cammednasty

my freind wants to buy a 95 z28 for his daily. i never have gone out in the snow in mine(and am not planning on it). i hear that there really bad even with snow tires. how bad is it?

senicalj4579

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I dont even drive mine in the rain. In the snow is TOTALLY USELESS!!!

ZFreie

snow tires might help, but driving one while roads are snow covered is a sure fire idea to wreck. mines my dd and if there is snow covering the roads im snowed in

96capricemgr

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Most people these days have never learned to drive rwd in snow and have been taught it can't work.

I don't see any reason it should be any worse than any other rwd from it's era or before.

alexcoreas

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Kinda hard I would imagine with a M6 and Puck style clutches

Wimimc

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I drove mine in the snow and had no problems. Granted i threw ~50 pounds in the well of the trunk. On the rear i had Firestone Wide Ovals and some crappy kumhos on the front at the time.


*Its an Auto btw.

TeeTopZ

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Exactly what caprice said. If you know how to drive, there is no problem with rwd in the snow. I drove an 86 ws6 TA as my dd when I was younger all winter with no issues. SNow tires do help though.

metalmilitia606

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Yes it is bad. Even experienced drivers have problems with our cars in the snow.

cammednasty

i heard that because of the wheelbase even putting weight in the trunk wouldnt help that much

metalmilitia606

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Our cars are just really tail happy. Driving any high powered rwd car is hard in the snow.

coolmanvette75

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Got stuck in 3 inches of snow with mine last year. Now I just park it for the winter. Spend saved insurance money on mods...

nomoneyz

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It's happened to me twice and both times were the absolute worst ever. Never will I do it again, which is why I took my car off street duty for good.

WS Sick

I put weight in the back and its decent, have to really think ahead.

FormulaJoe

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I'd say good luck with out snow tires.. I tried last fall... And failed..

I thought so long as I made it off my street where theres still snow and on to the main road to the highway I would be good to go. So I put about 75lbs of weights in the back one day when there was just a LAYER of snow on the ground not even a 1/2", and I couldn't even pull away from my driveway LOL. I took my foot off the gas and brake and with the car in 1st the tires still spun and my backend kicked out everrr so slowly. It was about 35 out and my Fuzion zri's on my salad shooters were rock solid. It was actually pretty funny how bad it was, so the bird went back in the garage..

Powersource

I got snowed in a driveway when picking up my car from the shop. 2" of snow..... had to get 4 people to push me out and I made it home 5 miles in about an hour. Posi, 6sp, new clutch, and Pirelli P-Zero tires...... no bueno.

CajunZ28

Unless you have mud tires....leave it in the garage. I put mine over the curb Jan 2010, busted a wheel and put the right strut on the floor board. I was in second gear just tryn to get to work, made 250 yards from the last stop sign. but she is fixed and chilln in drive way. NO SNOW FOR ME!!!

bizerk1

i did it last year. the day after blizzard snow was off road but it was icey. going uphill will not happen at a light. you have to time the light and start going before it turns. I will not drive it again, it isnt worth the risk

Either tell him to wait a save more money until march.
Or if he gets one put about 200 pounds in the trunk and get snow tires and always have full tank.

The old cars were tanks with rwd, in weight and had no power. thats why they could do it.

Catmaigne

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You just need to be very gentle and maintain enough momentum.

gregrob

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Studded snow tires and a few pounds in the hatch and it will be fine if you have a clue about how to drive...

Robmamba

i drive mine everyday in the snow. Don't be scurred.