AdMan21

The first round of lake effect has arrived, the cayenne has pleasantly been the best vehicle I have ever driven in the snow.

Thanks Porche

- A happy Cayenne driver.

kotzankov

Pretty pictures please....

Some of us that live in the south only have to imagine the amounts of fun it is to hit the show in the PiG

SnP

My Cayenne S was great in the snow, but I definitely prefer my C4S.

enzom

What kind of winter rubber are you running? I just got my 14 Range Rover Sport Supercharged and have only two options for snows - Pirelli Scorpion Winter or Nokian WR G2 tires. Put Alpin PA4's on my 991 and can't wait to try them. Thanks.

RESP

We have the Scorpion snow & ice on our Cayenne, very happy in our 3rd season of snow.

My brother has the Nokians on his Acura, again very happy.

Not sure where you are, but up here in the prairies of northern Canada, we get some great snow, ice and cold weather to test these tires.

Good luck and happy sledding!

enzom

Thanks. Good to know. I can't use the snow & ice because they aren't XL tires. She's a porker. My guess is either one (scorpion winter or Nokian WR G2) is fine.

996FLT6

Scorpion snow and ice are great on heavy snow. Left them on for the whole year as well- wasn't noisy at all. I recommend best to get a second set of rims just for snow that works with a variety of snow tire options if that's possible. Mike

AdMan21

Running all seasons still

Brit6

Cayenne is awesome in the snow as long as you have snow tires! I have Pirelli ice & snow up here in the great white north, they work awesome from day to day driving to heading up to the mountains for snowboarding.

bearfilm

That is comforting to hear, I guess. Just got my FP - a 2006 Cayenne S which is trading up (?) from a Wrangler Unlimited. Winter is coming and I have the faith it will work, but after the Jeep, just a tic nervous...

JohnnyBahamas

Snow is dumb.

It just sits there ...mocking you. "Ha ha, I'm all over your yard and your favorite roads and now you have to shovel me."

F-ing snow.

I hope it hurts when you melt.

Bill P.

The problem with the C4S in the snow (and my TT) is that bit of snow between the tire tracks. The front spoiler makes a pretty crappy plow...

steve_Cayenne

Love my Cayenne in the snow as well. Spent the last 25 years battling Quebec Winters, in all kinds of vehicles. The Cayenne would definitely be my weapon of choice!

I got the Pirelli Scorpion Winters last year (albeit not N-rated), definitely a great winter tire! They are smooth, comfortable, quiet, handle well in dry (for winter tires), V-rated to 150mph, and great traction in snow and ice. They are even apparently co-designed by Porsche. Like them more than the snow&ice I had previously on an X5.

Although the Finn's know how to make great winter tires, my issue with the Nokian WR's are:

"The WR G2, Nokian Tyres’ third generation in the unique line of “All-Weather Plus” tires, offers the best performance in every season."
"The Nokian WR G2 Sport Utility is a durable SUV non-studded winter tire that can be used all-year-round. The asymmetrical inside-out tread pattern allows our engineers to design different areas of the tread to focus on the different driving conditions you will encounter throughout the year. So while seasons may change, your choice of all-weather tires remains the same: Nokian WR G2 SUV. "

The WR is a glorified all season tire that just makes it into the severe winter "mountain/snowflake" rating. I would rather have a real winter tire like the Pirelli Winter, that you can forget about using in summer! Unless I could only have one set of tires, that would be winter legal where applicable and could also serve as a poor summer tire.

* Disclaimer, I have never driven on Nokia WR's ... just the Nokian Hakkapeliittas which are good winter tires.

Dennis C

Tires make a huge difference. My wife got stuck in a snow-covered driveway a few weeks ago in our CS with all-season (a.k.a. "no-season") tires. The Cayenne is now running Michelin Latitude Alpin N1 tires and it's much better in snow.