Thanks for the information!!! I take extreme caution when i attempt to loose control on purpose and catch myself to get practice. I would never put anyone's live in danger like that. Is there anyway to get around the brembo's and maybe get 17" rims for just winter for better handling? I work at Infiniti as a dealer so I'm very lucky i get my parts at a huge discount! i don't see to many 18 year olds with G's around here. The brembo's are awesome in the rain when it comes to stopping so iIm guessing they should be fine in the snow. I thought i heard engine breaking was a better way of slowing down in snow? Ive been driving manual for a year and i know how to properly rev match and down shift so i don't beat the **** out of my trans and clutch..

 

Never ever ever turn off the VDC in winter or slightly wet roads! This is coming from someone who got saved twice by the help of VDC. One was it was wet snow and my tires were not the best at the time(previous owner's winters) the car did start sliding and was about to do a spin, VDC immediately stopped the spin and put the car on track.
the second time was couple of months ago where i was doing a left turn on a rainy day, and i was in a foul mood i pressed on the gas a bit too much , the car starting again to almost spin and hit the other car, again VDC stopped the spin again and saved me from hitting another car.

Moral of the story dont you even dare turning off VDC haha kidding !

with good winter tires you are fine up to a certain level of snow. i would say 10-15 cms but anything over G is not the safest car, try getting some weight in the trunk but thats like 5-10% gain.

 

One of the techs at my dealership had a rwd car and it was 6spd,cant remember which car he had though. He say's he always leaves the vdc off, he made a good point about it, when you drive a fwd car, what do you do when you loose control?? hit the damn breaks and **try** to get back on the road. With a rwd car, with vdc off and you loose control, you can drift your way out of it and you'll have more control that way. Ive tried that in the rain multiple times just to get the feeling of it so when it does happen in a serious situation ill know how to respond. Also i saw a thread and a guy said, he was starting up a slight hill in first and as soon as he would get it going the slip light would go off and he would lose power and get no where. But i think I'm over reacting about all of this and ill just have to try it out when the snow comes surprised we didn't get snow yet here in Cleveland..

 

1. the dealership tech is giving you very bad advice
2. did the guy struggling to go up the hill have good/proper tires?

 

1. the dealership tech is giving you very bad advice
Thats what i thought to and i asked him more about it. but he said he always had very good control of the throttle and was really experienced with the car and rwd with the 6spd.
did the guy struggling to go up the hill have good/proper tires?
to be honest im not sure, if he was struggling then obviously he didn't. but who knows he might of been a rookie like me and driving it for the first time.

 

Without VDC in the winter, these cars are very hard to control. They tend to 'snap oversteer' and you almost cannot hang the tail on them in a controlled fashion.

Anecdote:

It snowed here the other day and i turned my VDC off for a launch on moderately packed snow (needed to get by another car and with VDC on it would have been impossible), but left it off on the approach to a corner. I went around the corner with a large degree of trepidation as it was quite icy at and around the corner, gave it a touch of throttle and the back end was ALL OVER THE PLACE. No fun at all.

Now, bear in mind my coupe has VLSD and new Blizzaks so it should be more 'chuckable' than it is. Um, no. Sadly.

 

Black steel rims will not fit coupes equipped with Brembo brakes? From what I've read so far that seems to be the case, and sorry if I'm sounding ignorant, but I'd like to know for sure so I can forget about installing the black 16" rims I have right now (from another car).

The other reason I'm asking is that I've seen an 2005-2007 coupe driving around with steel rims in the winter (ugly as ****). This must be because these cars don't have Brembos ...

 

Yeah... even with no power at all I didn't find I was getting any help from the Blizzaks. Was a bit disappointed- the way they make it sound it's like velcro.

 

^ ah, marketing...

 

Have to agree, the Blizz are not magic. The BadYear Ultragrip Ice I had on my Contour were far better.

 

I got Blizzaks to put on my 17" still too. probably do that early tomorrow. I've always driven with all seasons during winter.. and have yet to slip ridiculously all over the place. Mainly just careful driving all around.

On a side note.. i picked up a set of oem 19" for a ridiculous price from Bing today..

Thanks again!

 

Got my Continental Extreme Winter Contacts mounted up to my 08 6spd sedan today with some OEM 17s off of an 04 sedan. Ready for winter!!

 

Yeah im preping my car for winter, im putting sealant on today at my dealership and then ill get the blizzaks on as soon as i see a bad storm coming on the forecast.

 

Had mine on first week of Nov. Just waiting for flurries to come..

 

GTA forecast calls for Monday to have the first snowfall of the year