Is there a science to getting your 86 to work at 6am in 2" of snow?
 

Sarcastic title. Winter plans were to spare the 86 by driving my old honda, until my old honda died half way to work yesterday. Also my journey out of the driveway began in reverse.
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Good winter tires...all you need. I bought some cheap 16" steel wheels, and run 205/55/16 Bridgestone Blizzaks. My drive to work is 30 or so miles on country roads and a bit of in town driving. There have been times I've been plowing through 8"-10" of snow on my way in with no issues.

I second that, I put Blizzaks on the stock rims and have had no issues driving through snow and ice on my 52 mile trip to work each day.

Thirded. Get a set of 16" steelies w/ snows on'em, and you're good to go. Not to state the obvious, but just in case you're new to driving in snow or rear-wheel-drive in snow, the key when you're getting the car rolling is to not lose traction in the first place. Start very slowly, and don't let the wheels spin. If they start to spin, let off the gas immediately. All you're doing is either digging a little ditch underneath your tire or polishing the ice so it's even more slippery. Once you're rolling, gain as much speed as you can if you're trying to make it uphill or through a snowplow-induced berm at the road end of your driveway, but don't let the wheels spin.

I have a pretty steep uphill driveway, and we get a lot of snow. When I'm able to park in the garage, I LAUNCH from the garage with my wheels on the concrete floor, but back off the minute my wheels touch snow or ice. I can almost always plow my way up the driveway and usually make it through the plow berm. Sometimes I've gotta back back down into the garage and take a second run at it.

Winter driving is FUN, except when it's snowing so hard you can't see anything, and/or you're surround by folks who either DON'T know how to drive in it, or are too stupid and reckless to care about their lives and anyone elses. Alone on snowy back roads.. it's a BLAST!

No sudden moves, don't hit the brakes EVER if you enter a skid, steer in to the skid, and back off on the gas until she settles down. On the other hand, if you WANT to have some fun.. well.... you'll figure it out!

Barry

Fourthed. Get winter tires.

In case someone still did not know how to drive in snow, this is vey well written, and it contains one additional piece of advice that most people forget.


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winter tires, winter tires, winter tires...

I'm not sure, but I see a pattern with the answers.

Supercharge then get studded winter tires

Adding some weight in the trunk also helps with traction.
Oh, and did somebody already mentioned that he needs winter tires?

Next year, or even order them now, get some blizzaks or cheap general altimax artic rts on 16 inch steel wheels for under $600. Great insurance for situations like this where your normal winter car is out of comission. As for this case, do the pedal dance, and get someone to push the car back in, also you need to dig quite a wide swath of snow out of the way its going to dance the rear end around when you gas it.

This is a great time to buy winter tires. Find a place that guessed wrong on stock (not someplace that order in as required) and you can bargain with them. The rest is pretty much as MDM attached.


This is probably the best driving in the snow advice I have ever read right here:


"Which brings me to the first thing you need to know in order to drive the hell home in the snow: You are not actually required to lose your goddamn mind just because snow is falling. It is not the apocalypse. Neither physics nor society have been cancelled by it. It is not sulfuric ash. There are no abominable snowpeople stalking through it. It will not dissolve your body if it touches you. It is frozen water. You can drive in it, you can walk in it, you can stand in it long enough to help a fellow motorist get the fuck out of your way, you can ball it up and throw it at people who treat it like it's the end of the goddamn world. It is snow."

How about this instead of beating around the bush:

DO NOT DRIVE THIS CAR IN SNOW WITH THE STOCK PRIMACYS!.

I nearly totaled my car because: "it was just a quick trip, and its not THAT bad outside."

I live in the Midwest, and it boggles my mind that Subaru doesn't even offer an option for all-season tires on the WRX/STi.

Kitty litter or cement blocks in your trunk work. We don't get a lot of snow but we did get the ass end of that storm but its all melted now. I know guys put crap like that in their trunks. I just don't drive in it, unless I'm taking a fwd car. Wife's kia handles it pretty well

Other than that, you need another daily. I recommend an old jeep

Well back in the old days all we had was RWD so it's like riding a bicycle once you learn how to drive one you never forget.

As Yoda would say "You must unlearn what you have learned" it's not a FWD car.

Is this a good time to break out the old your grandmother and probably your great grandmother drove RWD without all the aids we have now comment?
There is no mystery nor magic about it just some minor changes to what you would do with FWD and you are done.

Tcoat I miss the old cable operated clutches vs these hydraulic clutches with zero feedback.

I would love to see the young guys drive the old styled cars with zero driver aids can't you just see the new threads posted about WTF is up with this car.

No one seems to be interested in the real issue.

What happened with the Old Honda ?

This is a forum...can we diagnose it here ? Did it get towed ?

Yes, back to a solution.

I suggest you arrange to work from home for the next day or two.

Get the Honda fixed.

Oh, yes ....... did anyone suggest snow tires for future adventures ...... ?? :D


humfrz

Is it better to distribute the kitty litter evenly throughout the entire trunk area, or should you pile it up high over the wheels? Is it OK to just leave it in the original bags? What if you like to take your cat on rides?

Have heard that weight in the trunk, while useful for getting straight line traction, can make spins more vicious, and spin recovery more difficult. I've taken my sand bags out and left them home. I remember reading about some poor mustang driver who crashed with sandbags in the trunk, which became projectiles that flew into the passenger compartment and crushed the driver.

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THIS^
I know that this is a highly debated subject but we are not talking about 70/30 front to rear balanced pick up trucks here that really do need weight in the back. The car is already well balanced and I will sacrifice some marginal traction improvement for the ability to recover from a spin any day.

Yeah. I was going to comment on this. The extra traction is nice... but not having to deal with lift oversteer/snap oversteer from all that extra weight is also nice.

Non synchroed "find 'em and grind 'em" 3 or 4 speeds with a mechanical clutch would have so many baffled they would truly understand why the auto was invented.

This is a very dumb question, I know. But what setting should we be driving on? Traction control off? aids all on? For snow, Thanks...

Yea snow tires man. Had no issue keeping up with the trucks yesterday trucking through inches of unplowed snow. 2hr 50 mile drive :(

No real answer for that. It depends on the road conditions and can vary a pile. I leave the traction on unless in deep snow and then turn it off.
The real trick is controlling your acceleration and keeping everything smooth. It is the sudden movements be that accelerating, braking or turning in ice and snow that get you into trouble. Do everything in a smooth and fluid manner and the nannies really shouldn't matter if on or off.

1st gear,,7000rpm

I feel like I would only use sandbags, and then resort to cutting them open to use the sand for more grip if I were to get bogged down or stuck

Good to know. I thought it was an easy answer, that I did not know. Thanks

LOL You would not get far.

I do carry a small bag of kitty litter for that very purpose. Also a set of traction mats and a small folding shovel. Also since I spend so much time on the highway I made a kit with some cereal, energy bars, tea candles, battery flashlight with a radio in it, a blanket and battery pack charger for my phone. Never needed it but just in case.

Sounds like the ingredients for a road date. Nothing more romantic than tea candles in a car that's stuck off the side of the road in a ditch pointing down.

No one else said it, so I will: Snow tires OP, snow tires.

I will take the candles in my down pointing car over freezing to death in it any day.
Couple of years ago 800 people got stuck on a highway for 2 days due to a storm. Nobody died but those that were prepared had a much better time of it than those that were not.


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Take it from @Tcoat he's from Canada, and the place is MADE of snow.

Well not so much this year. At least around here. I can still see grass and it is supposed to be above freezing for the next few days so may soon have nothing on the ground again. Bet we have had a total of 6 inches all year. Normally by now we have a total of about 6 feet.

I know! I was expecting to be drifting everywhere and having endless snowy parking lots to play in. Somewhat disappointed...

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I wanted to get video of me snowplowing 14" of untouched powder but so far it hasn't even come up to my bumper in one fall.
Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Rain. In freakin' January

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