Winter hurts.
 

This was 1h of driving this morning. Car was washed last night. We got about 2" of snow and here in WI we use sand and salt.

Ouch.

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It is a car. It does not care.

When I mentioned on the FRS forum that I never bother to wash my car, you would swear I said that I like to kick puppies! You just illustrated why it is pointless to bother washing cars in Canada. We get a lot of that cruddy weather and car washes last minutes.

What did you think of the driving experience in what must have been sub-par traction situation?

I have snow tires on so I've got good traction in most slippery conditions.

I was actually thinking about taking a video to show how easy it is to drive this car in the snow with the correct tires.

Embrace it.
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Do it.

are you driving on summer tires?

Yup

First mod if I get a BRZ: winter tires. Now that's YOLO.

Talked to my sales rep in WI today and he said it was -19°F this morning, cant imagine how long it would take to let these cars warm up form those temps.

They are actually pretty cold blooded. Figure 15-20 minutes before you get heat out of the vents.

As someone who put his into a garage in October and never looked back, seeing this is making me hurt.

If you want to baby your car then I would get another car for winter and drive the FR-S/BRZ when the weather is nice outside. I'm blessed with wonderful weather in California.

While I would shy away from not washing the car at all, I generally save real washing for the summer and just worry about getting all the gunk and salt off in the winter. My opinion is if it can't handle the snow, ice, salt and sand it isn't truly a Subaru. :D

im driving around with winters now... doesn't really hurt imo... just go rinse the car and wipe it down every time the car looks salty white... those shell indoors self serves do me well.... cost like $5 for a complete rinse... note, its not a complete car wash... just a rinse...