| MX5 Miata Guy |
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| MixManMash |
Who ever said the Z32 wasn't designed for winter is totally incorrect. It's an all year 'round vehicle. It's just my choice not to drive mine in the winter.
With that said, I think an AWD Skyline GTR or G35x would just kick ass on winter road conditions with a good set of winter tires. |
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| Grace Too |
With Tessy you don't need no stinking winter tires (spoken in poor Italian accent). My G is fine on all seasons for now.
Cheers,
GT |
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| ZEguy |
Your Z looks so cold!!
pretty badass if you can pull it off man, goodluck!
i picked up a ford escort 92 2 door hatch for my winterbeater...would rather put the winter DMG on that thing than ma baby.Well, that and my Z wont have an interior til spring lol. |
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| Inzane |
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Originally posted by MixManMash
Who ever said the Z32 wasn't designed for winter is totally incorrect. It's an all year 'round vehicle.
There are aspects of the Z32 that make it non-ideal for winter driving, but that's not the same as saying it can't be done. And we know it CAN be done from people like Rob and Mazurek Sr. from our club who used to drive their Twin Turbos in the winter. I'm not sure if there were any others in our midst. Those are the only two TTs I can recall. (but there were numerous people driving their NAs in the winter).
But... you'll notice that even VorpalZ himself has joined the "park your twin turbo for the winter" crowd ever since he 1) got the paintjob, and 2) bought another Z32 to serve as the sacrificial anode. |
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| MixManMash |
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Originally posted by Inzane
non-ideal for winter driving
Less than ideal, sure. But I don't think it's non-ideal.
Heck, you want to talk non-ideal - my dad's old '83 LeSabre. That thing was just downright scary to drive in winter along with all the old domestic boats. |
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| MixManMash |
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Originally posted by Grace Too
With Tessy you don't need no stinking winter tires (spoken in poor Italian accent). My G is fine on all seasons for now.
Yeah, but just imagine how much better Tessy would be able to handle on Winter Tires. Just remember, at the end of it all, it's the tires that hold you onto the road. Try walking around on high heels on ice and then proper winter shoes. ;) |
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| MixManMash |
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Originally posted by ZEguy
Your Z looks so cold!!
pretty badass if you can pull it off man, goodluck!
Pfft. He's pulled it off for years on an N/A, then on a TT and now a verte. He'll do just fine! |
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| MX5 Miata Guy |
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Originally posted by MixManMash
Try walking around on high heels on ice and then proper winter shoes.
That's a picture I could do without...Mahesh prancing about in heels in winter. What's next...Barney in a bikini? Think unsexy thoughts... :eek: |
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| ZEguy |
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Originally posted by MixManMash
Pfft. He's pulled it off for years on an N/A, then on a TT and now a verte. He'll do just fine!
TT + RWD + low car = Less than ideal.
A careful driver, nonetheless. |
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| Grace Too |
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Originally posted by MixManMash
Yeah, but just imagine how much better Tessy would be able to handle on Winter Tires. Just remember, at the end of it all, it's the tires that hold you onto the road. Try walking around on high heels on ice and then proper winter shoes. ;)
I kind of agree but I will leave the high heel wearing up to you.:D
Cheers,
Grace Too |
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| vorpalz |
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Originally posted by ZEguy
A careful driver, nonetheless.
Huge 2nd. As much as I mouth off about Z32s and winter driving, it's not really about the car. I also have 20+ years of winter driving experience (yep, I'm that old) both city driving and in the country were I grew up. Me and my buddies drove countless vehicles, RWD, FWD and AWD in really crappy daily conditions. We learned how cars react when they lose traction, how to regain control, and most importantly, how to anticipate when other drivers were going to lose it and how to keep out of the way.
Some of the preconceived notions about winter driving I commonly read on forums (you *have* to get AWD over RWD; run a $ 500.00 beater with shit tires and questionable mechanical soundness; winter salt will eat the car alive) have not been borne out in my experience. It annoys me when I read posts on winter driving from folks who obviously have no experience doing it.
I ran my TT for 3 years winter and summer. It's actually a great winter car, much better than the '86 Hyundai Stellar, '89 240SX and certainly better than my old Chev C-10 pickup. Last winter, I helped 2 drivers out of the ditch here in town, one in an AWD Ford Explorer, the other in a Suby Outback. The 'vert was on the shoulder with the 4-ways going, shoulda had a camera.
What most people don't get is that the car itself is really secondary in terms of successful winter daily driving. |
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| Grace Too |
| ^^^^^ Second that |
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| MixManMash |
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Originally posted by ZEguy
TT + RWD + low car = Less than ideal.
Well now, you don't starting putting your foot through the floor in winter do you? Guess what, if you don't put your foot through the floor, you won't build boost, and you won't make a ton of power.
Driver skill and basics are required in any car. I've seen Rob drive his car around in the worst of deep snow. |
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| Tech2 |
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Originally posted by vorpalz
What most people don't get is that the car itself is really secondary in terms of successful winter daily driving.
Werd. So few drivers seems to get it though. |
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| mike300zxt |
Lol...over in BC, the snow isn't the problem, it's all the winter salt eating away at the body! I've taken the car out in the snow on all seasons, and it behaves like you'd expect a 3600lb car with wide tires to behave!
Like you guys have said, it's more driver than car when it comes to snow and ice! |
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| Invalid Zero |
| Z32's are that heavy??? I thought they were more around 32-3300 lbs. |
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| Inzane |
quote:
Originally posted by Invalid Zero
Z32's are that heavy??? I thought they were more around 32-3300 lbs.
YES. ~3500-3600 lb is typical for a TT. NAs are a bit lighter. |
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