How does the 370z perfom in the winter weather?

0101

90% of the snow performace is in tires.
Just because a car looks sporty doesn't mean it's bad in snow.
That said, people here trying to drive in snow with summer tires is just dumb. You're not even supposed to drive summer tires in the rain when it's cold outside. They're called summer tires for a reason.

Luciano13

u wouldn't believe the dumb dumbs I've seen on the snowy roads. When your summer or even all season wheels spin in simply rain, in the fall.... Its time for new tires period

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Bummer

True. But that doesn't mean you can always do something about it. Rock meet hard place, and all that.

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0101

What do you mean?
Just buy a secondary set of wheels used, and get some really good snow tires for them. The high performance snow tires handle well. Short of money reasons, I can't see why everyone wouldn't do this.
2 sets of wheels. One set has snow tires, one set has summer tires. Easy

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Justice97

How does the 370z perform in the winter weather?

Sluggish like a wet sponge.
If she starts to shake, shimmy and shutter you might be in trouble.

TreeSemdyZee

Gosh. How did people ever drive in the snow before FWD came along?

Luciano13

U y old cars are rare and considered a classic???
Because they all got smashed up in the winters

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Captainstevo

Agreed -- I drive 100 miles every day to work, so I have a RWD IS300 as a DD... got some $50 wheels from craigslist with some Blizzack snow tires, and the thing handles amazingly well in the snow. If my commute wasn't so long, I would have just gotten a second set for the Z.

falconfixer

36 degrees here today with dense fog and slick roads. drove to work on stockers and checked the news...nope Hilter still hasn't risen from the dead, no baby unicorns were killed and I'm as unproductive as ever. Maybe the wrold will end tomorrow if I drive with my summer tires in the winter time

zeeder

I'm driving my summer tires in cold weather this winter as well. I borrow my sister's car when there's snow or ice. That said, I still haven't decided if I want to try to get a winter beater for next year or just get winter tires. I'm not worried about the drivability as I've driven a RWD sportscar in the snow for the past 12 years. On one hand, I won't have to worry about someone sliding into my Z and, on the other, I don't know if I can take not driving my car for that long. I was having major withdrawals from the last storm that lasted about a week and a half...lol.

The obvious answer is to get something that's equally fun to drive in inclement weather but I don't think my budget will afford that.

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Luciano13

I would recommend winter tires now.....
Even if there is no snow....
If u ever need to accelerate or brake hard for an emergency when she's a very cold outside....
U won't
You'll simply spin the wheels or slide away

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zeeder

I'm very aware of this and adjust my following distance and speed accordingly. It's not optimal but I always do some breaking and acceleration tests to see where my limits are under these conditions. If it's too cold and traction is severely compromised I'll make other arrangements.

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XwChriswX

Its about more than just traction, driving the softer OEM tire compound on cold (hard) road surface will cause excessive wear that reduces tire life = buying tires sooner.

Why waste the money?

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zeeder

For me, it was simply the fact that I could't afford the tire and wheel package this winter...lol.

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XwChriswX

Touche'.

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