Snow Donkey's 2
Ok I hate to do this but Dean was right about my Falken 3 season tires. I think the 3 seasons they were talking about is Late Spring, Summer, and Early Fall, because they suck in snow.
I need to get some winter tires dammit. This is only the 2nd time I have driven this car in the snow, and its a whole lot different than my honda. No Snow donkey's yet, but I had a near miss already. Who will get the first one? :?: |
I almost got stuck also 2 times on the RE070s, i was fine once i was going, but starting on a incline sucks ass, thank god for the DCCD
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Sigh. It'll probably be me as I limp from Dayton to Carson on my re92s. This is my first winter with my RS.
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The only other car I'd ever driven in snow was my Eagle. . . FWD (traction control, thankfully), all-seasons, and it was about 500lbs heavier.
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But, I have to say, fart cans + backing up in the snow = fun! |
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So Saturday night I took the Sti out, no sign of bad weather...Sunday morning, wake up to snow..So I drove it from Carrie's house to mine on RE070's...bad idea, damn those tires suck in the snow :lol: |
Last night I was leaving the bar, Decided to stab the throttle just to see how slick it was with my re92's, IT instantly shot t 6 grand, so I grabbed second and stayed in it, the speedo hit 65 before I got bored and let her coast to my usual 20 mph. Moral of teh story, Buy real winter tires. RE92s are scary :eek:
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Good moral, i just about go stuck again, i cant belive SOA puts those tires on t.he car
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Yah, my Proxes 4's seem no better than the RE92s. Accelerates well enough, but stopping on a decline+crappy Suby ABS=scary.
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I've only driven one winter on real deal snow tires, and all in all, the RE92's ain't bad. I've certainly driven on worse.
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I had a brief glimpse last night. I walked out of my room past my M3s in my living room out to my RE070 shod car. I was picking up someone from college terrace which is ~3 blocks away or so. It's doing fine all the way and it's even a bit hard to break traction. I stop at the final stop sign and pull away slowly to make sure i can stop. I hit the brakes at about 5mph and I start sliding and ABS kicks in. I let off and eased into the brakes, but only maintained speed that way. Anything harder I would lose traction. So I ended up sliding 300 feet or so onto Sierra. As we were leaving a snowball nailed my passenger side. What is wrong with some people?
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20.../Hillslide.jpg Sweet MSpaint Illustration The car on the street is there for scale. |
Ok, I'm gonna stop bad-mouthing the re92s now. They did fine going to work and coming back, and after getting back I drove up the long dead end street here and proceeded to tear it up for a little while to get a feel for the car's limits. They're not bad as long as you drive moderately. I was going out of my way to break traction and even when I did, it returned very quickly due to AWD. The only real issue I see is the fact that since the car is so light (at least relatively), it has a tendency to follow ruts in the snow rather easily.
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Pete, nice effort there.. :lol:
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That looks like the luge!
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PS: I was outside detailing my car in shorts and a t-shirt yesterday :cool: |
This was the first time this season I was really able to get wicked in the snow, and it was awesome. Almost came close to a donkey encounter a couple times but I saved it, or got lucky.
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I get NO traction in the Corolla, and the brakes don't work in the Probe, I was totally boned on Sunday. |
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