My first snow!
My first snow!
Today was my first snow in the sil and I must say holy crap. First of all my 240 doesnt sit still even at the lightest tap of the gas and no abs isnt too much help. The wheels however love to go where they are pointed. All in all a most terrifying experience.
Buy some bags of sand to throw in the back and some good snow tires.
Stay away from michilen artic alpins, I had them on my s14 2 years ago and they did not work very well. Try some bridgestone blizzaks, some of my friends have them on their rwd drive cars and had good luck with them.
Hope my advice helps your winter 240 difficultys.
Stay away from michilen artic alpins, I had them on my s14 2 years ago and they did not work very well. Try some bridgestone blizzaks, some of my friends have them on their rwd drive cars and had good luck with them.
Hope my advice helps your winter 240 difficultys.
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eniety
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Terrifying? Blah!
The snow is fun, especially in an S13. You just have to learn how to control it.
ABS? ABS sucks, especially in the snow.
Get some good snow tires. Some people like Blizzacks, some don't. If you get a lot of ice, get studs. Add some weight to your rear end, but remember the pendulum effect.
Anthony
The snow is fun, especially in an S13. You just have to learn how to control it.
ABS? ABS sucks, especially in the snow.
Get some good snow tires. Some people like Blizzacks, some don't. If you get a lot of ice, get studs. Add some weight to your rear end, but remember the pendulum effect.
Anthony
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midnightshadow
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i was fortunate enough to have to drive in snow the first day i had my 240. picked it up from the guys house and about half way home "BAM", blizzard. needless to say i headed straight for the nearest mall. spent about 2 hours learning to drive again. now snow doesn't even phase me.
unless there is others on the road, then i'm terrified, very few ppl seem to understand that its completly different. i've had numerous close calls.
unless there is others on the road, then i'm terrified, very few ppl seem to understand that its completly different. i've had numerous close calls.
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not_a_porsche
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eniety wrote:Terrifying? Blah!
The snow is fun, especially in an S13. You just have to learn how to control it.
ABS? ABS sucks, especially in the snow.
Get some good snow tires. Some people like Blizzacks, some don't. If you get a lot of ice, get studs. Add some weight to your rear end, but remember the pendulum effect.
Anthony
You inspired me! Today me and my buddy (99gsx) decided that we should learn how to "drive" in the snow. In short I learned all the basics of driving in the snow and what its like to be pulled over by neighborhood sercuirity.......
flip240 wrote:Chicago... snows for 1-3 months of -10F, followed by boiling heat waves 100+F, followed by time to bring out the dead, over and over....
Hear ya there man. I'm just west of chicago, next to Downers Grove if you know that area. 3 days I have walked out to my car covered in snow. Oh well. If it snows 5in I will be screw because my car is only 4 in off the grouned. I'm running Yokomam's with no plans in changing. If you just drive safely i find no problem.
yea, i almost hit a school bus when i was messing around the other day. i whipped the corner and started fishtailing, it was fun as hell, but the brakes wouldn't slow me down, so i pulled the e-brake, and was literally 2 inches from the bus. the bus didn't actually have any kids in it though, and i don't know why it was even there. i don't go to school until 10:15, so there's no reason for a bus to still be there. i was hoping after school got out that i could go do donuts, but there was already sand everywhere.
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sil80drifter
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UnderPressure
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S13Ka24e wrote:Hear ya there man. I'm just west of chicago, next to Downers Grove if you know that area. 3 days I have walked out to my car covered in snow. Oh well. If it snows 5in I will be screw because my car is only 4 in off the grouned. I'm running Yokomam's with no plans in changing. If you just drive safely i find no problem.
Exactly. Drive slowly, wide turns, early braking, easy on the gas. You're fine.
Nick.
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Luke
ohh man, tonight was my first time driving in the snow, and it so happend to be my 240. I had the best time of my life lol. It was about 1:30 am, and there was about 2 inches on teh ground by the time i left. I found this nice huge parking lot next to my house. Started playin around, learning how to control the oversteer and all. I did that for about a couple hours. By now I think there was like 4-5 inches and a nice layer of ice was under all of it.
Once I got the hang of it, there's this long wide open road that goes in a circle around these businesses and ends up where you started. So i started goin around that, then playin with the throttle and goin around the whole thing in a drift style. I don't want to say it was a drift, but i was holding them all the way around the loop, not some ***** sliding, im talkin like a 45º angle in control. It was so fun, There were a couple 90º turns along there and i guess i can say i drifted around those, i'd start it before i got to the turn and go out it clean. Not much of an accomplishment to most of you all, but i was thrilled. Now I need to practice that in the rain and then dry.
Once I got the hang of it, there's this long wide open road that goes in a circle around these businesses and ends up where you started. So i started goin around that, then playin with the throttle and goin around the whole thing in a drift style. I don't want to say it was a drift, but i was holding them all the way around the loop, not some ***** sliding, im talkin like a 45º angle in control. It was so fun, There were a couple 90º turns along there and i guess i can say i drifted around those, i'd start it before i got to the turn and go out it clean. Not much of an accomplishment to most of you all, but i was thrilled. Now I need to practice that in the rain and then dry.
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sil80drifter
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Ah dammit K_Car, you are right again, u did recommend the gislaveds and I coudln't find them in a good price range so I went with Blizzaks...which rule all, to be honest, then again I haven't tried studded tires, maybe they work better in worse conditions. So far the tires saved me twice, where I couldn't tell that the road was icey, hit the brakes and went "sweeeeeshhhh" down towards an intersection, then pumped the brakes a little and the car stopped in no time.
My memory sucks, K_Car, so u know...I blame my brains...
sil80
My memory sucks, K_Car, so u know...I blame my brains...
sil80
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