Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 2718538)

Well, I'll out it this way. I was keeping pace with traffic on the freeway when my car did a 180* with 7/32 tread on the factory tires. It was indeed raining, but Noone else had issues. Here I was looking out my windshield at an oncoming 18 wheeler doing 65 backwards with the clutch in.

I felt the front end get light and I took my foot off the pedal. It did not settle down. I very very very gently applied a cm or two of brake pedal. I was hoping to shift a few % points of weight more over the front. It got worse. All of a sudden it was 180* time. I think vdc or abs stepped in and popped the rotor hard and upset things terminally. I did not lose it instantly. I'd say I lost it over about 3-5 seconds. The stock Potenzas are just no good in the rain. I have experienced just how shitty they are and I'm sorry but your rhetoric will never trump staring out my windshield at highway speeds looking at an oncoming semi.

Luckiky, I slid off the embankment, completed the 360, and drove off with no damage. A true mulligan from the universe.

Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 2718538)

Well, I'll out it this way. I was keeping pace with traffic on the freeway when my car did a 180* with 7/32 tread on the factory tires. It was indeed raining, but Noone else had issues. Here I was looking out my windshield at an oncoming 18 wheeler doing 65 backwards with the clutch in.

I felt the front end get light and I took my foot off the pedal. It did not settle down. I very very very gently applied a cm or two of brake pedal. I was hoping to shift a few % points of weight more over the front. It got worse. All of a sudden it was 180* time. I think vdc or abs stepped in and popped the rotor hard and upset things terminally. I did not lose it instantly. I'd say I lost it over about 3-5 seconds. The stock Potenzas are just no good in the rain. I have experienced just how shitty they are and I'm sorry but your rhetoric will never trump staring out my windshield at highway speeds looking at an oncoming semi.

Luckiky, I slid off the embankment, completed the 360, and drove off with no damage. A true mulligan from the universe.

Originally Posted by 90 ST (Post 3030636)

WOW i'm late to this one! This will be my 5th winter with the Z, good winter tires and easy on the gas (and breaks), traction control off and just like any RWD car. Balance is pretty good with the car, only got stuck once, front tire dropped into a small pot hole in a parking spot, rear was on ice. it happens. LOL

Originally Posted by 90 ST (Post 3030648)

No, cars been good in the winter, just watch for big drifts across the road, clearance is the only draw back.
I've got over 318,000kms on the car, and I bet 140+ are winter driving...

Originally Posted by Luciano13 (Post 3030993)

You have 318,000kms on your Z?!
Now that's someone that enjoys driving the Z:tup:

Originally Posted by 90 ST (Post 3030648)

No, cars been good in the winter, just watch for big drifts across the road, clearance is the only draw back.
I've got over 318,000kms on the car, and I bet 140+ are winter driving...

Originally Posted by b15 (Post 3031595)

Driving it into the ground? How long you planning on keeping it?

Originally Posted by JF450 (Post 3031606)

Nice! Good to see i'm not the only one that will be winter driving my Z. Only thing i'm scared of is the window freezing and not being able to open the door since the window has to drop down 1/2 inch to open it.

Did that ever happen to you?

Originally Posted by Read T (Post 3031626)

I attempted to drive my Z (summer only tires) last year when Charlotte got a good bit of snow. We got maybe 8 inches, and like every other southern town don't really have the infrastructure to plow. I had bad difficulty driving, and finally got stock in my parking lot at work after letting it sit outside in the snow over a 14 hour shift.

Hopped into my co-workers civic, and I drove that around the rest of the day just fine.