I saw your video years ago and now i'm back lol. Still very impressive. My Cobalt SS spins when there's a slight drizzle out lol. If there's a city bus next to me and there's a merge I might as well let him go hehe.
@millenniumenvironmental9041 wow 4 years already since that comment. I just got rid of my cobalt recently which hurt. She still ran strong. Putting around in a Civic lx right now but gotta do it for a while. The Civic is alright. Slow but comfortable and easy to drive.
I spent 30 years working in field service in Vt. and its all about the tires. I love studded snows, they are the tool for the job. They made even my full size vans with rear drive a snow crushing machine. Put them on a AWD and your golden. I dont believe in all season tires when in snow country. Ice is what you really need to be concerned with as fresh snow is generally no big deal. Nice vehicle and it sounds great, much nicer than anything I have ever owned. Thanks for sharing
Guys he's not saying its better then another vehicle but he's showing the capability of the truck with blizzaks tires and from a guy who owns one that is very impressive. Yes other vehicles do it but most srt owners don't drive them in the winter cause they feel it wont move in high snow. Great video
i was in mammoth with this jeep last year and it snowed 4 feet overnight and i had the snowtires on and it handled like a dream no issues at all. i highly recommend this car its unreal.
There are lots of 3wd vehicles wearing all season tires that could NOT accomplish this. The tires do make all the difference. I had a set of ice Blizzarks on the front tires only of a FWD SAAB, and if I took a corner too quickly the fronts would grip and the rear tires would simply slide out and fish tail. Of course its recommended to have a full set of 4. The ice Blizzaks do wear quickly on dry pavement, just like any other extremly soft tire compound. I find a nice comprimise of Winter traction and oprice in the Hankook Winter Pike snow tires. Not too soft so they can tolerate snow, wet and semi dry, dry conditions without wearing out too quickly and dont cost an arm and a leg. I run them on my 2wd reg cab shortbox truck and it makes Winterdriving much more bearable.
for the people saying that this is an impressive just because it's a jeep doesn't mean anything this car is set up to be a racecar that's what SRT means the drivetrain isn't built for off roading so it is impressive
It’s not impressive when you go through powder. A car could get through that. Now if it was heavier and wetter snow then it might be a little impressive.
It's amazing what tires can do. This year I was late putting on my studded Nokians. I left my Falken's on and we had snow, pretty scary ride. I log haul in Northern Alberta and wouldn't choose any other vehicle to get me home when weather is bad, plus having over 500hp is a bonus.
Ive been a jeep fan and owner since I was 16. Im 30 now. And though out the years ive had wranglers, Cherokee and grand Cherokee. I personally live the ild v8 wranglers which is what I own. I had the i6 engine cherokee which wad great. But the newer m I del str8 are breath taking. Every thing you want from a Truck and more.
its all about the tires. i just bought a 14 srt jeep and had trouble getting into my drive way with 6" of snow (and its flat). but thats with summer stickies on.. i get my snows in a few days.
jason mosler Any vehicle is only as good as the rubber it has!! You may know this already but I'll throw it out there for the noobs. When going up a steep hill with snow you need to feather your throttle down. Your goal is to increase RPM as the grade increases in order to keep your vehicle at a constant speed. Do not try to accelerate as that will only increase your chance of slipping. The only excuse for doing it is if you know very well how your vehicle can preform on specific terrain which will only come with hundreds of hours of experience!!
Sir, you have balls of steel. Id be so shit scared going up and even more so down a hill that steep in the snow. Especially with an open road at the bottom of it! lol. Nice SRT too.
I miss my jeep for the offroad road capabilities but that was in the early 2000s in las vegas before all the desert had been built on. I had a 98 5.9l Grand Cherokee with a 100shot and back in like 2003 they were still the shyt. I used to smoke a lot of cars even before I added the spray.
Most that have the trackhawk n srt8 jeeps track them or run quarter mile, i wanna see one with a lift and mud tires doing some serious four wheeling!!! Lol
damn, did you do that climb in the factory oe street tires? that is impressive, this suv is made for the street with it's lowered stance, low profile wheels and street tires. Im now really convinced that this maybe a good move to buy one now. Of course a set of performance snow tires on any car makes it about 100x better than any performance summers.
Top video and I am just looking at buying one of these and was searching YT to see how they did in heavy snow. That's that question answered then! Simply amazing climbing this would have killed a lot of 4x4's. As to a Miata going up the same slope, I'm sure it could, but only if you were pulling it with this monster!!!
Lol fair enough 🤘 still she sounds a lil mean . I live in northern Ontario Canada where mother nature is a little bipolar but definitely use to getting some snow & playing in the snow is just as good as playing in the mud 🤘
Would you say other the power, did the tires make that much diff? Looks like it. Do you run them all year long or change them out after the snow season?
Well despite all these haters a vehicle with over 400 horse power climbing a unplowed driveway its quite impressive gotta hand it to SRT for there transfer cases
dont care what people say, that things a beast. I kept waiting for it to get stuck, with no lift and street tires. Lifted v6 wrangler on 40 all terrain wouldn't have done it any easier.
actually that is a jeep wk which is the first style Grand Cherokee to have a solid rear axle, and independent front suspension which is based on the jeep kj suspension because they were known to have the best ride out of that jeep line up at that time, also all of the Grand Cherokees (wj) before the wk format had solid front and rear axles , but at least you can act like you know about jeeps. also the srt8s are a bit unnecessary but also that's the point.
I was just curious I have the stock staggered rims and I was going to order these tires for my 2009 srt8 jeep but I wondered what size you used considering it is hard to match both the front and the back tire size unless they are the stock goodyear tires and I heard those suck in the snow. So I was going to go with the blizzaks.
I'm a bit late, but I've had a 2004 jeep grand cherokee since it's first mile and currently it had 192,XXX and I've only had to do regular maintenance (oil, fluids, tires, and brakes) . I've never been so pleased with any car before they're amazing.
Hi guy, I am seeking in Argentina a srt8. The point is that I like off road and I was thinking in a Overland instead a SRT 8. Buy I see how easily you move in the snow. I wonder if the one you have is taller from the front than when it comes from the factory. Did you modify suspension? Please give me an advise. Thanks. Gustavo.
+Gustavo Sosa This ones looks like stock ride height. You could do a mild suspension or body lift on an SRT Jeep, just keep in mind that it will have a negative impact on handling.
i own a jeep srt and this is gonna be my first winter with it, do i have to worry about my front bumper in the snow? by the looks of it i have no worries
it's not so much the truck but having winter not all season or summer tires. different compound makes huge difference in the tires. same truck with summer tires wouldn't make it 10ft even with 4wd.
