How does your Yaris handle in the snow?

[teddy]

The stock all seasons are just awful in the cold. They slip under moderate acceleration even on dry pavement. Wet/snowy pavement feels like there is no traction at all when accelerating, especially when the car has 4 adults. Braking is surprisingly ok, but that might be in part to the ABS.

Luckily I got winter tires the first winter we had the car, so I've not had to do any real amounts of snow/ice on the stock tires. Winter tires are leaps and bounds better. On ice things are still slippery, braking and accelerating. In snow, even pretty heavy snow, the little car gets the job done quite well. Dry pavement is a beauty.

When conditions are crappy I do drive at low speeds with the shifter in the second gear position. It revs higher but I feel like there is less slippage and the engine braking helps a great deal in stopping.