - correct the slide with light steering.
I have driven SUV's in the snow. Some had snows, some did not. I found the ones with snows were ok but they did some funny things. For example, whenever I took my foot of the gas in a snowy corner I found that the back end slid out on me. This was probably because the rear wheels were going a different speed than the front. This was in fact very scary the first time it happenned to me in a 4x4 because I didn't expect it to happen. A simple corner that I could easily go around in my Accord without any worry of sliding was a nightmare in a 4x4.
The best thing on snow is a front wheel drive car. In Ontario we use plows - unlike most states - so there is very little call for an SUV.
I know alot of people will disagree with me on this point but I have a solid 25yrs of winter driving experience. It is all in the tires.
If you want a good snow tire you are going to have to pay for it. Don't go cheap because you have to pay more for good snows. Likely 2 to 3 times your generic Walmart tire. The key is in the compound of the tire. The tread pattern on a cheap snow is the same as a more expensive snow so the average buyer thinks they are the same. Wrong! A good snow will have a soft compound that allows the tire to stick better in cold temps. It may sound funny but I can hear my tires squeal on dry pavement at temps as low as -10C. Most cheap snows and all season radials will not squeal on dry pavement at -10C because they are made of harder compound and have the consistency of plastic at cold temps.
The softer compound means the tires won't last as long. They wear out really fast if you them on in the summer. I generally put new snows on about every 3 yrs.

I have driven in the northern states and Tennesee in the winter and I find the biggest problem is that you don't plow your roads. A big hump of snow generally builds in the middle of the road down there that no vehicle can cross it and you are stuck doing 10mph behind some white knuckled terrified driver. As well almost everyone I talk to down there thinks that if there snow on the road then there is glare ice underneath it and they all drive accordingly. Snow doesn't stick to ice it blows off. The first time I drove in a Tennesee snow storm I couldn't understand why everyone was driving SO SLOW. The roads were about covered with about 3" of hard packed snow and the temperarure was about -10C. Compared to wet snow this is heaven to drive on. Believe it or not your traction increase as the temperature drops - provided you are running good snow tires.
Well anyways I'm tooling down I-75 in complete control at the speed limit and I was passing everyone as if they were standing still. Some 4x4's had chains on them for god's sake. Even the state troopers had chains. I coulldn't understand why they had chains - this wasn't the mountains for christ sakes. People I worked with down there wouldn't go out on the roads unless they had a 4x4. They said I was crazy driving in the snow with my Honda.
I am just an average Canadian driver I told them and if they want to see crazy drivers than they should go to Quebec in the winter. Those people drive as if there is no snow on the roads for christ's sake. I guess that comes with having snow 8 months of the year.
Anyways, my Accord is the best snow machine I have ever driven. Excellent weight balance in these cars means great control. Using the e-brake I can drift whenever I want in complete control. 180's with the e-brakes is a lot of fun as well but this takes practise.

 

99 coupe with prokit springs and koni yellows. I run a "high performace all season" tire and NEVER have any problems. If the snow is up to the bumper and I'm snow plowing then yeah i'm stuck, but i'm smart enough to know that and just don't bother getting my self into a situation like that.

I'm in MD BTW, so we get some snow, but not like the last guy from ontario. Hes right on the money about 2 things. tires make the biggest difference, and drive gently. You've got to know when to just let the car slide and when to try and get control back.

 

Cincinnati just had the biggest snow storm we've had in over 25 years, they don't plow the parking lot where I work I drove a 4X4 f-150 I didn't have any problem but it was in 2 wheel drive all day then the one time i got stuck I flipped it into 4X4 and back rite out it was cool. My 99 ex v6 didn't have any problems I pulled it in the drive way and the next morning I got stuck trying to get out so I could shovel it off but I think the accords do pretty good in the snow My brothers 91 prelude does good too And his back tires are almost bald he an idiot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by di3go &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its all in the tires...</TD></TR></TABLE>Ditto, it's all in the tires.

I personally found myself sliding more than I thought I should have with the OEM Michellin MXV4 Plus', when I replaced them with different (and cheaper) Michellin's, I've had no problem. My car is a 6th generation sedan, not a coupe, but that won't make a difference.