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To state my experience, I grew up in the snow belt and have driven hundreds of miles in blizzards. I have driven many cars over the years (93 Grand Am, 94 Cavalier, and 99 Mazda Protege to name a few) and never had problems until I got this car. After looking over the specs of the past cars compaired to the current car, I noticed that the main difference was the ground clearance. I only have 4.9 inches of clearance in this car. Any snow above 1 inch causes me difficulties. The car power slides around most corners, loses traction in the front end, and bottoms out all of the time in the tire tracks of other cars. I don't put snow tires on my car anymore because they are a waste of money. It still won't go in more than 2 or 3 inches of snow. In those cases, I stay home.
IMO, I would say the car being lowered is the cause of the problem.
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