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True, but I got mine because our area is nothing but hills. Even a 1/2" of snow is enough to cripple a lot of the cars around here. Hell, some of them can't negotiate them in the rain either!

 

My car did OKAY when I took it out the few times I did on snowy roads with some REALLY crappy Cooper CS4 touring tires.

Now that I have some Continental ExtremeWinter Contacts sitting in the garage, i am anxious to see what even the worst a Fargo snow storm will toss at me. Going to be a lot of fun this winter.

Do you guys think my car with these snow tires will be able to out perform a stock 04 G35X with some mediocre Falken Ziex all seasons?

 

All snow mode does is retard throttle, you can do that your self, just RWD does not have that dummy mode....

 

How deep is the snow you're trying to navigate?

I take it from the initials KC you're in Kansas City? you know more about driving in the snow than I do, I guarantee, but maybe someone here can help you with technique. There are some members here who drive year-around with no issues..

Good luck man - getting stuck has to be a giant PITA.

 

You need ang35x or really great winter tires i agree with blizzaks hear they are one of the best.

 

In stopping and turning, yes.

In getting the car moving, 4 wheels turning will always beat 2 wheels turning. There are still plenty of situations where having the fronts turn can help, because you can turn the wheel and use it to power through to deep snow.

Last year in ran bald all seasons and felt more comfortable in the snow than I did with my rwd cars and snow tires. There were plenty ofttimes I got the fronts caught in deep snow and could not free myself.

 

^In deep snow yes. But i am talking about just icey/loose snow on a road surface. Because the G i rode in last winter had Michilin X-Ice snow tires and it honestly accelerated faster than our 08 X Sport with near bald Dunlop performance all seasons. That car would just go sideways when you hit the gas.

 

If you're talking about the typical compacted snow that's on the streets, you'll be better off with winters and RWD. Eventually, you will have to turn and stop; winters have that in the bag.

 

Even if you have hardly any snow, Winter tires stick much better in cold weather because the compound is softer, and that's the main reason to get some. If the weather doesn't get very cold where you live or snow much, don't get winter tires then lol.

 

I put Conti Extremewintercontacs on my 35X last winter. Great tire on a great winter car. I have Blizzak WS-50's on my wife's '05 Maxima. They still have about 8/32 of tread left. good for their fifth winter. If you go for Blizzaks get the new WS-70. I've hear that the WS-60 was not as good as the WS-50. The WS-60 was only around for a couple of years. The new '70s are supposed to be better.

 

I've been running Michelin X-Ice Xi2's on my 03 RWD G and the car did awesome in snowstorms. Never got stuck once even driving in bad Minnesota snow storms. In my opinion, tires and driver make the biggest difference. AWD isn't needed if the car is fitted with a good set of snow's, and a good driver behind the wheel.

 

^The G i rode in with the Michilin X-Ice's last winter.

 

It does more than that. It's different awd strategy that puts it in line with part time 4wd under 11mph by locking the center differential 1:1.

I can tell a difference between normal and snow mode. Snow mode gets me through some tricky situations like parking on a snowbank after they plow the road. Normal won't cut it sometimes.

Making the throttle less responsive is a lesser feature.


Personally, i love having awd in the snow. I mean yeah, good tires and good driver are fine with rwd in the snow...but why not add awd in the mix? . I am an animal with my car when it snows. I'm out when only SUVs and trucks are on the road LOOKING for roads to try to get stuck on. Hasn't happened yet.

 

^I do the same thing, but I just like RWD because IMO it makes winter driving more fun. Actually have to think about it a little bit.

We have had 2 AWD G35Xs and 1 RWD and I havn't been let down yet. I prefer the RWD. Less maintenance, and it gets better gas mileage.

 

I'm interested to see how my turbo'd X does this winter with the new all weather tires I put on it. My car is lowered with coupe springs so it'll be interesting to see how it does in the snow. I bought the X so I could drive it in the winter but we'll see how it does lowered and turbo'd haha.