why shouldnt i drive my car during the winter?....
all i hear is "oh it's winter time, time to put away the rx-7"

do they melt when they get wet?
or am i too hard on my car to post here

 

do you like looking behind you from the front windshield??????? somehow, at times, the cars manage to spin themselves around.. if you are careful and good, it can be done. i drove my rx-7 for two winters straight with little problems. no wrecks. careful driving my man, careful driving.

 

I've driven mine for 5 years... No problems. Maybe having the LSD helps with the spin problem. In Oregon esspecially, I wouldn't even worry about it. To be very safe you could get good ice tires, maybe even on a separate set of wheels for the off-chance you get snow or ice. They wear out quickly (20K miles or so) but they perform extremely well on snow and ice, and I figure it's tough to place value on an accident avoided when tires only costs $250 or so.

 

Although I know you were being sarcastic, yes they do "melt" in the winter. Salt kills cars, especially when its a 20 year old one. Other than that they are fine, it goes just fine in snow if you know what you doing.

 

just to steal this thread, How well does the rust proofing oil-under spray work inpreventing rust?

 

excellent if there is no rust there to begin with. Putting it over existing rust to "slow" the process doesn't do ****, the metal just keeps rotting under the undercoating.

 

hehe i can handel the spinning
www.dustdevilsracing.com

 

Obviously spraying the compound won't fix any existing rust...but some of the compounds do slow or prevent additional components from rusting...especially the ones that displace moisture.

If you're going to drive it in the winter I would say there are 2 key things:

1) Snow tires.

2) Low rpms.

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yep, lug around at 30mph in 4th gear so it won't spin as easy and your set.

 

wouldnt that give you uber shitty gas mileage?

 

I'm in the process of getting my car ready for ice-racing and snowy rallycrosses. Can't beat the cost of 13" snow tires.

 

I would think only if your rpms are far too low to the point where the car is stuttering.

In general I get better gas mileage since I can be light on the throttle.

Plus traction is really what you're looking for. I could sacrifice a bit of gas mileage to not have my car wrecked, or slide into someone else in the winter

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I drove my first FB through one of the worst winters we had here in a long time and I was fine.

Like mazdaverx713b said just use your head and you will be fine.

I was working in a tire shop at the time so I put some Bridgestone Blizack snow tires on, and had no problems.

I actually slid around more on the dry pavment then I ever did in the ICE and snow.

I was the only person in my famly not to get stuck

The big problem with the winter driven FB is salt and Rust. These cars were not made for the North American winters. So I would sugest getting your car oil garded or some sort of under coating put on. It will be well worth it.

As for being a wuss. I drive my FB like I hate it every day, from May untill October/November. I just put mine away this weekend. It has nothing to do with being hard on a car it has everything to with being able to have a cherry FB 25 years from now when the midlife crisses kicks in

What is comes down to for me is that I can afford NOT to drive my FB in the winter so I don't thats all.

 

i dont see snow in winter just wet

 

i drove my FB in the snow once when I first got it.

It had the shittiest tires evar, but it handeled the snow like a pro, very controlled slides and the skinny tires bit through the snow.

 

Yea I went through last winter with the shittiest tires ever: Kelly superchargers 195-70-13 which isn't even the right size. But I got them for free from innitab so hey what the hell. It's very controllable. As for gas mileage, yes it would suffer a bit, but its not like your driving on snow all winter, just a day or two after/during a storm until the roads are cleared.

 

Funny, mine wouldn't move on snow, even with lsd...

Driving through a college town with a lot of stop lights was a real bitch. I got sick enough of it to decide not to do it again.

If you must drive a super light rwd low to the ground car in the winter (w/snow, I'm not talking about "wet" winters here), you better put snow tires on and drive very carefully.

 

Tires make all the difference. I've been very pleased with the Yokohoma Guardex K2's. I've seen a GSL-SE with these tires on a rural road actually plowing through snow that was deep enough there was a square impression where the car drove. ie. the snow was a little deeper than the bottom of the doors.