HHR great in the snow
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Joined: 01-20-2006
Posts: 1,707
From: Centralia, Missouri
I agree. I was surprised how well the HHR gets around in the snow. There is nothing I hate more than driving in bad weather, but at least I know when I have to I have a car that gets me home.
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Joined: 04-15-2006
Posts: 115
From: Galesburg, Il.
IK will post one bad thing. When we got our first ice/snow storm here, we were on our cruise and our HHR was at the airport. When we got home it was a pain to get in. The ice and snow was on our running boards, and we had a heck of a time getting in without damaging the doors...
Other that that is does pretty good..
Don
Other that that is does pretty good..
Don
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Joined: 10-14-2005
Posts: 9,121
From: Rochester,N.Y.
What the hell are you guys talking about? It's a fairly light front wheel drive car so it handles just as like any other light FWD car in the snow. Like sh*t! I can't turn a corner in the snow without my rear end swinging out on me. Then TC kicks in and I have to fight to straigten the car back out again. If you catch a snow drift on the side of the road forget about it because you're going off the road TC or not. I'm not trying to say the HHR is worse that any FWD I have driven in the winter but it is no better either. The HHR is average/poor in the snow at best.
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Joined: 07-26-2006
Posts: 903
From: Soon to be Longview, Texas
My secret to good snow traction is my traction control. It's what I feel in my butt cheeks from the car's response. 
I must say that Stitch does pretty well in the snow we've had recently up here, and I did really good last year. I'm at a bit of an advantage this year in that I haven't had to load my 140 lbs. of sand into the back as of yet, and if I can get away with it I won't at all. I think this year it's also helping to have an extra 50 pounds hooked to the undercarriage in the rear, as well.
It also helps that I have experience spinning out both front drive and rear drive cars on snow and ice from when I lived in Michigan, so I know how to save it if I lose it. I say advantage front wheel drive, I felt much more in control in that spinout than I did when I spun out any rear drives.
I must say that Stitch does pretty well in the snow we've had recently up here, and I did really good last year. I'm at a bit of an advantage this year in that I haven't had to load my 140 lbs. of sand into the back as of yet, and if I can get away with it I won't at all. I think this year it's also helping to have an extra 50 pounds hooked to the undercarriage in the rear, as well.
It also helps that I have experience spinning out both front drive and rear drive cars on snow and ice from when I lived in Michigan, so I know how to save it if I lose it. I say advantage front wheel drive, I felt much more in control in that spinout than I did when I spun out any rear drives.
