Toyota Prius on snow

To owners of 2004/2005 Toyota Prius,

I'm shopping for a new car, and 2005 Toyota Prius is one of the
candidates. So far, there are many good reviews about this car. I'd
like to get some of your opinions here.

1. Do you have any problem driving your 2004/2005 Prius on snow.

In particular, the following complaint kinda scares me. I'm just
wondering if this is a general problem.

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"


2. How about the cross-wind on the highway? Is it a major problem to
you?

3. Do you have any other problems with your Toyota Prius?

Thanks for your time and comments!
Dom