I have been driving a Subaru Impreza WRX (for about 6 months now) and have been having issues driving in the snow... Given that I just moved to Denver, CO from sunny California may give some reason to why I am having some trouble but I have been taking it pretty slow and I thought a Subaru is suppose to handle great cuz it is AWD and all... Every time I come to a stop in a residential neighborhood (after there has been some snowfall) my brakes makes this gawd awful crunching noise and I stop then kind of slide a little.... Is this normal? I am usually going REALLY slow... how much slower can I go? Is it the tires or the brakes? Thus, I ask, do ventilated disk brakes work better in the snow? or do they just get jammed up with snow??
Also will snow tires be worth purchasing? People tell me it is not that big of a deal given I have a AWD vehicle... but please could someone give me some input ? Thanks!! ;D
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