How does the nissan altima sedan and coupe behave in SNOW?

[DReed86]

Maybe I dont drive enough in the snow but I have really not had any problems driving in the snow with stock tires or summer tires. I only slide when I want to... which is like every turn possible

I can understand if you live in the mountains it might be hard but you should really have a truck or suv in that case.

[jahn surf irie]

yea we're had several snows here lately and using stock tires myself without any problems or sliding (unless I want to).

slid for a couple feet once at the bottom of my street but i just go slower now and it's never happened again.

i also just go around 30-40 on my side roads when there's snow to be safe... no need to rush

[obstacle]

with a manual transmission, snow was no prob. only if a went over a 2-3 inches pile, then i'd have a prob, but city and highway were no problems.

[Timmbo]

Handles rather well! VDC helps a lot. My parents have a 2011 Altima Coupe and they previously drove a 2008 Altima Coupe and they live in Rhinelander, WI (just about everyone owns a snowmobile there, LOL).

[wade001]

Put on snow tires, handles fine here in central NY. stock tires are crap for snow.

[wade001]

BUMP!!! a little update: we just got hammered in central NY, it was so bad my college shut down for the day, the first time in 10yrs. I was at my friends place and decided to leave and go back to my place, when i got to my car the snow was up to the emblem on my grill (that bad). plowed right through it with a little work, got to the entrance to my dorm that has a long hill up to the parking, was praying to get up that thing but did it somehow and got stuck, in a parking spot LMAO!! this is the worst I've ever driven in period and the car was a champ!!! moral of this, do yourself a favor if you live with a lot of snow and GET SOME SNOW TIRES!!! best investment you'll make... on a side note, cars were all over the place while i just drove past them. i will admit, the 6spd saved my a** lol, doubt a cvt would do as well. this car may not be perfect but it's not bad because I've driven much worse.

[rcboy514]

We had 2inch of ice covered by 3-4inch of snow and my cvt worked great in the snow, just switch to manual mode and keep the revs below 2500 with tcs on. Conquered some pretty decent hills, but for that you'll want the tcs off so power isn't cut. We only get about two weeks of snow covered roads per year where I live so it's not a major thing, still the alti is 10 times better than my old 535i in the snow.

[Freesia_77]

Im a new Nissan owner and its a 2007 Altima Sedan ...

I have Milestar tires -- 2 mechanics say they are crap ...
they came with the car ....

I can't drive in the snow at all in this car with these tires anyways ...

So tomorrow Im getting some new ones --- its looking like some Arctic Claws ...
hope it improves the drive ... otherwise I can't use the car ...

Can't believe Nissan would sell such crap tires for a New England car ... that kinda bites ...

Liking the car pretty much otherwise --- I have to check out this "manual mode" I think I know where it is but not sure how to use it ...

Hating my Nissan at the moment for not handling in the snow ... but trying to work through it ...

[Freesia_77]

Its the braking thats more of a problem than the car sliding --- Im not sure if its the tires or what ... braking almost instantly sets off the ABS -- at any rate the braking on snow with these tires is crap ... hoping i find a resolution

if anyone has a tire recommendation --- im hoping for a solution for winter that doesnt involve snow tires as I have no real room to store those at the moment ...

Has anyone else had problems with the Milestars?

I have an automatic transmission.