Birds Love The Snow
12-01-2006, 11:51 AM
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Birds Love The Snow Just had my first snowy experience in the T/A. Eagle F1's all around, and couldnt be happier. Felt like a little tank going through a vietnamese swamp. Its really not as bad as I thought it would be. I live in the chicagoland area by the way. About a foot of snow/sleet.
12-02-2006, 09:23 PM
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89 GTA w/ super torquy L98 + Bridgestone Blizzacks + no weight in rear = best snow car I've ever driven.
I've had a FWD n/a Eclipse and a couple Neons for snow duty and they were ok, got through everything, but the GTA was definatly the best. That was for only one winter, and we'll see how a Miata w/blizzacks handle the snow.
I've had a FWD n/a Eclipse and a couple Neons for snow duty and they were ok, got through everything, but the GTA was definatly the best. That was for only one winter, and we'll see how a Miata w/blizzacks handle the snow.
12-02-2006, 09:32 PM
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I have 2 cars when it snows, My envoy with 4WD and my wife's Torrent with AWD. My S60R has AWD but the Perelli P-zero's don't do snow very well. My Z is the garage under a cover when it snows. Got stuck once in an ice storm with a RWD 5.0 mustang. NEVER again....
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12-02-2006, 10:11 PM
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Make sure to wash the underneath frequently.
My Z is 10 years old, but its never seen a winter and it shows.
Salt and Sand can lead to corrosion and rust issues in all different spots of the car.
I wouldn't drive my Fbody in the snow If I had too.
Good Luck with the winter driving.
My Z is 10 years old, but its never seen a winter and it shows.
Salt and Sand can lead to corrosion and rust issues in all different spots of the car.
I wouldn't drive my Fbody in the snow If I had too.
Good Luck with the winter driving.
12-02-2006, 10:36 PM
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My camaro's been in the garage since before it started raining and sleeting and it's stayed there and is not coming back out until the roads have no salt left on them. My nissan pickup's pulling snow duty and so far it's done great. All I got was ice at my house and I drove that little truck through the worst of it and it didn't get stuck, spin out or show any kinds of trouble. It was great, and I didn't even have any sand bags in the back.
12-02-2006, 11:09 PM
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A couple of pics from yesterday. 9 inches and suppost to get 14 more tomorrow. You cant avoid the snow here. My Z rarely see's it and just sits in the garage but our 97 is our DD. Hell one guy drives his Ferrari's pretty much every day. I want to get a pic of that before I leave here.
12-02-2006, 11:23 PM
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Mine hasn't had so much luck in snowy situations. It's an 87 my dad used to drive back and forth to work. So one day my dad starts it and has it sitting at the top of our driveway (which is pretty steep, maybe a 40 degree angle, maybe more) and decides it's icy and goes in the garage to grab some salt so he doesn't have any trouble going down the driveway. He comes out to find the car had dissapeared. He looks down the driveway and see it's crashed into a snowbank 3/4 of the way down the driveway 
We were pretty lucky though, the snowbank didn't do any damage to the car and had it not've been there, that car would have be fucked up bad due to the wall of rocks and trees.
We were pretty lucky though, the snowbank didn't do any damage to the car and had it not've been there, that car would have be fucked up bad due to the wall of rocks and trees.
12-03-2006, 02:44 AM
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Damn all you southern guys. I HATE the winter and snow. Being they have a limited slip differential, I'd imagine if you were careful they aren't HORRIBLE cars in the snow, if you are careful. Probably better than my Jimmy in 2WD.
I feel bad for the camaro 
12-03-2006, 03:18 AM
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im really pissed off right now cause about 20 min ago i was driving to my friends house and hit some ice,lost control poped over the curb put a hole in my tire and ****** put a big a scrape in my passenger rocker panel,not to ****** mention the scrape slash hole in my ****** k-member. all i can say is im not ****** drivin my car till is in the mother ****** 60s here
12-03-2006, 03:54 AM
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Damn all you southern guys. I HATE the winter and snow. Being they have a limited slip differential, I'd imagine if you were careful they aren't HORRIBLE cars in the snow, if you are careful. Probably better than my Jimmy in 2WD.