Driving in snow HELP!!!!!!!!!!, going to Colorado Options

[Havok1997GT]

Hey guys i need some help from some of you Northern Celi owners. Me and Spacepanda are heading to Colorado on Jan 2nd till the 6th. We understand that we ARE going to run into snow. Since we arent going up there long we dont want to put snow tires on his Celi and we where wondering if we could get some input on how well the cars handle in the snow with chains. Hes got a bit of a drop on his car and we are not light people. So were a little worried about sliding around on the roads

So any input on the cars handling with chains in snow with a slit drop ( i believe its an Inch and a half drop) would help out a lot.

[uberschall]

even though OP has changed vehicles, i think everyone should know that a 5s and a deft left foot can start a 5-speed celica in second gear, no problem. i find that when traction is in short supply, starting in first is difficult, especially on hills.

some may argue that a second-gear start is hard on the drivetrain, which may be....but it's preferable to sliding backwards into another car, or getting marooned at a light.

also, practice learning where to reapply throttle in the turns. if you try and power through corners, the front-wheel plague of understeer will be exaggerated by wheel slippage and you'll end up on someone's lawn, in a ditch, or worse - in a wreck.