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Junglist
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Wassup I jus recently moved to New york and I was thinking of getting a 350z as my first car, but i know it snows in New York and rwd aint the best in snow so I wanted to know if its worth spending the couple extra thousand to get the enthusiast or the touring edition with traction control instead of getting the regular 350z without it........or do you really not feel a difference?


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evildky
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welcome to nico, yeah a sports car is definitelynot suited to winter driving, the traction control will make it more driver friendly on the fowl weather

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samej82
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i think you'll def. notice it don't forget those editions also have cruise control the base doesn't and i reallly regret not having thatbut those features will aid u best all around not just snow and wet probably get a better start off the line without spinning ur tires much

vlad_350
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It's not as good in the winter as some other cars. But with good winter tires - it's drivable.

I managed to get through 5 Michigan winters driving my Z 50 miles every day. That included one tow track call to pull out of snow and tree very scary moments. So it's not that bad

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MATTY_T
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Yikes! 1st car RWD + snow/ice = trouble! Be careful if you decide to get the Z! Even thou it says im from PHX I lived in IA most of my life so I know what a RWD car in snow/ice is like. It can be fun at times in controlled environments but it can sneak up on you and be scary as F*CK!

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BlackSmoke
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I have that silly feature on my Grand Touring and it will literally shut the engine to a slow roll. It works exactly as it should, I only use it in the rain. I am used to just turning it off when I get in the car now, I live in Louisiana, mostly dry and humid 11 months out of the year. So I pin black powder to the pavement every chance I get. But for you it would be worth it in the snow, so spend it and on the days it isnt snowing get out there and drive, just drive man.


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