How does the 370z perfom in the winter weather?

Crayon

No real snow to speak of yet here, but it's pretty cold. Currently 10F/-12C here. When it snows, I'll do the awesome thing and just walk to work. Advantages of a small town =D

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ElVee

Haven't seen it mentioned, but you can (should) also throw some salt bags (or whatever, sand leaks so I would prefer water softener salt) into the back for some added weight on the rear tires.

But the first step to any winter driving in the Z should be winter tires. You could get away with all-seasons, but if you drive your car anywhere at all like a sports car during the summer, you'll probably get more value out of dedicated snow (and cold temp) tires that you take off for the warmer months. Wear out your summer tires on their own, and keep the winter ones for several seasons.

The one thing that I miss from other automatic shiftable vehicles is the ability to start from a stop in gear 2 rather than 1. Manual guys have no problems, of course. Thankfully, even with the smallest amount of forward motion you can move right up into 2nd.

Me, I have my old car around for use in the winter.

Luciano13

Holy carp this week has been the worst winter i can ever remember
I couldn't imagine driving any RW w/300+ hp in this

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m4a1mustang

Why? It's fine with proper tires as long as you have enough ground clearance.

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maizenblue

At least where i live we got up to 17 inches. I was snowed in for two days

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XwChriswX

If someone decided to go out in a Z in 17" of snow, it's not the cars fault for...

...whatever ensues.

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maizenblue

If someone decided to go out in 17 inches of snow in a Z theyll quickly realize they really arent going anywhere.

m4a1mustang

Well in those situations you probably aren't going out to drive even if you have AWD car. You'll wait for the roads to get plowed so you can drive on packed snow.

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Masterbeatty

We'll today I drove in 2 inches of snow with two dots of gas and no matter what I did I could barely control her. I almost sold into a really busy intersection too...rrrr. But my base invests in a good plow company so I was fine when I went through the gates. Lesson learned have a full tank of gas and good tires and everything will be fine. Except in extreme snow.

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maizenblue

Are you driving on summer tires by chance? I usually dont have trouble in that little amounts of snow

SurfDog

I tried Pilot sport all seasons. They have no grip at all on packed snow.(too wide perhaps?) the good news is, the powered, wider, lighter back end ALWAYS comes loose first. That means a bit of sliding around in back but pretty stable and controllable up front.

Bear in mind I have a true (Quaife) LSD which helps keep things predictable. The stock VLSD was harder to control in the snow.

I advise some caution a LSD and true snow tires. (not "all season" like mine)

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TreeSemdyZee

I'm running Bridgestone Blizzaks that I bought four years ago and I have no problems whatsoever in the snow. I actually look forward to it because when we get a lot of snow in my area (Loserville, KY) no one goes out, so I have free reign drive like an idiot. It's actually quite fun!

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Masterbeatty

No I have BFG sport comp all seasons. They are great but not when there is no weight in the back end. I filled up and it said 18.6 gal.

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arvind_korha

I drive my 370Z in Calgary, Canada including winter. Our winters can get pretty bad. IF you have a set of good winter tires, You'll be fine. DO NOT run summer tires or youll be screwed. In all honesty with winter tires and some common sense anybody can drive a rwd car in snow including 370z's.

Bummer

I'm still running on the OEM Potenzas. 3,000 miles. Might as well be bald in the snow. Any snow.

It snowed almost a foot. The car's been parked most of a week. The roads - out there - are clear, but my neighborhood roads still have two inches of rutted, half frozen, snow/slush/ice. Maybe today...

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