Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 06:33:09 -0500 From: "Ken Freeman" <kenfreemannopsamlepc.com> Subject: !Re: 2003 9-3 in snow?
In bad weather you'll just have to stay in Boulder, then! "Use the Reply-To" <justridingalongnopsamo.com> wrote in message news:slrnb6pbl8.gi2.justridingalongnopsamland.dimensional.com... > On Sun, 09 Mar 2003 02:51:08 GMT, tom <navillusmotnopsamo.com> wrote: > > > > I test drove a 2003 9-3 Linear today and thought it was great, BUT > > I live in Colorado and we see our share of bad weather. I'm curious > > how well this car handles in snow? The salesman was talking about > > putting snow tires on for winter. I don't expect do as well as our > > Subaru Outback (which would be come my wife's car) does in snow, but I'd > > like it to be decent. > > Ours is a 2002 9-3 convertible. We had the 17" wheels/tires changed > out to 16's because the latter rode smoother and tended NOT to track > into every rut, etc. Anyway, ours is fine in the snow. Some slipping > during the last heinous storm a couple of weeks ago, but then again, > most folks on hwy36 were slipping, too. >