I'll be heading to Lake Tahoe and so far it doesn't look like there too much snow there, but would it be safe to go there with this car?

It's Manual Quattro, with sport package which means it's a tad bit lower and it has "Four Seasons P6" Pirelli tires.

Also, any tips to driving a manual transmission in snow? SO far I heard to just keep RPMs low and ride slowly.

 

If they're all seasons they'll be better than my 235/40ZR18 Continental SportContact2 high performance tires..which is why I just bought 225/55HR16 Michelin Alpin PA2's with nice new 16' wheels.

You have AWD, ESP, etc so you'll probably be fine. I bought mine cuz I'm going to Whistler, BC for a snowboarding trip (from Portland, Or). Haven't driven in snow at all, handled pretty well in some ice though with the normal tires last week.

When driving a MT in snow..let's say when you're going like 10 mph, its better to drive in 2nd gear than to downshift into first, less chance of spinning. But that was what I was taught in a FWD Honda. Using 2nd instead of 1st, 3rd instead of 2nd, etc I think would be safer. Make sure if you happen to slide to turn the wheel that same direction of course (if rear end slides to the right, turn wheel to the right). But again..you have AWD and ESP. Good luck.

 

Just go slow and take it easy man you should be fine with quattro and all, i mean as long as theres not massive amounts of snow 4 season tires should be ok.

 

I have P6's.....I hate them but they are decent in the snow.

Your fine. Go for it.

 

i got all season tires and it handles perfectly fine in the snow and they are low on thread.. we just had a real fast snow storm friday (massachusetts) and i was good to go.

 

yea all season are fine in the snow, i have them and they were great in the snowstorm that we just had on friday.

 

Driving in the snow has everything to do with the driver and nothing to do with the tires. I was the manager of a ski resort in New Zealand and drove my staff up the craziest mountain you've ever seen with a rear wheel drive van. Sometimes we used chains but it still doesn't make it all that better.

I can see absolutely no reason to be afraid to drive a B7 Quattro (with the most advanced all wheel drive system in the world) to Lake Tahoe where they probably plow the roads non stop.

 

Whoa. I completely disagree. I WAS in the same boat as you drkenan prior to this season... but after driving on the snow w/ my Pilot Sport (High Perf. Summer tires) I realized I was ridiculously wrong. Lets just say that I purchased some winter tires immediatly once I got home after driving thru the snow on my Pilots.

 

I didn't mean to say that tires have nothing to do with it, but seriously it's all about the driver. I used to have an eclipse (god forbid) with FWD and I put snow tires on it one season when I was working at a ski resort here. They worked a lot better than non snow but still it was FWD not quattro.

 

Oh yes... the driver is a HUGE role in it. The best way to learn how to drive in the snow... hit up a snowy parking lot w/ NO CURBS. (those things will catch you outta no where and inflict some gnarly damage).