RWD car + Snow

[Orwelleaut]

Like Peregrine said, FWD in the snow is like a snowmobile compared to the old RWD cars. THe larger FWD cars, like a 90's type Buick Le Sabre, roll through the snow like a tank, rarely breaking traction. A Chevy Lumina also goes through the snow like a tank!!! Unless you live way back in the boondocks, such cars made a gas drinking, lumbering SUV an unnecessary liability.

[citydudeallover]

Lol

Originally Posted by homoochan

gosh.. I don't want to trade my summer fun for awd...

Oh well.. Thank you guys anyways!

[Steve36]

So when I first moved to Cleveland my only car was an Infinity G35 (350Z) similar to your situation. My advice is go to tirerack.com and get a set of rims and snow tires for the winter. With honest to goodness winter tires, your car will be serviceable year round but will still be squirrelly and require careful driving when the roads are really bad. Running on low profile Z-rated tires will give you major problems in the winter; not just from lack of traction in the snow/ice but also the potholes in winter will ruin your stock rims and blow tires real fast. If you get the snow tires on a second set of rims then it is easy to swap them when needed. Don't get lightweight rims for the winter tires either; strong, cheap and easily replaced is what you want for snow tires. Also, don't put weight in the back of the car for better traction! That works for pickup trucks and other front-heavy vehicles but your car should have close to a 50:50 weight distribution so adding weight to the rear will just make the car handle worse.


Steve

[ak_47_00]

I drove around here for years with RWD. I didn't have anything great, like a Z, but I still managed to stay on the road.