snow-worthless vehicles...

[ranisron]

First off, my ignorance not reading the weather report of the day. :ugh: Snow heavily here around lunch time. Had to get transcripts for a friend. GOD DAMN

240SX is definitely one snow-worthless. Mine is stuck not so far from the school.... little inclined slope and stop sign killed my 240SX. :fawkd:

All-season tires are so worthless...

Time to dig up my U13...

[skatanic28]

i made it through 2 or 3 ny winters without a problem.
dont drive like a retard and its fine.

[Tenchuu]

haven's snowed the 240 yet, but my old 280Z drove like a champ in the snow. I can's stand FWD vehicles in the snow. cool for beginers, but once shit starts busting loose, a RWD vehile is veary predictable on how it will react to every input in every situation where a FWD is a shot in the dark.

[wootwoot]

So is this going to turn into another thread just like the "240's are worthless in the rain thing" where it all comes down to the driver and not the car?

[theicecreamdan]

actually,,, he's not saying its dangerous... his car got stuck at a stop sign... open diff owns you, not 240sx.

I took my corolla on a drive up the mountain the other day... SOOO much ice on the roads its a blast. I spun and got stuck in the snow that gets plowed to the side. but a truck saved me.

[Tenchuu]

alhto i will conceed the cact that a quic grabbing clutch+average amount of torque+stop sighn on an up hill slant will own even the best of drivers for a bit.

[Phlip]

alhtough I will concede the fact that a quick-grabbing clutch+average amount of torque+stop sign on an uphill slant will own even the best of drivers for a bit.
And add an open diff and the car sits for a while once it is stuck there.

[zaneithan]

i just put mine in the garage, it made it through last winter ok for the most part (except for when there was like 6-7 inches on the road and no plow in site), i just picked up an ae86 for winter duties, gonna throw some snows on it and have fun

[ranisron]

well, with the help of two friends and my Altima, the 240sx got back home safely. I drove the altima and pushed my 240SX on the hill...

[theicecreamdan]

And add an open diff and the car sits for a while once it is stuck there.

5.9L 6 cylinder + big turbo + diesel = sitting truck at stop lights

[ranisron]

are we talking about the Cummins diesel or something else ?

Too much torque??

[91CRXsiR]

i dont know about snow but 240s are worthless in the mountains going downhill in the rain on a muddy road w/ bald tires and crappy headlights

[West]

I lived in Denver since I could drive and owned a 240 since I was 15 and made it every year with that car, no snow tires.

Only thing you have in a 240 in a snow storm is control, not traction. Its great.

[ranisron]

Mod, would you mind to elaborate more on that? --> Control?

I like snow - my first season driving full time with the 240SX. She got garaged last winter. My old 86 was fun to drive, until I got to the icy roads...

Only thing you have in a 240 in a snow storm is control, not traction. Its great.

[skithesteel]

I took the 240 out in the snow today ... it was great with snow tires on it. Although it did make me regret getting a helical diff and not a clutch-type. Stopping on an incline sucks, lol.

[ThatGuy]

Mod, would you mind to elaborate more on that? --> Control?

I like snow - my first season driving full time with the 240SX. She got garaged last winter. My old 86 was fun to drive, until I got to the icy roads...

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[ranisron]

my bad... hehe... :bowdown:

anybody else with contributions?


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[Yuri]

I spent a winter in Detroit with my S13. 8" of snow on the road, and I went grocery shopping. stock ride height, all-seasons, and vlsd. Although all the roads I was driving on were crowned, so it would be going sideways down the street. Oh, it had an SR too. I guess driving in the snow with it was no problem because I grew up in wisconsin with a 2wd ranger.

[SimpleS14]

Drove my car in the snow two years with an open-diff and all season tires. Just getting out of a parking spot on an incline was a PITA. Now I have a VLSD and it helps out a lot. No more getting stuck on inclines and now my car will fish-tail instead of spin-out....which is good because you can control the car more when it fish-tails.

[SilviaNinja240]

I just bought some some tires last week; I have to say they do help, but... there are some parts of the road where you still have to go like 15kph. Going uphill isn't really a problem, but its just going downhill that's a tad scary. With enough momentum and speed you'll slide on the iced roads rather than stay on them. I have to go much slower downhill rather than up. Doesn't matter what car you have