[Evil-Bee-NH]

• Are the stock tires on a 1LT good enough, or should I expect to buy some winter tires or the stock heritage rims/tires from an LS?

I forget which stock tires they use if it's the BFgoodrich A/T's they run fine in light snow anything 3 or 4 inches deep and they don't grip well at all.

• Does the traction control help get you rolling from a stop in the snow? Up to how many inches of snow?

Traction control is a safety feature for slow speeds it helps but using common sense driving in your camaro on snow is still best ex. don't slam on the gas peddle when your starting out in snow. "Unless your like me and have a huge driveway and wanna spin around some."

• Do any of you find it more manageable to manually shift gears with the automatic trans? I do this on my Acadia to help with braking.

I tested this idea this year, granted the northeast had a very light to non-existent winter and manually shifting in my area helped alot but i live in the boonies surrounded by hills and obnoxius 90 degree turns on those hills. On normal city roads i found just using drive without the manual shifting to be easier. So flat areas automatic no manual in winter and in the hills you can adjust your gear for the appropriate circumstance i found even with the traction control having it in drive caused way to much tire spinning on the hills.

• How prone to breaking loose on turns does the car feel in rain? Do you lose confidence in turns, or does the car have to be pushed hard to break loose in the rain?

Rain Rain Go Away. I've never had an issue with the car breaking loose on wet corners even in our summer downpours. Your camaro has a pretty sick stock suspension and traction system. I've taken close to 90 degree turns at a little more then appropriate speeds in new england summer downpours you may know what i mean the 10 min storms that drop so much water the drains get backed up and leave massive ponds on the roads. I've never even felt the car swing around behind me and as long as your tires aren't balled you shouldn't have an issue with is. Don't go testing it in slushy weather i tried that and was happy it was 2 am and no traffic almost hit the stoplight poll though. "stupid ABS can really give you a heart attack sometimes."