Originally Posted by Duc_Z09 Sure, you can probably get away with driving a Z in snow, but why would you? According to your profile you're 56 years old, so you
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02-08-2015, 10:43 AM | #16 (permalink) | |
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The Z has 3 issues in the snow: 1. Clearance, 2. Stock tires. 3. Other drivers who think their SUVs & FWD/AWD cars with all season tires are tanks. Everything else (RWD for example) is not that big of a deal. With winter tires, the Z is completely reasonable in the snow, provided it isn't so much that you're plowing it and assuming you drive reasonably with respect to the conditions. My Z with winter tires handles better than my Altima with all seasons ever did in the snow. Anyway, this topic has been beaten to death on these forums. Youtube can provide at least 5-6 videos of Zs getting around just fine in the snow. Last edited by JDubya; 02-08-2015 at 03:55 PM. |
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02-08-2015, 12:23 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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Here's my wifes winter 'beater', it was her DD before she got her Z. Her car doesn't leave the driveway if there's salt on the roads, much less snow. People in St.Louis can't drve in the snow, so it's better to drive the tank and leave the Z in the driveway where it's safe.
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If you crashed those cars like that it was because of poor equipment, poor skills or both. Pretty sure this is why it's illegal to have a car in Germany during winter without and ice/snow tire.
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02-08-2015, 03:01 PM | #21 (permalink) |
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Exactly what Scott just said. I don't daily drive the Z, but I do take it out once or twice a week. I live in Montreal and the winters are pretty harsh here, with lots of ice, slush and snow.
I never had any problems controlling any of the RWD vehicules I owned. (1987 chevette, 1989 mustang gt) And back then winter tires weren't even mandatory, now they are from Dec 15th to March 15th, and they make a HUGE difference.
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I considered a set of winter rims and tires, but decided it was only marginally more expensive to get a cheap 4WD and throw a lift on it.
Now I'm having a blast crawling over rocks and splashing through mud. Best of all, I don't care if something happens to it.
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02-08-2015, 10:45 PM | #26 (permalink) |
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Before my Z I drove a Beetle Turbo and before that a FJ and I got around in all the same way, each one had it plusses and minuses but right now I have the vehicle I'm planning on retiring with
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02-08-2015, 11:25 PM | #28 (permalink) |
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Hey it's like I tell those who marry their High School sweetheart, you have steak now and one day you will want a greasy hamburg, better off trying different flavors before you commit yourself to the one you will try to spend the rest of your life with......
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02-08-2015, 11:56 PM | #30 (permalink) |
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Well my beaters insurance is $32 a month just for liability. You have to add that into account. Wheels and tires get paid off, a beater never stops.
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