Pleased with driving in snow in my 2017 SR5

I know we don't get much snow in the Pacific Northwest lowlands, but yesterday (2/18/2018) we drove back to Seattle from Port Angeles, where we had awakened to about 5 inches of fresh snow. The truck performed very well and didn't slip and slide at all, especially compared to my 1988 Toy pickup or my 2003 Corolla.

The only time I was a bit scared was when some joker coming the other way got waaaay out of control, fishtailing from side to side, almost hitting his guard rail and then sliding over into my lane. At the last second he slid back out of my way and danger to my truck, but I never felt like I was even close to being out of control like he was.

 

What tires do you have?

 

Stock. Whatever was on there to begin with. Lot of tread still. I don't drive much. Only have 7k and it's a year old.

 

I agree, much better than Gen 2, light years.

 

Assuming you drove in 4hi mode?

 

I agree. I drove through a near blizzard (with some black ice) through the continental divide a few months back, and the truck handled it incredibly. I was in 4hi with Nitto Terra grappler G2 tires.

 

Thats great news! I have an old 2001 Tacoma that is slide city when it snows up here in Portland. I have chains and some weight in the back if I really need to get places and was curious how much better the newer trucks fared, especially with all the newer stability and limited slip diff etc. Thanks for your info!

 

Mine performs well in snow, but it’s on par with the other 4wd’s I’ve had. I don’t think anything special. Probably the best was my Landcruiser with FT4WD followed by an Outback with snow tires. As long as you have good tires, you should be ok. Just watch for the others that are ill equipped for winter driving.

 

That’s because you have a 2wd. If I leave mine in 2wd, it slides all over as well. My old 1st gen Tacoma with AT tires was a tank in the snow. It was 4wd, though.

 

These trucks seem to drive well in the snow, I have found the tires to make the biggest difference, lots of siping, all weather, snowflake rated is pretty much what I have to get to be as safe and capable as possible for our long winters.

The stock Toyos were pretty good initially but they are losing some of their bite may have to be replaced with something else next winter.