Quote Originally Posted by mdwyer View Post
True, that. I prefer to be in my subie in the snow. When it gets out of control, I'm familiar enough with it to get it back under control safely. I did a 360 at at least 55mph in the Subaru and only lost a couple square cm of paint. With the VX, I'm sure I would have been rolling down a mountainside.

However, once the snow gets deep enough, the subaru's useless.
My Sube is 2-fold useless since she sits on lowered Cobb Springs and has an undercarriage resonator larger than a MLRS launcher, heh. Heck, just 2 years ago I was driving to work after the roads were even plowed and still came across an area where ruts of crusty ice and snow built up and suddenly "whack".... I looked in my year view just to see my V-Lip was torn away from my front clip. Kiss that $400 goodbye.

It "IS" a comfort knowing the that the VX is auto though with my long commute. I have always had a manual and the VX is my first ever auto. Hated it at first and I hated the fact that I felt such a lack of control with control vs shifting, especially in snow. But you learn that TOD will do it's job when it is needed to step in and Winter Mode will aid that from the go. Plus, the added advantage of my 1 hour commute turning into a 2-4 hour commute when it gets crazy here in bad weather.... I no longer need to keep mashing down a clutch with a leg that is titanium reinforced, heh.