This was last winter. I stopped at the Harley Davidson dealer on 322 in PA near State College. Not so much in the snow, but it was a wintry mix that day
From the double the annual snowfall, record setting winter in the Ballamer-Warshtin area last year: That really is a Prius under there: :rockon: Shoveling Amapola out was a fruitless effort. We didn't see a snowplow in our area inside the Ballamer city limits for 10 days.
Mine does not do well on ice. Does well on snow if I am careful. I run summer tires so bad traction and an overzealous traction control system (2005) = ice issues.
I think it does about as well as any other smallish red FWD car in the snow. My rule for whether or not to head out for work is simple: If it's snowin', I ain't goin'. So, I may not be the best person to ask. The 2008-9 have the least "touchy" traction control of the Gen IIs. It will let you spin the wheels a little bit at least. Biggest problem I've enountered is the limited clearance underneath, 4-5 inches? The relatively smooth bottom lets you slide right up on the snow and the front wheels are up in the air. If you are careless or unlucky enough to get a bunch of snow jammed under the car, you're stuck, and it's real hard to dig packed snow from under the center of the car. This year I've got a 4-wheel set of Blizzaks on rims ready to mount should we get more that 2 or 3 inches. I hear they go really well on snow and even ice if you're careful and keep a little speed on... We'll see.
Don, House and garage were built in 1938. It is the smallest one-car garage I've ever seen. There are no grease stains on the floor. I'm not so sure a car has ever been parked inside. We'd have to fold the side mirrors to get the Prius in. OK, that's do-able. But, how do you get out of the car once its inside? It appears to be an architectural evolutionary dead-end... the no-car garage. :doh:
Well since there are a few Gen IIIs in here... This was last year. Too darn cold this year to take pictures.
The old dukes of hazzard way? Climb in and out through the windows. I haven't parked in my garage in the 4+ years I've been in my house. Harley and other junk are in there instead. Debating getting a detached garage on the side of the house, but I think I'd miss the open-ness of the way it is now.
I had to leave Herb at the end of our driveway. I managed to get this far before the snow got so deep that I couldn't move. Got it dug out, turned around and parked on the "street" the next day, but it was a good two weeks before I could drive up the driveway to the house. Hiking 1000 feet through knee-deep snow was no fun.