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MUAHAH fail RWD

serith

why would you drive a rwd $30k+ car in the snow? it hurts me enough to drive the tC in these ____ty conditions.

Joyride

haha i was shoveling my dads car out of the snow and he just lost control going down that hill. I laughed and continued to shovel away. Thank god my tc is nice and warm in the garage

speedy000

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nice!

tahts why im happy we have no snow in San Antonio! bwajajajaja!
ice and rust i can do with out

my06tc

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i put mine away also for the winter hehe..i treat it like a 60K car hehe

egobuster1

lol my dad has a G35 and i deff no that feeling. they suck in the snow

vbx

I think it has to do more with "summer" performance tires. Idiots run them in the snow. And the above is what to expect.

GammaTNT

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and i was thinking of getting 2011 v6 mustang... I can't afford to keep 2 cars. Maybe i will get a WRX like Carbonxe.

yellowxhoodie

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RWD is fine in the snow IF you know how drive.
id rather drive a RWD car in the snow than a FWD car anyday

JahJosef

I had a Subaru Legacy wagon and AWD doesn't matter compared to a seasoned driver. Sure..you can get unstuck and climb hills easier, but stopping and steering is where it's at. Take it easy out there.

With the rain we get here in Houston I've considered trading in the '09 RT Challenger for something with more ground clearance and possibly AWD for the backpacking trips. Kicking myself over the impracticality of the choice. Glad I have the scion to not worry about.

Spicy_McHaggiz

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THIS.

Plus driver skill makes a HUGE Difference in the snow.

yellowxhoodie

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my first car was RWD and i learned to drive in the snow in it and loved every minute of it.
ill take RWD over FWD any day in any situation

krazyliltc

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So does Blizzaks

Spicy_McHaggiz

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Overrated. 14 inches of snow here in VA yesterday, didn't need blizzaks at all. Still riding on summer tires.

Driver Skill>all

engifineer

That driver skill means almost nothing when you need to stop and cannot ;) Then it is "dummy driving on summer tires in the snow hit my car"

I have never bought snow tires, but you should run all seasons at least in the winter in the snow. Summer tires are junk at low temps even without snow. I have autox'd re-01r's in 20 degree temps and that is bad enough traction wise :D

Of course, living near langley you probably dont see a ton of snow, so buying other tires probably isnt worth it.

RWD is not hard to drive in the snow as long as you dont have summer tires on it. Of course, you actually have to know how to drive one.

Spicy_McHaggiz

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We got 14.2" worth of the white stuff this weekend. Didn't have a problem with the snow. This is rare, but living in IL until last year, I know how to handle it.

krazyliltc

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Damn my friend just bought a new Evo X and they come with summer tires on them and we were sliding make turns at 10 mph with only maybe an inch or so of snow on the ground....

hvrrz

Why someone would drive that in those condition is weird. My S2K would be all over the place in snow.

Occam

Yup. A RWD truck sucks in the snow, no doubt, but a RWD car is great... if you know how to drive RWD. The trick is that people have been conditioned to letting off the gas to correct understeer. When they're accustomed to a car that tends to plow into corners, and lift off of the throttle brings that under control, they don't know what to do when the response to throttle inputs is reversed.

That said, even a RWD truck is only really bad when starting out - my Sonoma was a pain to get started on ice because the empty bed didn't have enough weight to gain traction. However, once underway, it was easy to control... and swinging the rear around was more fun than you should be allowed to have in a truck!

With modern RWD cars, with traction control and stability control, it's a non-issue.