A 370Z in the snow

90 ST

With 400k I had a couple spots where paint was chipping off, just do PPF on it in the right spots and give er!

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sgosh

Calgary (Deerfoot) is notoriously hard on paint. You're the poster child for durable paint!

You park yours in the winter?

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ChaseZ

Twice I've bought vehicles from the automall Glenmore @ Deerfoot.

BOTH times I got a rock chip in my brand new windshield within 5 minutes of leaving the dealership and pulling onto Deerfoot.

I bought the Z in the far NW instead

sgosh

Oh man. Don't get me started on windshield rock-chips in Calgary or Edmonton; The Whitemud's not any less rude.

Those kids sitting under the orange tents knew me by name ... haha.

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Rocxtar

Not recommended.

1. REAR wheel drive/Sports Car/Power and Torque don't mix well together with snow. Specially if you have to drive in the highway and have to change lanes.

2. It's a nice car that should stay looking nice for as long as you can. Salt will not be good for your car. Also, even on a NON-snowy days the gravel will be rough on your car chipping away your bumper.

Recommendation:

Have another car more suitable for the winter.

This is just my personal opinion you may do as you feel is best.

90 ST

Drove it all year round. had a blast doing it.

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sgosh

I demand a drug test.

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fbdunphy

I live about as far North as you can get in any North American City. I put Blizzack's on last winter and the car was fine and stopped on a dime. In fact it's balance (front to back) weight ratio made it better in snow than my previous Audi TT Quattro with cheap winter tires. Spend the extra on good tires. Traction is not only about grip, it is about the rubber staying soft in sub freezing temperatures in order to make that grip available. Having said that, if enough snow falls you will be ploughing. But surprisingly I had no issue this past winter.

Drew303

or for the price of spending extra on good tires just buy a 4WD beater for a hundred bucks more than the tires would have been and be done with it. I cant believe this thread is still going.

Joe1561

Me neither, I think this was my first post lol


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somms

Where I live it's about $150 a month to park a car. Plus insurance. Plus registration. Plus excise tax. Plus yearly inspection. Plus maintenance. A one time investment of high end winter wheels is considerably cheaper. The fact that the Z drives great in the snow makes it a no brainier for those of us who DD where it snows.

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Duc_Z09

If you want to subject your Z to salt, calcium, and the risk of morons in Expeditions turning it into a crumpled soda can, more power to you bro. Again, just because you can doesn't mean you should.

I've gotta ask... what's the benefit of driving a Z year-round vs the downside? And what would you tell someone who tried the same thing with, say, a Dodge Viper or a Z06? Is it just a cost thing? If so, then why is it so hard for people to admit that having a 2nd vehicle is the better option?

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somms

Did you not read my post? A second car isn't an option for some of us. Myself, I live in the city and having one parking spot is something of a miracle. Two is nearly impossible. I don't know how a Dodge Viper or a Z06 drives in the snow. I do know they're not $30k cars.

The OP asked if the car can drive in the snow. It can, if the roads are plowed. This is indisputable. He lives in CO. He knows what winters do to a car. We all do. Repeating it ad nauseum isn't helping anyone.

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Duc_Z09

I read your post. It sounds like you should move to somewhere where owning a sports car makes more practical/financial sense. Or maybe rent a space in a parking garage. Personally I'd never park a car I gave a crap about on a city street. I used to live in center city Baltimore. All the cars you see there on a daily basis are pieces of $h*t. There's a reason for that.

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cofo11

What exactly are high end winter wheels? Why focus on the wheel and not the tire? Wheel gains you nothing. Run some Blizzaks on cheap steelies and call it good.

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