War? I don't know nothing about no stinking war.

lol, it's a joke my friend the Civil War ( North vs South) :hello:

These so called flavors you tried, are like the useless colors in candy, lemon orange well you get the idea.

I Just hate that this year has been bad for the north east. I have driven my Z a total of 100 ish miles since mid December. My beater is my wife's old '01 Altima and that thing is a champ in the snow and costs $25 to fill up.

Good winter rims and tires costs the same as a winter beater.

Those useless colors have provided pleasure and some fond memories :yum:

+1. And my winter beater will crawl over rocks and wade through mud holes. Try that in a Z with winter tires.:icon18:

Every time I wash my Z, I would swear those were exactly the driving conditions it was subjected to :P Price you pay for driving a white swirl-resistant color, I guess?:ugh2:

true, but what kind of owner/enthusiast would expose their baby to all that road salt? :thumbsdown:

I think that was his point... why pay for rims and tires when you can get a car/truck/SUV that actually works in snow?

ok that makes much more sense

On a serious note, no way I would drive my beloved Z up north in the winters. I have work on too many that came down south and the undercarriage looks like a big old rust bucket. The salt is hell on a car. You can always tell a northern car when you get it on a lift.

I promise to take pictures of the undercarriage after this Winter and continue this topic that went from driving the Z in the Winter to a discussion of putting my life in danger to having the elements take a toll on the vehicle.
I bought this '13 Z Sports/ Navi leftover in 2914 so this is my 1st Winter. I do detailing as a hobby for myself and friends and barter instead of money. Most people wash their car via a "thru car wash" ( I don't) neglecting to go under the car and wheel wells because as long as it's clean on the outside nobody will see the bottom of the car only the mechanic on a lift.
So on that note I can promise you guys that mr rust will try to do it's thing on my car but being as anal as I am with taking care of my machine it will take a while before this happens, how many of you park outside all year round not worrying about the acid rain, bird crap or occasional vandalism to your car. Mot people that have garages use them to store crap and not protect one of the most valuable things they own. So I thank you for your advise but let's keep the negativism to the minimum please there is enough on that on the news which is why I hate TV and come here to chat with people that share one thing and that is driving a Z :driving:

I posted this in another thread here on a similar topic.

"I started driving mine this winter and its no problem with the snow tires on. Just got to be aware of the big piles left by the plows at on ramps and driveways becasue with 4" of clearance I cant get through those.

For the first few years I was trying to save it from winter but with the price of the older used ones (mines a 2010) dropping so fast I dont care to save it anymore. Once It gets ragged I will just trade it on something else and wont mind losing a couple hundred bucks compared to one that hasnt been winter driven.

Most cars built these days are pretty good at fighting off rust (not mazdas), my neighbour has a Porsche GT3 that he drives through winter and it still looks jsut as great every summer."

Track car, winter beater and daily commuter in one piece of precision machinery what could be better than that!

Notice they are both mustangs? I'm not sure that's a coincident...I drive my Z all year round have over 200,000 miles on it half are winter, good tires and it's fine. Just don't drive like a A-hole.