lived in 4 states in 1 year with my car

[kcourtad]

and it still running great... just thought i would post something up... i havnt been on in a while been coming to check and see whats going on but ive lived in 4 states with in a year... started off in texas when i got it moved to TN and moved to GA and now im in PA for a while... the car has ran so great threw all that ive put it threw... and it is still running strong... all i have had to do to it so far is rotate the tires and change the oil... 26k on the dash right now... and im the only one in my town to own a nissan versa... thats when i first moved here... and now that im here ive had people tell me that they really like my car... and i told them about it... and now there is a total of 6 nissan versa in town... 3 HB and 3 Sedans plus mine... and on all my trips i got a total of 38.476 miles to the gallon... i made it from GA to PA on just 100 - 150 bucks worth of gas and food... thinking about keeping the car for a while... but snow is coming soon... and i never drove in snow with a FWD car... any pointers on snow driving in a FWD... whats diff with them... all ive had in all the cars that ive owned was a RWD... and pointers ???

[greggie195]

I drove a 1986 200SX (RWD) for 4 years in NY, so I have had my share of experience with RWD in the snow. Not as much as other states, but NY does get some amount of snow. The 200sx would spin out and skid on any mount of snow. I would put 200lbs of salt in the trunk which would help a little. Then I got a 92 Maxima (FWD) and the difference was night and day. Much safer feeling in the Max and would rarely skid. I havent driven the Versa in the snow yet but I have confidence that it will handle very nicely. Just my 2 cents.

[brainguyus]

FWD is good in the snow. Haven't had my V in snow yet but I think it'll do just fine. If snow removal in your area is not too great you might want to consider snow tires for the front. (where the heck is Carbondale?)

[shortyemi]

FWD is a lot better in snow. I've never driven a RWD before but a friend of my mom's drives a minivan that's RWD and she had to trade it in for another car that is FWD. She says the van skids like crazy in the snow.

Where I live, average winter temperature is about -20C and the family cars, all FWD, run fine. The cars run on all season tires although I am planning on putting winter tires on for my Versa. If you got winter tires on, you should be fine in the winter.

[Vahagn23]

I drove the V from NY to CALI and then back all in 8 days not to mention the 100s of miles i put in Cali, and it runs great. It came to a total of 7k miles in 2 weeks.

[kcourtad]

(where the heck is Carbondale?)

yea its one of thos small towns... carbondale is about 15 miles from d!ck city and about 30 miles from Scraton PA.... i just hate the snow kuz they over kill the road with salt and i just dont want the darn thing to rust out...

I drove the V from NY to CALI and then back all in 8 days not to mention the 100s of miles i put in Cali, and it runs great. It came to a total of 7k miles in 2 weeks.

i`d like to take a road trip like that...