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Hi guys. New winter came, new snow, everything is white and i am happy like a child. But new snow allso means new driving problems. I apsolutely adore snow. I love skiing, i love ice skating, snowballing, and allso love to drive any sort of transportation on snow. Before Honda i drove 200sx s14 which was totaly fun, but with rwd+lsd even with winter tires it got stucked on any small obstacle, and it was very annoying. Finaly, the time has came to change the car, and i hoped that new B18 FWD LSD car with new winter tires will be as close as possible to some AWD, and i will have great snow mobility. And then, unpleasant surprise. Car simply refuse to move forward. THO, it is much better then Nissan (at last it is fwd car), but not even close to what i hopped that it will be, and what i saw on others normal FWD cars. Skodas, KIA's, brothers Civic EP2, Dacias, Audis, gf's Opel Astra..... All of them are going totaly good, no metter if it is cheaper or high class tire, and my deck keep stucking on funny and stupid places. On hard pressed snow (allmost ice), even on 1-2 degree slope i wasnt able to move. In deaper snow on steaper slopes, driving on other cars tracks i cannot climb the hill or simmliar situation. On the other side, in rewerse car moves dramticaly better, but again worse than other cars. Breaking is good, steering is good, but moving forward drives me mad. Car have mounted Sava Eskimo HP ( from High Performance) 195/50 R15. Tire is realy good on dry winter tarmac, even on wet surface. Potential causes: - Bad tire choice - can be the problem, but some people just love them and they buying them over and over again - Bad tire size choice - because of the big price difference, i bought 195/50 instead of 195/55 - Torsen LSD - 2 wheels instantly start to spin and make ice underneath them - Too much power or rews - also problem with making slipery surface on clutch release ( but i am confused why car stops on hill when the it was grabbing forward), but i know hot to drive on snow and how much gas is needed - Too much weight - but i know that lighter nad heavier cars doing better snow performance, on any winter tire - Too much weight on the rear axle - light front end pulls heavy rear - Combined causes Please all of You MB6/MC2 owners, share your opinions and expiriences so i can know what to do next, because i need to make new tire choice, and i would like that my car finaly goes as best as its possible.