99 Accent in snow

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Hi
I am thinking of buying 99 accent 60K and sticksshift on it. I live at
a place where snow fall will happen pretty heavily and I have never
driven in snow. To make the matters interesting, the car has no power
steering. Can anyone tell me if its a good or a bad idea to buy a car
w/o power steering for winter.

miTcha
 
we have a 1999 accent too with manual stearing, not really any difference
except u get a better feel for the road, corners etc which is a good thing.
just buy '4' not 2 winter tires...
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/topics/winter/wtirlise.htm

nokians i think are the best tye for winter driving....
hence all the snow in finland etc...
hey, im finn also =)
we have blizzak ws 50's and i dont like how they make the car very twitchy..
id look into another ice tyre, nokian, yokohama etc....
but if u live somehwere where u can stud your tyres, do it.. get the winter
tyres prepped for studding instead of a ice tyre....
 
nother tip 4 u,
when taking off on ice, use second gear but dont burn ur clutch, practice it
in a parking lot....
i live in very northerm remote canada, sioux lookout ontario =)
 
what ever u do, when ur driving in deep slush, rutted roads, donot over
react to the stearing wheel input, u feel the road more because u dont have
the numbing effect of the power stearing to dull it out.
youll get used to the tugging feeling.
 
Hi
I am thinking of buying 99 accent 60K and sticksshift on it. I live at
a place where snow fall will happen pretty heavily and I have never
driven in snow. To make the matters interesting, the car has no power
steering. Can anyone tell me if its a good or a bad idea to buy a car
w/o power steering for winter.
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My Excel was one of the best snow cars I've owned. Manual transmissions
and steering provide more control and a better feel in slippery
conditions. Put a set of four snow tires on the Accent and you'll have
the ideal winter driving setup.
 
I had a 1990 Geo Metro, that just was about 1600 lbs
and with R12 tires, it did great with snow here in Wisconsin.. My 1996
Accent does good.
 
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