Marzipan

My 2008 with 17 stock tires is poor in snow. I'm comparing with a Honda Civic. I'm cautious about hills in fresh snow and careful at parking next to a curb where the snow has accumulated. I think the wide tires is the main factor.

kodak_jack

Thanks, guys. There's a dealer in the area who has a blue 09 LT1 with 13,000 miles on it for $14995. The problem is that the dealership is about 50 miles away. I wish dealers would do fdealer trades on used vehicles like new ones. I'd buy closer to home.

grocerygetter

These cars are OK in the snow. It really depends who is behind the wheel thats the deciding factor. That said let me tell you there is no comparing the hhr to a silverado. I have one of each and the truck will run circles around any FWD car snow ice don't matter. If you know how to drive that 4x4 truck is the ticket. The hhr just will get you there with less fuel. The truck is much safer. We average 120 inches of the white **** each season. I live on a rural gravel read icy snowcovered from now till april road. When there is any dought take the Silverado.

frank6060

We havent got a lot of snow here yet (yep Buffalo) but no problems with my 09 with stock Firestones. I did drive into some deep snow, in front of the house of course, to check my limitations. I got somewhat stuck and confirmed that when you need to rock the vehicle, the trac control needs to be disengaged. ABS is great for stopping on ice. It aint my Olds Bravada but it'll go in the snow. Of course I'm old school and was raised driving Grand Prix's and Camoros in Blizzards..

wolfman

I was quite happy with the performance of my HHR during the Christmas Eve storm that blew through the DFW area. Since we do not typically get that type of weather, clearing the roads simply does not occur. IIRC, the tires used on the LT badged models are worse in snow than the LS badged HHRs. Mine is the 2.2l 5 speed manual LS model, and it tackled our packed ice and snow with little effort. The traction control and ABS brakes both helped contend with the worst. If you buy an LT model, just put some GOOD all season tires on it, and you should be fine.

kodak_jack

My wife and I are originally from Lackawanna.

frank6060

They only had to close the skyway once for snow so far this winter. Your a snow driver for sure. Good luck with your persuit of that hhr.

Aogden

This is my 1st winter with my 08 HHR. It's an auto w/o abs or traction control. I put brand new Dunlop Graspix snow tires on it just after Thanksgiving. I have never driven a car this "challenged" by snowy roads. Even with the new snow tires it still sucks in the snow. The only reason that I haven't traded it for something better in the snow is because I really love driving this car when the roads are clear.
My last 2 vehicles were rear wheel drive Ford Rangers. They were great in the snow compaired to this car.
I am looking around for something else to drive. If I can find something cheap enough I will take the HHR off the road for the winter.

Jeda13

My wife's Honda with snowtires on it is pretty nice in the snow unless it gets really deep. Then the Jeep is better.
The HHR stays in the garage. I don't like how low the SS intercooler is to potential dangers lurking in a drift so I'd prefer not to drive it.
Plus she's just too pretty.

Jim

ZTony8

This is my 2nd winter with my HHR.I had forgotten just how crappy the Firerocks are in the snow.No side bite to them at all.I'm sure with snow treads or just better tires,the HHR would be the equal to the 2 Cavalier wagons is used to have.