Driving in snow...
 

ahhh...my g is running on michelin pilot 4 season tires...and when i corner at 20 KM it would drift a bit, and when I brake my ABS comes on...is this normal? because at this rate, I ll probably have to store it away for the winter :( or is it just the tires :confused:

oh ya, one more thing, is this how it is like to drive a porsche in the snow?

They call them all season or four season tires, but really they are three season tires. You have to have snow tires.

Like what my friends says, 4 season tires mean it sucks for all season :D

oh man, time to drive my mom's rav4, driving home literally scared me sh*tless :eek:

Glad my winter beater is fixed and ready to be beaten.

i cant wait to see how my sport package potenza tires handle in the snow lol....i prolly wont be driving it to much

There is a guy at my job with a 350z and before I got my car I asked him how the car is in snow. (He drives it all year around) He just said get snow tires or you'll end up in a ditch. Haha.

I m soooo afraid to drive in snow now lol

the G with snow tires should have no problems...just take it easy and there should be no issues.....in any case I just put my snow tires on my Lude, so I'm good:cool:

Don't be scared! He also said that he got dedicated (not all season) winter tires and its drivable.

The way I saw it; winter tires + wheels from tirerack are around 1400 dollars. My beater was 400 to fix with parts and 189 more on my insurance a year, so I just went with that. This way my G never has to see snow and salt :)

with my winter tires my G's a high performance snow mobile :)

I had an accident in my 1998 Lexus GS300 2 winters ago. I learned my lesson! NO RWD in the Snow. My G will be stored for any and all snow! My girls Hyundai elantra is a truck in the snow...LOL

The Michelin Pilot Sport AS tires are made for all seasons just not all weather. There performance is almost as good as the Sport non AS in summer, spring, and fall. In the winter it is much better than the summer tires. However it is not a "snow" tire. They are still worst than the average tire in the snow. You should do nothing in the snow on those tires except drive to safety. Just be glad you don't have the summer tires in the snow, you may not even move.

^^^Oh not again :(

From "Ask a Scientist"........
One of the reasons front wheel drive cars became popular because they
handled better in the snow. Its not stopping the car, but driving the
car. If the front wheels slip, the car will usually stay in line. With
rear wheel drive, the pushing rear wheels slip and the back end of the
car starts to swing.

Technology has helped reduce this problem in RWD cars to a point where
auto makers are returning to build RWD. RWD has definite advantages
under normal driving conditions.

My opinion is that although the extra weight on the front gives front wheel
drive better traction in accelerating the car, it has a severe disadvantage
in going around corners.

If you step on the gas too strongly while going around a corner, the wheels
can lose traction as they spin and so will lose all ability to steer the
car. In that case, the car will continue in a straight line and so go off
the road; if the road is curving to the left, the car will tend to leave the
road on the right.

With rear wheel drive, if you spin the wheels while going around a curve,
the front wheels will continue to guide the car around the curve and the
rear wheels will slide toward the outer edge of the curve. This can,
however, be countered by straightening the steering wheel or even turning to
the right on a left turn. I find this much more reassuring than the almost
total loss of steering in front wheel drive cars.

I have checked this many times, often by "fishtailing" down a straight
slippery road. I find it easy to control and even fun on a rear wheel drive
car, but extremely dangerous on a front wheel drive car. I recommend anyone
who doubts these statements to try "fishtailing" themselves. But be SURE
there is no other traffic on the road, keep your speed low, and start any
maneuver slowly until you know what to expect.





Never had a FWD and most likely never will.

Hey guys. I have a 05 cpe with the base (17") oem 350z wheels on it right now. It has the original SUMMER potenzas in the front which are new and WINTER Michelin Pilot Alpins in the rear. The guy I bought it from said that the set up should be ok for MD winters since we don't get too much snow and I'm convinced that as long as I take it easy it should be ok. Do you guys agree? I figure with full tread in the front and winters in the rear should stabilize the car enough. I ran the oem 19s with the RE050A last winter and it was manageable except when we got heavy snow.

You should be running snow tires on all for corners. The potenzas aren't made for snow use. You will probably wont be able to turn as well in the snow with the potenzas up front.