[Christ]

As much as I like the Civic, I have to say that, at least w/ the older ones (4th gen Civic, 2nd gen CRX) they weren't all that great in the snow.

You'd want about the skinniest tires you could find, and the car was still too light to go any real speed, or risk floating on even light snow. Packed snow, you could manage, but still, don't go throwing the suspension around, or it will throw you back for a loop.

I drove 35 miles to work at ~30 MPH in my Civic. It sucked, but even with brand new tires, I couldn't keep traction on that day. While I was creeping up the highway at 4 am, a handful of SUV's with 4WDrive decided to fly around me, over steer into a corner, and play ping-pong with each other. Laughter ensued. I don't know if anyone was hurt or not, I couldn't stop, but it wasn't on the news, so I assume everyone was fine. (Funny how that works, ain't it?)

That was in Binghamton, NY, in late 2007.