Since the dreaded winter is here....what's everyone's daily driver?

[PalmerWMD]

I'm gonna drive my 350Z, winth Michelin Alpin PA2 winter tires all around.

Fred..

[driverdriver]

My '00 Jeep Cherokee 4X4.

Let it snow!!!!

[Jesda]

Canadians are always ahead of the game when it comes to dealing with snow.

Then there's those crazy Alaskans...

[Chingon]

I know a lot of you guys (and gals) like me don't drive your cars in the winter because of extensive modification, choice, whatever. Well its December, cold, sadly snow is probably not far away for us northern folk, so just about everyone's nice stuff is away.

I drive a 1998 Nissan Sentra SE (SR20DE) as my daily....here's a couple pics.



Nearly 98,000 miles and still going good. So lets see some pics of what everyone is driving now.

time for gti-r conversion... hey, you obviously got the money..

[jdmDAvey]

A Fastback with studs in the rear and 4 60lb bags of sand I love snow, its fun to drift in

[Sco0terzsl]

There she is in winter ready form.I hibernate in the winter, so I rarely have to drive;)

[nsrZ32]

time for gti-r conversion... hey, you obviously got the money..

lol man a bunch of you guys assume I have money cause of the Z....the truth of the matter is I don't. I don't happen to make a lot at this point in my life and I don't have a lot in the bank but I always manage to get by. Just being smart with a small amount of money and putting a little at a time into your project can yield great results. The Z has been done over time. And my sentra is pretty much stock. Maybe some day I'll have money but not at this point. Hell if I did I wouldn't be driving a 98,000 mile sentra.

[Chingon]

just janking your chain man. I meant nothing by it.

[574-240sx]

I currently drive my maxima till i sell it. I'm putting on winter tires on the stock rims later this week.

My 5-speed maxima

[andrave]

I bought a stock 1990 infiniti M30 for a beater. a guy hit me in an expedition and I used the money to buy a limited slip and some other stuff for my s13.*shrugs*winter ain't so bad in houston anyway.

[Jesda]

I bought a stock 1990 infiniti M30 for a beater. a guy hit me in an expedition and I used the money to buy a limited slip and some other stuff for my s13.*shrugs*winter ain't so bad in houston anyway.

You lost the M30 already? A shame, theyre rare on this side of the Pacific.

[Rex]

I bought a stock 1990 infiniti M30 for a beater. a guy hit me in an expedition and I used the money to buy a limited slip and some other stuff for my s13.*shrugs*winter ain't so bad in houston anyway.

andrave - your M30 is gone already? I'm thinking real hard about picking up one (maybe a 'vert) next spring/summer and was really looking to see what you've done. Sorry, for your loss and that we won't be building an M30 contingency .

I'm doing my research and will still be looking for one with a solid body/chassis and good int next year.

My inspiration ...

[hansQ45]

My winter ride (used year round) is a 1998 GMC Yukon. It's a company vehicle they provide me to use. Supposed to be for company use but..... you know sometimes I use it for personal use too. My boss is 4 hours away.

The Yukon is a 4X4 and has heated leather seats. Nice in the winter. It doesn't snow much here in Southern Maryland.

I drive the Q45 when ever possible on the weekends!

[elbles]

As has been the case over the past two years, the 240 continues to be a daily driver in the winter, with the same Yoko AVS ES100 tires that carried it over the last New England winter. Yep, they're summer tires, and yep, I'm 19, but it's not that bad for around town driving, once they get some sand down. I've never had problems with it once they get just a little bit of snow down, because I drive VERY cautiously, and I've had plenty of practice time in big, empty, snowy parking lots of steering with the gas, at speeds slower than you thought possible. :-) My only concerns are if it is snowing on my way back home, or way back down to school, as it's a 600 mile trip, but other than that, I'm not one bit concerned.

And as for you "I have 4x4, I can do anything" people, a word of advice . . . it only helps you get going, and stay going, you cannot turn any better or quicker, nor stop any better or quicker!!! I'd certainly imagine that most of you know this, but last winter (again, on summer tires in my RWD car!), I can't count the number of times I'd start following a 4x4 SUV down a steep curvy hill after it had snowed, and he or she would get quite a bit ahead of me, but when I get down to the bottom, I'm still on the road, and they're in a ditch. The key to driving without problems in the snow, regardless of vehicle, is to be very cautious, and to drive slowly, and NEVER think you will have traction at any one moment, because it could disappear VERY quickly. Again, I'm sure most of the older guys know this, and being a relatively young one myself, the only reason I know it is because a lack of money for snows and plenty of experience have taught me. :-) Take it easy everyone . . .

[skydragoness]

It is something about the feeling of being punched in the back by a high powered RWD as it attempts to pull your body through the seat and out the back of the car.

well said.

it's almost therapeutic for my back.