I need to add this bit of info. I am talking about one very specific area that its performance is below par, pulling out of a parking spot where there is an uneven icy surface or accelerating on ice from a stop. Once its on the go, its as good as any car. It stops and corners amazing with the Blizzaks in powder or slushy conditions. When you need to move out from a stop, it all goes to hell. At intersections, it will spin the tires worse than any car Ive ever owned. The freezing effect at corners is especially harsh on it. I live in Brooklyn, as city as it gets and this is 95% of my driving environment when it snows. Here in the big city, people dont clean out their parking spots either, they do the bare minimum because you may not be in that spot later. As a result, a 2-4" high mountain range of ice can build up that you need to traverse to get in or out of a parallel parking spot. It is terrible in this respect as well, my neighbor got out of his 5 while it was still in gear spinning. He eased off the clutch and it didn't even move. Some of these spots can get very sloppy and its basically a trap for the 5, you might momentum your way in but it will never get back out. I've been stuck on a 1" high shelf of ice, you get out and look and cant even fathom why it wont move on basically nothing, you walk around the whole car looking for that chunk of ice you didn't see but there isn't one! Perhaps these conditions dont exist in your neck of the woods but they do here and it makes life very difficult. If I were out in the country just on 4-5" of fresh snow, I dont think I would have an issue.
