I have a friend who brags up subaru’s all the time about how good they are in the snow (5 inches), and obviously I proved that theory wrong today.. First off, this car was just spinning all 4 tires, and it was new.. I drove behind him in 2wd, touched his bumper (which he asked me to) and put it in 4wd low and idled him out with no gas on the accellerator! So my question is… why are there so many people who act like subaru is 2nd to none when it comes to driving in the snow?? I’m not trying to knock them, but lets keep it real 
Can anyone explain this phonomonon?
Don’t know what a "phonomonon" is…but it goes both ways and depends on the driver. I saw a Hummer H2 stuck in snow and drove around him with my WRX on all season tires. I have never been stuck with my car and still have all season tires for winter. I have seen Ford F150s pulling Chevy’s out of the snow. Is one better than the other? You decide.
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This is simple: they’re good (in fact, the best) for CARS. Your jeep, with a low range, is another animal. A lot is dependent on the driver too. You "… idled him out with no gas …" Someone "just spinning all four tires" probably was showing his ignorance about driving in the snow. And, of course, if he had an automatic transmission, he was handicapped from the start.
Once upon a time I had a (full size) Mitsubishi Montero. I bought it new, and then sold it after finding out how much worse it was in the snow compared to my Subaru Outback. I still have that Outback (and a nearly new one). I know how to drive snow and ice, and only buy manual trannies.
By the way, I once had a friend, a master mechanic, who bought a brand new CJ. When your transmission goes out, replace it with a Ford truck transmission. That’s what he did, on the second transmission replacement, just before he said to me "and that fixed it!"
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Personal experience with the cars and with drivers who haven’t a clue about driving on snow and ice.
Don’t know what a "phonomonon" is…but it goes both ways and depends on the driver. I saw a Hummer H2 stuck in snow and drove around him with my WRX on all season tires. I have never been stuck with my car and still have all season tires for winter. I have seen Ford F150s pulling Chevy’s out of the snow. Is one better than the other? You decide.
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It’s a Subaru thing…you wouldn’t understand.
Because your friend has lousy tires on his, with snow tires, I’ve been through 14". With the factory tires 3" can get you in a lot of trouble.
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OK let’s keep it real, think about this a minute . . . . the only parts of any vehicle that touch the snow are the tires.
Doesnt matter what the rig is, if the tires are not good, it wont make it.
Subys are good for snow packed and ice driving, they dont have the clearance for driving in deep snow.
However . . . . you do make a point, a few Subaru Owners are pretentious fops that think the world revolves around thier cars and everyone else is just plain wrong. Those people need to be stuck in an avalanche for a couple days. The other 90% are regualr people, and just for the record, there are some Jeep onwers that think their crap dont stink too. They come in all kinds.
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