Winter Storm Nemo - Page 4 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

riironman · 02-09-2013, 11:01 PM

I tried to take s spin...made it out of the driveway and thats it....my street is such poor shape. I only made it to the neighbors house and got stuck.

mact · 02-09-2013, 11:23 PM

Yep, northeast got some snow alright. Geez

BadLuck · 02-10-2013, 12:25 AM

I got half way done took a break and a street plow pushed more snow in my drive way :/ so lame

MitchB · 02-10-2013, 07:29 AM

A week after Hurricane Sandy we had an unusual early snow. On a couple of unplowed inches, I couldn't get up a mild grade in Northern Westchester County, and in fact, suffered a slow perpendicular slide off the road. Luckily, two massive Hydro-Quebec trucks that were in the area providing post Sandy support, came down the road, attached a cable and pulled me out of the ditch. Vive le Québec.

Heeding this early warning, I purchased 4 Blizzack WS70s on steel wheels from tirerack.com ($842.68 delivered), and mounted them several weeks ago. In the recent 10" storm, with two cases of wine in the trunk for added weight, my BRZS performed well. I live in a hilly area of NYC (yes, there are). Traveling behind several rwd vans and SUVs that were sliding, fishtailing and having trouble going uphill, I had complete control, steady acceleration and firm grip.

I'd say that if you drive your BRZ in snow (going skiing?), you must have snows mounted.

#87 · 02-10-2013, 07:38 AM

So where are the videos from people that were saying "I drove mine on stock tires in snow it was NP, all you need is common sense and know how to drive"

hahaha

privfaith · 02-10-2013, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by #87

So where are the videos from people that were saying "I drove mine on stock tires in snow it was NP, all you need is common sense and know how to drive"

hahaha

I submit. I'll be the one.

I live in Nassau County on li and I was driving until 9ish pm. After that I parked at my friends house. Didn't notice the snow accumulating and then was plowed in at 12am.

Granted it would have been easier with snow tires but I've dealt with worse.

Realistically though, I kept to flat roads because if there was any sort of incline that would force me to slow down on I would be screwed.

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#87 · 02-10-2013, 08:04 AM

no video no care

_F-R-S_ · 02-10-2013, 08:10 AM

I know somone scratche thier car digging it out

Chewie4299 · 02-10-2013, 12:11 PM

[ame]http://youtu.be/i6zaVYWLTkU[/ame]

Turbowned · 02-10-2013, 12:44 PM

Anyone else still without power? I was a little underprepared for this; we don't have a generator at my house and was starting to see my breath inside. Had some trouble getting my snowblower started but it finally fired up and we got dug out. I only had 1/4tank of gas in our AWD Mercedes E320 so we packed up my mom's Camry (sketcchhyy on all-season tires) and headed down to "Fort Campbell" a.k.a. my friend John's house where all our friends gathered at because they had no power either. Finally my feet are warm! Hey, at least I get a few days off from work!

Spaceywilly · 02-10-2013, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by #87

So where are the videos from people that were saying "I drove mine on stock tires in snow it was NP, all you need is common sense and know how to drive"

hahaha

Actually all you need is a wrx with blizzaks

Yesterday was awesome

Chewie4299 · 02-10-2013, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spaceywilly

Actually all you need is a wrx with blizzaks

Yesterday was awesome

Or a Jeep....

I went out and some areas I was able to get through would have stopped a WRX dead.

Tt3Sheppard · 02-11-2013, 06:42 PM

I'm out of power till Thursday according to nstar at least. My poor frs has been through a lot of abuse this week

2forme · 02-11-2013, 08:56 PM

Or a corolla with snow tires.

fwd lightness ftw.

02-09-2013, 11:23 PM	#44
mact Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 13 GTI Location: WI Posts: 416 Thanks: 119 Thanked 204 Times in 97 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yep, northeast got some snow alright. Geez __________________

02-10-2013, 07:29 AM	#46
MitchB Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited, 6MT, GBS Location: the Bronx Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Not so bad if you have snow tires. A week after Hurricane Sandy we had an unusual early snow. On a couple of unplowed inches, I couldn't get up a mild grade in Northern Westchester County, and in fact, suffered a slow perpendicular slide off the road. Luckily, two massive Hydro-Quebec trucks that were in the area providing post Sandy support, came down the road, attached a cable and pulled me out of the ditch. Vive le Québec. Heeding this early warning, I purchased 4 Blizzack WS70s on steel wheels from tirerack.com ($842.68 delivered), and mounted them several weeks ago. In the recent 10" storm, with two cases of wine in the trunk for added weight, my BRZS performed well. I live in a hilly area of NYC (yes, there are). Traveling behind several rwd vans and SUVs that were sliding, fishtailing and having trouble going uphill, I had complete control, steady acceleration and firm grip. I'd say that if you drive your BRZ in snow (going skiing?), you must have snows mounted.

02-10-2013, 12:11 PM	#51
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02-09-2013, 11:01 PM	#43
riironman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: asphalt fr-s Location: rhode island Posts: 121 Thanks: 13 Thanked 19 Times in 16 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I tried to take s spin...made it out of the driveway and thats it....my street is such poor shape. I only made it to the neighbors house and got stuck.

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#87 I usually post drunk Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: BRZ Location: NY Posts: 1,487 Thanks: 15 Thanked 490 Times in 231 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	So where are the videos from people that were saying "I drove mine on stock tires in snow it was NP, all you need is common sense and know how to drive" hahaha

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#87 I usually post drunk Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: BRZ Location: NY Posts: 1,487 Thanks: 15 Thanked 490 Times in 231 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	no video no care

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