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HEK	02-12-2015 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Shotta (Post 3109593)

Took me almost 10 years of driving to learn it's got everything to do with the tires and almost nothing to do with the 2wd vs 4wd for normal winter roads (off road and mountain climbing excluded). For example, my wife drives a 4wd Ford Escape for the winter. That thing was scary as sh!t to drive in the winter with the factory all season tires, absolutely no stopping or accelerating ability. I threw on snow tires for her and it grips like no tomorrow now.

For people that have driven only rear wheel drive cars their whole life driving in the winter is a piece of cake, in fact I can get around most of the time without even getting the traction control to engage so I'm not slipping and sliding anywhere.

4wd with snow tires will make it easier and more forgiving for the majority but I wouldn't drive a junker half the year just because of that reason. On the other hand if we are talking bustin through snow drifts and driving off road I will take the 4wd. I had a jeep cj back in the day and enjoyed going to the jeep offroad events.

Everyone just needs to drive what they feel comfortable in.

what he said :bowdown:

ayrton88

02-12-2015 09:48 AM

I grew up with RWD and I much prefer oversteer to understeer. What I find scary here in the midwest is all the idiots that get a 4WD SUV and think that they can drive like its summer. I must admit I get a good laugh at all the SUVs into the walls on the Eisenhower expressway every time it snows. I see much more of them in the wall than Mustangs or any other RWD cars. I think it has more to do with experience driving than anything. It's funny, but most taxis here in Chicago are big old boats with RWD and I see very few involved in accidents in the snow.

LAVA	02-12-2015 10:27 AM

very true AWD/4WD instill a false sense of security.

NissanGuy23

02-12-2015 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Duc_Z09 (Post 3109159)

I agree with you about tires being important, but I definitely don't agree that oversteer is preferable to understeer. Understeer is predictable; oversteer is not. Also, 4 wheels turning absolutely helps keep you straight when cornering compared to just spinning the rears. Ice is ice, but I've purposely drifted my Cherokee in snow through enough (slow) turns to know the difference... If I tried that in the Z it wouldn't end well. I also doubt that power was ever a factor in my wife's or my v6 Mustang offroading adventures. Those cars have none:rofl2:

I literally got my Z stuck on a flat side street in less than 1 inch of snow last January. Sure, the summer tires didn't help. But you can't tell me it compares in any way to a 4WD platform that I've taken up steep logging trails through several inches of snow and ice, regardless of tire choice.

Yea my AWD subaru is far better in snow than my RWD Jeep was on the same tires. Acceleration is a huge part to driving a car (it makes it go) and having twice the grip makes the difference. The Jeep would just spin when i got to an incline, or get stuck, Subaru just rips up any hills and is controllable around corners (while accelerating) where as the Jeep is dangerous.

synolimit

02-12-2015 12:39 PM

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Point proven

Snow tires.

Shotta

02-12-2015 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott@Synergy (Post 3109884)

Point proven

Snow tires.

Wow!

kenchan

02-12-2015 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Shotta (Post 3109593)

Everyone just needs to drive what they feel comfortable in.

you mean like a winter beater.

HEK	02-12-2015 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 3109993)

you mean like a winter beater.

did anyone say winter beater......:icon18:
http://www.the370z.com/members/hek-a...ther-story.jpg

HEK	02-13-2015 06:03 AM

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here is a little dirty at work Attachment 100386

kenchan

02-13-2015 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by HEK (Post 3110162)

did anyone say winter beater......:icon18:
http://www.the370z.com/members/hek-a...ther-story.jpg

made a whole circle :rofl2:

back to page1!!! :mad:

HEK	02-14-2015 03:06 PM

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And people pay big dollars to have their cars wrapped. New England does it free for me...

zefaulter

02-14-2015 03:09 PM

Damn I hate the salt but what can you do

HEK	02-14-2015 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by zefaulter (Post 3111958)

Damn I hate the salt but what can you do

It raises your blood pressure and makes you bloated...:rofl2:, but really the salt will not eat away at your vehicle the minute it hits your car, is leaving it there unattended for months but for now I'm not worried, once we get passed these blizzards coming our way and the temp goes above 32 deg. I will spend a few hours rinsing the vehicle mostly under and in the wheel wells the paint is protected since the last time I washed the car I clayed it, polished it, waxed and sealed it so it may look ugly but it's only on the surface. Today it was snowing and I headed out, there were cops directing traffic because of an off road Ford actually off the road, lol and when I drove by the cop he stopped me and said " wow beautiful car is that all wheel drive", I said no it's rear wheel with all wheel snow tires", he laughed and gave me a thumbs up...:rolleyes:

zefaulter

02-14-2015 10:20 PM

Good plan! I really like the 2013+ led DRL front. Looks good: tup: http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...793364c081.jpg

HEK	02-15-2015 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by zefaulter (Post 3112156)

Good plan! I really like the 2013+ led DRL front. Looks good: tup: http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...793364c081.jpg

Thanks man, I like your after market rims, I had a few choices for my Winter set up unless I went with the square look I chose not to so I dropped from 19" to 18" and was able to keep the rear wider than the front, no problems.Today we may get another 6 to 8 inches of powder snow. The only problem I'm faced with is the car being so low and the snow banks on the corners are more than 5 foot high I have to inch myself on to the main drag when I take turns....:driving:

( Off topic...is there a spell checker button somewhere on the response screen, I make mistakes and these words become underlined but I have to go back and fix them manually, thanks)

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