Thursday and Fridays was only the second real snow days I've had in the 3 years I've had my G35, and the first time was more a case of a couple inches of slush than ice.

I had the decision of whether to drive my car to work (it is NOT the G35X), or my older truck. Decided on the car, since I figured it was better to be better able to avoid an accident than be in the truck which probably wouldn't get around as well.

Generally did OK, though I found that if you accidentially gave it too much going up a hill, the rear end can kind of go crazy

Otherwise, the only issue I had was in my driveway, not being able to get it up to my garage one night when it got to below 10 degrees. Still started well the next morning.

Took it out this afternoon in a windy 31 degree day to the car wash so I could clean it. They put some salt on the roads, and I didn't want that on my car for too long. I've had a northern car before that rusted out, so I'm paranoid about salt now.

 

We got the same storm here in Kansas City and once again my rwd G35 on high performance all season rubber did absolutely fine in the snow and ice. On Wednesday evening we got about 1/2" -3/4" of ice. The snow crews did a good job of keeping the ice from being a major issue on the streets. On Thursday, the temps dropped fast and the blizard rolled in around 1pm. By 7pm when I finally decided to leave work after all the crazies were off the road and crews had time to plow some, we had 7" to 8" of snow in the parking lots and about 2" to 3" of packed snow on the main roads and about 1" of packed snow on the streets. My 15 minute rush-hour 11 mile commute took 20 minutes. I was the ONLY rwd car on the road. Everything else either an SUV or truck. I was even able to track my G up the 7% grade of my street in 4"+ of super slick powder snow. It was slow going at 5mph and the SLIP light was flashing, but the car did fine.

I'll continue to stick by my opinion that a RWD G35 on all season rubber is absolutely fine in anything less than 6" of snow. This is my 3rd Midwest winter with this car.

 

Once it snows here in NY, I'll try the G once. Then I'll probably put in the garage and use either my dads MDX or my brothers 4Runner.

 

Yup. Gotta agree, I had no problems on Wednesday getting up the hill to the house, slip light all the way, but she made it with no major problems in the ice that was covering the KC area. I'm running OEM Goodyear R-SA's with about half the tread gone.

 

Last December I had a loaner rwd G35 with RSAs parked at KCI when we got that big blizzard. After a pucker-up landing at KCI, I had a white knuckle drive over 35 miles from the airport to my house in 4" to 8" snow at 2am. The loaner made it fine until I got to my driveway with 12" of snow. It made it a 1/3 of the way up and I parked it. People that can't drive these cars in typical snow (1"-5") either are horrible drivers, live in a super hilly area, or they're trying to drive around on summer rubber.

 

After 2 years on my Toyo Proxes 4 I'm gonna switch back to the stock Eagles if I can or just go bald in the snow with AWD until Spring.

 

i wish there was snow down here in miami. awww the fun i would have watching people crash

 

I really hope your kidding about watching people crash...

 

as a matter of fact...not really. half the people in miami get their licenses out of a captain crunch box and i wouldnt mind seeing most of them get their cars impounded for crashing and then having no license and/or insurance. would teach them a lesson. u drive with ur lows on, not highs. red light means stop, not punch it if theres no cars...etc.

 

Here in STL, we got the same ice/snow storm bad on Thursday late afternoon. I headed out early from the office for my 25 miles commute home. Took 2 1/2 hours!
My third winter with my G and I have found that the Goodyear GS-Ds I have are worthless with anything less than full tread depth. Actually, the rear end of my car came loose on a slight hill and I slid across 2 lanes and scratched the front bumper on the concrete median. I was (still am) pi$$ed that I didn't change out the tires sooner. Oh well...now I can get that aero bumper I have been wanting (or at least that is my excuse )
Upon getting home, I immediately put on my winter wheel and snow tire set. Dunlop Graspik snow tires work great and it is my second year for using them. Not that you ever forget that you are driving a rear wheel drive, high horsepower car but it really does make huge diff. Friday I was able to drive around (carefully) just fine before the road crews had cleared much of the mess. The G won't be a SUV but I was one of the few rear wheel drive cars I saw out in the crap and doing just fine at it.

 

You're silly for trying to drive in the snow with summer rubber

One Thursday, I came out of my office at 345pm to go home early, but I noticed the roads weren't moving at all because everyone got the idea to go home early. It took most people 1 hour+ to go a couple of miles. I said the hell with that, went back in the office and worked till 700pm so that all the idiot drivers were off the street. It was me and a few SUVs as I drove home.

 

Nah...just lazy for not changing them out. Plus, without the snow and ice, the ride quality suffers on those knobby tires. So, I have tended to delay putting the snow tires on for as long as possible but now I was taught a lesson. Not again next year!

 

LOL! Yep, I agree. I spent 7 years in Vermont...during my uhhh, formative years finishing high school I got used to various degrees of inclement weather driving!