Hey guys how are the sedans in the snow i have a coupe 6mt and was thinkin about getting a sedan to drive when it snows

 

Just like any relatively high powered rear wheel drive car you'll need snow tires for serious snow/ice driving.. You can probably get by with all-seasons in light to moderate snow, but if it's a daily driver in a snowy climate it's totally worth the ~$1000 you'll spend on winter rubber. I drive my G in the snow everyday and have Dunlop M3's on it and it's very solid.

 

I love mine, had other FWD that were far worse.
.. got to have snows though.

 

A Coupe for the summer, and a Sedan for the winter? Cool..

My sedan was very good in the snow after installing snows all 'round.
Not sure of your location, but mine (southern Ontario) gets mucho snow and makes snows a must.
G/L with yours
C.

 

Dunlop M3 snows are the way to go in NJ as the roads get cleared pretty quickly. The Dunlops offer superior dry pavement handling PLUS they are highly rated in the snow. Blizzacks might be the way to go in an area that gets large amounts of snow regularly with roads that are mostly snow covered most of the time. Just that the Blizzacks do not handle well on dry pavement. I just got Dunlop M3s and I live in NJ and so far they handle great on the dry and in the recent 3" snow they were flawless.

 

Same here in Chicago. I see a few other cars in the lot at work with M3's as well. There's a Volvo and a 350Z.

 

I have stock 17" all-seasons on my 05X and drove in snow on Saturday - about 3" on an un-plowed, un-salted roads at 2:30 AM with significant white-out (snow still falling). Now let me just say that I am normally a wuss in my previous FWD car in snow - crawling and anticipating slip all over the place.

Anyway, I flipped on snow mode and drove home. City driving was unreal - no noticible slips and traction galore through turns and uphill. When I got to the highway I was moving at what I felt was comfortable given the conditions and about 10 minutes later noticed I was going 60...I would never do 60 in snow before. Now, there were only a few cars on the road but I really felt like I was in control.

My opinion? This car eats snow.

 

Can't wait to try my X in Tahoe (if we ever get some snow)
I put some Michelin XGT Z4 M&Ss on my 17s. Hope they work well.

 

woot woot.

 

Well I am not sure what you are used to driving but I have the same car. My former car was a CL S type with blizzaks... And while the 05x does ok, its not that great with those stock tires... I have 17k on mine and I know I will get home in the snow I am not going that fast since the ELs suck in snow. Once you got about 50% treadwear they are even worse.

 

I've had enough snow, I'm done playing now...

 

I don't have ELs. Mine came with Goodyear Eagle RSAs.

 

I just drove to work in 6 inchs of unplowed roads. The G35x was flawless. I did manage to spin for a sec, but you can feel the outside wheels pulling u back on track... then I turned the snow button on and drove perfectly fine.... one thing i would say though, the car still can't stop. But theres not much you can do there.

 

I was flew back into Kansas City on Wednesday night in the middle of a nice snow storm. I got to my loaner 04.5 rwd sedan (my 03 was in the shop) and it had about 1 to 1.5 feet of snow on it. Tires on the car were all-season Goodyears with about 10K miles. The trucks had plowed the lot and I had a nice mount of 1.5' snow behind the car. I got in, warmed up the car a little, gave it some gas and amazingly got out with out much fight. I'm glad I thought ahead and parked uphill because if I was facing downhill, I would have gone nowhere. I drove home (~30 miles) in blizzard-like conditions. The highways had about 3" of packed powder snow which in my opinion is the worst snow to drive on because it's terribly dry and slick. It's like driving on baking soda. Temps were in the 3 to 5 degree range. I had to plan my way home with precision because if I had to stop and go up any real incline, it wasn't going to happen. The highway drive was pretty uneventful with only a couple times of the slip light coming on or the car drifting a bit of which the VDC brought the car back into line. When I got into my neighborhood (5-6" on the roads), I was rolling through stop signs (it was 2am so no big deal) to keep my momentum. I got a 15mph run to my driveway (10" of snow) which is inclined a little. I made it halfway and then the car could go no further. The TC was killing power to the point that the car did not move. I parked it and called it a night.

With decent all season tires, it is possible to get around in a RWD G in light to moderate snow. If the snow is relatively moist, it's far easier. Like others said, it's all about the tires. If I lived in the Northeast I would buy some cheap rims (350Z 17s $400) and snow tires. There's no doubt in my mind a RWD G with snow tires would be better in the snow than an AWD G with all-seasons. I took my wife's 98 Subaru Legacy GT wagon to my volleyball game last night and I could get that car out of control and spin all over the place on the powder snow even with a mere 165hp on tap The car has nearly new all season V-rated performance rubber.

 

+1...I was lucky to get a G35x loaner on Thursday. We got 6+ inches in the Chicago Land area on that day...and the G35x made it easy to get around.