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Old 01-06-2010, 10:26 PM
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Default How many of you guys drive your fbody when its snowing out?

Just as the title states, I'm still driving in the snow(barely cause its friggin hard!) with some 18" C6 Z06 wheels (I sold my stock wheels/tires a while back) and pretty much driving in snow/freezing rain conditions is a pain in the ***! Im going to do some looking around for some stock factory wheels cause I am not making much progress! How are you guys doing in the snow with your f-body?
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Yeah I know, I dont have the money for a daily driver or anything as Im going to school...so dont laugh damn it! ha
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Good luck with that!
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I still do...it's not bad but with a limited slip diff it makes driving on icy roads a little more challenging.
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my firebird is useless right now because i have summer tires on the back lol. hopefully my all seasons get here soon because iowa is getting **** on again. stupid snow!
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i do! its my daily. some sweet 16'' formula wheels with 205/60 R16 Firestone Winterforce tires at $70 a pop. best vehicle i have ever driven in the snow
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hell no, never sees rain or snow, hell barely even a week just the weekends.lol
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Did it twice and it was the worst thing I have ever done. First time was in the middle of the night on the freeway. Second time was coming home from work. Normally a 20-30 min drive took me 3 hours. I will never drive in the snow again.

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lol I need to buy me some wheels like 67goatman 455.. hows El Dorado by the way? Im in Wichita by the WSU school on Rock Road by the way lol
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Originally Posted by daves94formula
my firebird is useless right now because i have summer tires on the back lol. hopefully my all seasons get here soon because iowa is getting **** on again. stupid snow!
I hear ya on that, we've gotten hit hard this year. Anymore I just park my Z until spring. After getting stuck in my own alley I kinda lost the urge to ever go for another wintery cruise. I just sport the the junk 4x4 S10.
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Drive to and from work 5 days a week sometimes more.......luckily work is all of 5 blocks away
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What is "snow"?
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Originally Posted by emj2006
lol I need to buy me some wheels like 67goatman 455.. hows El Dorado by the way? Im in Wichita by the WSU school on Rock Road by the way lol
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What is "snow"?
Some BS you dont want to drive in lol put two donuts on the back and drive around when its raining. there ya go lol
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i jus picked up a 94 z28 an will drive it up here in mass for the rest of the snow season..i will say this theres a reason why im not putting 4.10s or 4.56s in her yet an deleteing the power steering an adding skinnies..i know you have to know throttle control,only do one thing at a time when coming around corners or sliding..i.e steer,brake or gas..only 1 at a time...the japs claim they started drifting but thats b.s...northen drivers with posi did.
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**** that i bought a 95 town car for 800 bucks to drive
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Fuc* that...mine never see's the rain or snow. If it did I would sell it.
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my car hasn't moved since the beginning of november. they use too much salt here and my car is a southern car. I've been down the rust repair road before with my old Tbird SC. i have no desire to deal with that crap again.

the closest my car gets to snow is when i bring the garbage can into the garage and some snow from the can's wheels gets on the edge of the garage floor

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hell with that, mines cozy in the heated pole barn
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I have 2 f bodies. The Camaro I drive all year and the Trans Am just comes out on certain days in the summer. If I had to dd my only f body through the snow, rain, etc. I would feel so bad. But since I have the T/A sitting in storage (clean and dry), I dont feel as bad if the Camaro gets dirty.








and here is the Trans Am:





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