How is your car in the snow?

[fogged306]

Some of the replies in that drifting thread, made me curious as to how your guys cars hold up in the snow. I'm in Buffalo NY and I've had plenty or RWD cars in the winter including a couple of camaro's and a reg cab, 2wd F-150, with no weight in the back, and none of them were nearly as bad as my J30. I have brand new tires on the car and weight in the trunk, not as much as I should, but still, it shouldn't be as bad as it is. I actually stopped at a stop sign on a slight incline, with about an inch of snow on the ground, and because of the LSD, I actually rolled backwards when I went to proceed though the stopsign. I ended up having to turn around and go back the other way. I don't even drive the thing when it snows here now. Anybody elses car as bad as mine in the snow?

[driverdriver]

You really need a set of premium winter tires to drive the J in the winter.

[yodawill2000]

Not that I have a clue as I'm down here in Texas but Ive heard the Blizzack's are the tire of choice for snow.

[driverdriver]

I've had Blizzak's before and they're very good, but I find Toyo Observe G02's and Pirelli Winter Carvings/Winter Sports much more superior, especially on all sleet, black ice, ice and snow(from a greasing to a few feet accumulated). I never had my ABS engage. Its like driving on dry pavement. Others up here swear by more expensive and more extreme Nokian and Gislaved severe snow tires.

[naladude911]

I live in Westchester Ny, and when my dad had the car, he had to stick firewood in the trunk. Il post a pic, but once he couldnt make it up our really steep driveway, and the jay rolled back, and got in the ditch beside it, and leveled itself on a rock. the tow truck came the week after, since it took a week to get the j free from snow

[naladude911]

[yodawill2000]

Tire studs not legal up there in Snow land ??

[naladude911]

IDK, but look at the flex that J30 has in the pics lol.

[StevieRaySTL]

-- Coool pics nala, they did make me a little sad though. Hehe. I just basically leave mine in the garage and drive my Chevy in adverse weather conditions, it made short work of the 10in. we got here last week, 4hi got me anywhere I needed to go. Three weeks ago I drove my J to KC and went through a snowstorm, not too bad 'cause we were on I-70, moving straight line. City driving in those conditions would not have been so easy, esp if it's hilly. My tires are Kumho All Seasons, they do the trick for the weather here, it changes so much I'd drive myself nuts changing tire sets.

[naladude911]

Hmm thats good. My Dad got me brand new summer and winter tires before he got his new Tahoe. The J is sitting in the garage right now. He used to use my mom's QX4 in the snow, that thing goes through anything.

[Gerardjg]

What's Snow

[93jdirty']

My car was a diasaster in the snow until i bought snow tires. I got a cheap set of firestone winterforce shipped to my house for under 300 for the stock rims. you would not belive the difference it makes.

[Jakw]

I have balding tires in front and newish Goodyear Regatta @s in the rear, which are basically an all-weather tire, I think. One time, I was messing around and ended up sideways in the street on a slight hill. The ice was so slick that I just lid backwards until my tires were against the curb. That was stupid.

If I'm not messing around though, it does great. I've taken this car to Breckenridge and Keystone in the snow, and it's alright.

[FunkRider]

The problem is the stock tire size. 215/65/15 is too wide for winter duty. 195/70/15 is the best by far size for snow tires. Its 25.7 diameter vs the stock 26 is not noticeable in any way shape or form.

The GF's 93 J with this size snows is unstoppable in the white stuff.

[Elisha]

my J30 RIP never had a problem in winter with Toyo Proxies and Nexen N5000. both all seasons. only trouble i ever had was some difficulty going up a hill. my new FWD Galant on the other hand has gotten stuck 3 times already since January with brand new Yokohama all seasons. 1x from a driveway and 2x from a parking lot.so the comparison here is all season to all season and not winter tires.

so when ppl say RWD sucks for winter before i believed them.....but now that i have a FWD.....i have to say the RWD was way better.

[21tokesJ30t]

dude i went up to mountain high , going uphill is a nightmare,so i turned right back because i didnt have snow tires.it was cool though.

[StevieRaySTL]

my new FWD Galant on the other hand...

-- Pics? I like the Galants. I think some of the older ones are real sharp, def. borrowed some Beemer cues there. My FWD Legend is better in the snow than my J, but the J isn't bad because it's pretty heavy, the Acura weighs roughly the same though, and I'd suspect the Galant to be in a similar range. When it snows I try to keep the J in the garage mainly on account of the all the salt they put down. Unibody + rust = Bad News. Some Good News though, one of my cats went out & I'm getting some resonators, (96 & older are exempt from emissions here now, woot!) looking forward to hearing the x-flow's new note, I'll make a thread. Now let's see the Galant.

[96J30]

What's Snow

Agreed, Texas FTW. We got a few little tiny snowflakes at the beginning of March, but it was hardly recognizable as "snow".

[gr8scott72]

Some Good News though, one of my cats went out & I'm getting some resonators, (96 & older are exempt from emissions here now, woot!) looking forward to hearing the x-flow's new note, I'll make a thread.

Changing the cats to resonators will barely change the tone at all.

[StevieRaySTL]

-- That's ok. It'll still be waaay better than how it is now with the one bad cat. Running on the single high flow cat, she sounds like a machine gun and is very sluggish.

[yodawill2000]

Sometimes I wish I had a 50 Caliber machine gun mounted in my grill . hehe.I plan on removing my suitcase on the tail end and running two glasspacks out back Like Diamond J did .

[elan]

Blizzaks Revo 1, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Apalachinan mountains upstate NY, West Virginia , 2, 3 - 6 hours non-stop snow falls, ice, not cleaned streets with 10 inches of snow, never had a single problem, rode like on the dry. Limit in the 1 st gear it kicks ***.

Remember with the RWD: WINTER TIRES, WINTER TIRES, read it again WINTER TIRES did I say WINTER TIRES? No summer tires, no all-season bull****, WINTER TIRES And some driving techniques.

BTW, That ALL-Season crap means All-Season in Mexico, neither Canadian nor north US. Did I say WINTER TIRES, Guys ?

btw, for the guy who mentioned putting bolding tires I believe, in front. You do not want to mess with the front steering in slippery conditions. You will end up on the side of the road in the best situation in the worst in front of the oncoming traffic. It's better not to start at all than start and not being able to handle the car:)

[gr8scott72]

Blizzaks Revo 1, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Apalachinan mountains upstate NY, West Virginia , 2, 3 - 6 hours non-stop snow falls, ice, not cleaned streets with 10 inches of snow, never had a single problem, rode like on the dry. Limit in the 1 st gear it kicks ***.

Remember with the RWD: WINTER TIRES, WINTER TIRES, read it again WINTER TIRES did I say WINTER TIRES? No summer tires, no all-season bull****, WINTER TIRES And some driving techniques.

BTW, That ALL-Season crap means All-Season in Mexico, neither Canadian nor north US. Did I say WINTER TIRES, Guys ?

btw, for the guy who mentioned putting bolding tires I believe, in front. You do not want to mess with the front steering in slippery conditions. You will end up on the side of the road in the best situation in the worst in front of the oncoming traffic. It's better not to start at all than start and not being able to handle the car:)

I'm not sure I know what a bolding tire it.

[togi1]

Absolutely correct! It is the worst car I ever drove in the snow!