prep me for driving in the snow
10-06-2012, 07:53 PM
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It's pretty decent. I used it in Four Wheeler Magazines Real Truck Challenge. Drove it 1500 miles to Attica Indiana (the only "Real Truck" there that didn't come with a trailer) and drove it home after the event. The AC made the conditions at Attica much nicer. So did the sound system. 
10-06-2012, 11:43 PM
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Pick up a cheap set of 16" salad shooters and some cheap snow tires in a 215/225 size. I still say that my 6-speed Z28 was the best car I've ever driven in snow. Clutch + TCS + ABS + narrower snow tires = absolutely amazing in snow.
10-07-2012, 03:32 PM
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thanks so much guys! ill look for a beater and a set of stock wheels and see where i go $$$ wise.
if i go with the stock wheels/snow tires option, should i swap the rear drive wheels or all 4?
if i go with the stock wheels/snow tires option, should i swap the rear drive wheels or all 4?
10-07-2012, 05:27 PM
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10-09-2012, 02:43 PM
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Best option is beater with most of the weight over the drive wheels or all wheel drive, for better traction with the snow tires. If you have to drive your F-body then find a set of 16" steel wheels from a base model v6 camaro or firebird and put a set of 215/60/16 snow tires on it.
10-09-2012, 09:48 PM
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Just drive it and be a man. I drove my 94 Formula for 2 years in the snow on some shitty *** summer tires. It isn't fun but it also isn't nearly as bad as you think it would be. I got stuck a few times.....but when I did everyone else was getting stuck in their FWD cars too.
10-15-2012, 10:07 PM
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Use some of the money from your promotion and buy a <$1000 beater. I was patient and found a non-running 125K mile 1990 f150 for $300. Replaced the $30 MAP sensor and now it's runs like new. And my insurance went up $16/month.
10-16-2012, 11:44 AM
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Cheap winter beater > smashed-up f-body because other people can't drive.
It's not that I worry about my ability to drive in snow in the winter - I drove home in 30" of snow one morning in a Jeep and did two winters in Kansas with DRs on the T/A - but the inability of other people to drive their cars.
It's not that I worry about my ability to drive in snow in the winter - I drove home in 30" of snow one morning in a Jeep and did two winters in Kansas with DRs on the T/A - but the inability of other people to drive their cars.
10-17-2012, 08:58 PM
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My opinion, get a cheap FWD car if you can. FWD is beast in the snow, 4WD is obviously the best, but that can be expensive.
RWD cars absolutely suck in the snow, ESPECIALLY if you're like me and have summer tires. But in Mississippi we don't get any snow, so I'm not worried, except for the one time I did drive north and encounter some snow. It was bad...car sucked at stopping, car would slip and slide just lightly accelerating, could lose control at any given time.
WINTER TIRES, add weight to the rear of the car, 100 lbs in sand bags would be a great idea. Even with those things you could still get stuck. RWD muscle car's worst enemy = snow
RWD cars absolutely suck in the snow, ESPECIALLY if you're like me and have summer tires. But in Mississippi we don't get any snow, so I'm not worried, except for the one time I did drive north and encounter some snow. It was bad...car sucked at stopping, car would slip and slide just lightly accelerating, could lose control at any given time.
WINTER TIRES, add weight to the rear of the car, 100 lbs in sand bags would be a great idea. Even with those things you could still get stuck. RWD muscle car's worst enemy = snow
10-17-2012, 09:02 PM
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Just drive it and be a man. I drove my 94 Formula for 2 years in the snow on some shitty *** summer tires. It isn't fun but it also isn't nearly as bad as you think it would be. I got stuck a few times.....but when I did everyone else was getting stuck in their FWD cars too.
I drove my Camaro for two weeks in the northern Indiana winter, where they average 85 inches of snow per year, and it was not fun. When the snow is plowed, it's not so bad. But if it's fresh snow, with no plow, or slushy snow, then you'll be late anywhere you go, and you'll spend lots of time spinning your tires trying to get unstuck.
10-17-2012, 10:27 PM
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^ WOSRT ANSWER ON HERE. Be a man? Right, because real men drive their nicer car in the snow. Okay sure, let your F-body rust out.
I drove my Camaro for two weeks in the northern Indiana winter, where they average 85 inches of snow per year, and it was not fun. When the snow is plowed, it's not so bad. But if it's fresh snow, with no plow, or slushy snow, then you'll be late anywhere you go, and you'll spend lots of time spinning your tires trying to get unstuck.
I drove my Camaro for two weeks in the northern Indiana winter, where they average 85 inches of snow per year, and it was not fun. When the snow is plowed, it's not so bad. But if it's fresh snow, with no plow, or slushy snow, then you'll be late anywhere you go, and you'll spend lots of time spinning your tires trying to get unstuck.
10-18-2012, 12:11 AM
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Heavy RWD cars with skinny tires can do just fine on all season tires in the snow driving around a major city that plows. Lighter RWD cars, or cars driven in areas where plowing can't be counted on, will want a true snow/ice tire.
I have driven MANY RWD cars and vans in Chicago winters over the last 17+ years that I have been driving around this city; everything from full-sized Caprices to Dodge passenger vans to F-bodies. It's all about having the proper tires for the car.
Having said all that, there is NO QUESTION that F-bodies are not the most ideal possibile vehicle for the snow, but they certainly don't suck at all with the proper tires. And there is no question that winter/snow/salt driving is exponentially more harmful to the condition of the car than spring/summer/fall usage.
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if the promotion is big enough to move that far, you can afford a truck. ill never be without a 4x4 truck ever again. it only takes one time driving around a line of stuck/abandon cars in the middle of the road to get that point across