H3 and Snow?

[ajburton13]

Hey, I am thinking about getting a H3 in the coming months. I am probably (hopefully) moving to Colorado in the next few years. How is the H3 in snow? I love driving in snow, and believe it or not, got a good bit of practice in the mountain of NC. So for those who have driven it in snow and mountains quite a bit, does it handle it well, any problems? Right now I am driving an older Taco which is great in snow as long as there is some weight in the back.

Thanks

[westhillsat]

Ours has been fine, we got it in Mid January. We live in Montana and still had part of the winter left and we love the H3 :D

[Sewie]

I only got one trip toTahoe in this season but the H3 did very well in the snow and on the icy roads. I actually got too confident a couple times and ended up sliding into a couple intersections cause I was going too fast. :eek:

[DarthKarl]

Lots of snow in Wyoming. The H3 does great in it, one of the very best snow vehicles I have driven.

[Mark805]

A agree with Darth:

I took mine up snowboarding quite a few times this last year (ski season was outstanding)

I was very impressed with the way it handled in the snow.. but got a bit frustrating when i was trying to drive like an ass and that darn traction control and stabilitrac kept me in line :p

[MisterE]

Why not turn off stabili-track traction control? I've always had more fun driving that way!

[H3 Hummer]

I have drove the H3 to a ski resort a couple of times. Pretty good amount of snow about 2 - 3 feet in two days. The H3 did really well at that time - the only problem I noticed is that this beast is heavy and at the first stopping be prepared.

On two seperate occasions I took the H3 off-roading and encountered snow on the trails. The H3 did bad - well considering it is a Hummer it did bad. The lugs got filled up with snow and the only thing the tires did were spin and melt the snow worse just spinning in place. WannabeH3 and I both had to back up and try several times to get through this section. We had to throw tree branches down and rocks and so forth. In my opinion I really think it was due to the conditions and tires not the H3. The H3 is great for snow and off-roading but I think the lugs (33 inch tires) need to be a little bigger to clean out some nasty snow. So analysis - buy the H3 it will be fine but maybe get some studs if your state will allow you, snow tires, or mud terrains. Fresh snow or maybe snow on streets seems to ok pretty good - offroding + old snow (turned to ice) ='s bad traction.