I had the weirdest winter driving experience yesterday. I turned into a side street that, like most I've seen the past week, had two pretty clear wheel ruts with a centre heap - most of those centre heaps have been shaved by undercarriages and I can mostly clear them, with just occasional contact. This one seemed to be a bit too high, and also too hard for me to shave any further. The last bit of snow has been heavy and to make it harder the melt has started here. I think I literally floated up the street on my undercarriage. I had absolutely no traction as I started up the street and then the car started weaving incredibly, not dangerously since I was making progress and staying in the ruts but it was like I was rowing, with tires touching down on first one side, then the other. It's probably a good thing that I don't know all of what is under there that I could have damaged.
OTHER than that I have to say the Rondo has done quite well in the snow, even on (gasp!) its stock all-season tires (couldn't talk my husband into snows this year
"too expensive" happens to the working class too). I did get stuck a couple of times in deep snow parking on side streets, but a little shovelling did the trick. I was even pleasantly surprised at snow driving with an automatic - turns out it can be done. I had to move the Suzuki, the resident M/T, this morning, and had more trouble rocking that out of some snow than I do with the Rondo.
