Driving in the snow

[rick3000]

I bought ContiWinterContacts, and mounted them on my current rims. I only plan on dealing with snow for another few years so $100 a year to mount and demount them is fine with me.
My car does fine up hills, there is a 12%+ grade hill in front of my house. My car does just fine even during snow storms when all the cheap SUV drivers that didn't get snow tires are trying to push there cars up the hill (I have actually seen a few idiots trying to do this.). It really suprised me when I moved to a snowy area how few people buy snow tires and how much higher the accident ration is compared to Southern California.

[Houston C4S]

What is snow?

- Mark (and probably Randall, too)

[djomlas]

I have all seasons but no traction control. Trick is to start in second gear if there is a lot of snow/ice and not be in high rpms

[Dr. Kill]

Originally Posted by Houston C4S

What is snow?

- Mark (and probably Randall, too)

You know -- that guy from the mid ‘90s responsible for the highest-charting and biggest-selling reggae single in history, “Informer.” He also brought us many other hits like, uh, “Informer.”

[bmx672]

I saw a blue Boxster up in West Bend WI today, parked at the business I was at (work trip)... . It was half white with salt and looked really sad sitting there backed into its spot... I almost wanted to call the humane society... haha.

Getting back to the pot holes...
I was driving on Lake Shore Pothole the other day and hit a patch of road! Doh.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by bmx672

I saw a blue Boxster up in West Bend WI today, parked at the business I was at (work trip)... . It was half white with salt and looked really sad sitting there backed into its spot... I almost wanted to call the humane society... haha.

Getting back to the pot holes...
I was driving on Lake Shore Pothole the other day and hit a patch of road! Doh.

Not my car, but next time you're up my way, yell....

BTW my favorite winter tires are Dunlop Winter Sport M3s. Handle like summer tires when the temps are below 40 degrees.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Dunlop&tireModel=Winter+Sport+M3+DSST

[Coolluke01]

I bought my 2000 boxster a few days before Thanksgiving. I only had a week or so before i had to store it. I was driving it when we got caught in a blizzard. It was early in the storm so it was just about 2 or 3 in at the time. I'll tell you though that i was all over the place. I couldn't keep it in a straight line even at 30mph! At one point we lost it and i did a 180 in the middle of the freeway.
I guess snow tires would make things better but i can't believe that it would help that much would it?
I've been driving here in Northern MN for my whole life and i have never driven a car that was so bad in the snow. I love the car! It's also the best car I have ever driven. i think that the tires are just too wide and given the weight of the car it tends to float and washout.
i'll drive my 4x4 blazer untill spring. And then i'll break that baby out.

[rick3000]

Originally Posted by Coolluke01

I guess snow tires would make things better but i can't believe that it would help that much would it?

Your tires are the only part of the car coming in contact with the ground/snow. Tires make a huge difference, you can have a 4x4 with traction control and if you have summer tires, your going to do horrible in the snow. My car does not have 4x4 or TC, and I pass 4x4 regularly, because I have snow tires and they don't. So your bad experience was probably due to summer tires below 40°.

[JCL12]

I decided to drive my box down south to FL and lend it to me dad for the winter. (He isn't in to Pcars, so its not a thrill for him). You know where I stood on this matter of winter driving.

I figured the salt/corrosion and the higher risk of accident - both at fault and no fault warranted ditching the box for a season.

More I think about it, more I think I'll get rid of my beater civic and switch to only 1 car year round within 6-12 months. The Pcar tech I spoke with in upstate NY formly believed salt wasn't much of the threat and if I get into a wreck it wouldn't be the end of the world (unless somebody gets hurt) since an 01 box isn't worth much anymore....

Next winter baby, I'll prolly have her.