Thanks for the advice. I live at the bottom of the steepest biggest hill in town. Last year i would purposely go up even when its icy, just for the trill. I watched everyone struggle to go up, some halfway and came down backwards, even jeeps and subies. I thought to myself..... "i can do that!"... and i did lol. In the civic and my moms van. Guess the manual thing is the only thing throwing me off, but im sure ill be fine and get used to it. This car is low, wide and a bit heavy, so its stable. In fact most of the comments i get from people at work (other than sexy) are its a very solid, stable looking car.
Bring on the snow, ive dealt will tons and ive only ever hit one snow bank... in an aerostar.... back when i first learned how to drive. Never got stuck either.