I've had my Cayenne going on 3 years now and for the first time had the chance to drive it in some snow the other night. I live up/out here near Seattle so we don't get a ton of snow or really cold weather. It also seems the last couple years were generally speaking unseasonably warm.


I'm gonna let everyone in on a little secret. I put Blizzak tires on this thing oh probably sometime in November or so......of 2014. I was planning on buying another set of rims and tires in the spring but I just never seemed to get around to it and always had something better to spend my money on. So I've been driving around on winter tires for over 2 years now and they are holding up exceptionally well. I mean it, last time I had them in for rotation/balancing they told me they were still at 90% tread.


So to make a long story a little bit shorter maybe it finally snowed around here the other day and I was able to try out not just the winter tires but also the 955 in the snow for the first time. It performed flawlessly.


We didn't get a foot of snow or anything so I was probably driving around in 2"-3" but man it just went everywhere. Up hills, down hills, around corners....no issues, no worries and almost no sliding. Even stopping, I would just put on the brakes and let the ABS stop me. I went and drove all over town at about 1am just to have some fun.


Yes if I tried to push it a little too hard around corners the back end would start stepping out but only if I really tried to do it. And just let off the gas and it would almost snap back in line.


Makes me wish we got a lot more snow around here. Nahhh, then I'd have to shovel the stuff too.

 

Haven't had mine out in snow yet. But we do have a DAUNTING 2.5 inches in the Portland/Vancouver area which has brought the entire area to a halt. I swear the mean IQ for drivers in this area is about half of the ambient temp outside. Have been out playing with the Wife's Subaru which has studs on all 4 corners. It's like a WRC stage in Sweden. WAY too much fun.

My Dad's up on Vashon Island, so I spend some time there and in Seattle. I can't even imagine what Seattle traffic must be like today. ;-)

 

Back end stepping out is what the good good is LOL

 

My Cayenne is great in the snow but all my rear wheel drive sedans with Blizzaks were/are unstoppable also...I would take my LS460 anywhere.

 

I had fun making the Cayenne fishtail yesterday

 

here s another great snow car...... these AWD systems are great. I m in the snowbelt (eastern) and car goes where ever. I can imagine you guys with the extra height.

 

I recently posted about a long winter drive.

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ne-diesel.html

The Cayenne with snow tires is amazing. The vehicle is so well-balanced and tracks so nicely.

 

Now where posting pics of our cars in the snow? BTW that panny is so sexy

 

Some pics of the Audi and The Cayenne.

Porsche is a flithy *****.