> To owners of 2004/2005 Toyota Prius,
>
> http://www.autoweb.com/content/resea...Action/Reviews
>
> "it hesitates so bad, that it becomes even dangerous. when you
> accelerate (in snow), it looks like the electric motor for some reason
> does not allow the gas engine to kick in and hesitates really bad, I
> can't emphasized enough how bad it is. To the point that it takes such
> a long time to pick up speed, that is literally dangerous to pull over
> a highway"
>

I don't drive in snow / ice but there was (is) some talk on edmunds.com
townhall
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef28f96!make=CATS&model=Hybrid&ed_makeindex=.ef28 f96
about the OEM tires, traction control and the Prius in snow ...


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