I have to say that after the snow fall this past weekend in NY and the weekend before, I am VERY happy with the performance of this car on snow covered, packed snow, and ice. As all cars it has trouble with deeper snow as you start to bottom out. My trac/VDIMM barely had to kick in due to the superior ability the fine control you have over the power. Using the electric was a savior and the B gear is the best thing for stopping on slick conditions.

I also have to say that I am very pleased with the fact that regen breaking exists because this allows you to slow with our applying friction to the wheels causing them to lock.

I had only one case where the wheels spun and this was while trying to leave a parking spot I had backed into. I was able to simply put it in reverse, move back a little, and then drive right out with no trouble. If you keep the wheels spinning it does do a sad attempted at "rocking."

Lastly, while on the highway, most cars were going 40 miles per hour. The highway was three lanes with the third lane unplowed. After getting sick of the other drivers driving too slow (the two lanes were clear), I jumped into the third lane, UNPLOWED, and zipped right past them. No other cars were even attempting that lane. A 4x4 full-size Chevy followed me. This was also while up a steep grade and was able to accelerate from 40 to 60 with out the trac/VDIMM kicking in.

I have the Michelins.

Mike