winter driving

[jmaryt]

with the small ground clearance,you have to be concerned
about your car being "lifted" up off the road by snow packing underneath
with snow falls over 5".of course when this happens,you are '"done" call a hook!

j.t.

[blackfireball5]

Originally Posted by Stu baru

Had the same internal debate and decided on winter rubber on stock rims come November, and wider rims and sticky rubber next April.

This is what i'm currently doing with my 3000GT. Winter tires on stock rims during winter, nice rims with high performance tires during summer.

These tires are beastly during the winter. I recommend them.

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=false&cs=225

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by blackfireball5

This is what i'm currently doing with my 3000GT. Winter tires on stock rims during winter, nice rims with high performance tires during summer.

These tires are beastly during the winter. I recommend them.

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=false&cs=225

what's the tread life look like on these guys? thanks!

j.t.

[blackfireball5]

Originally Posted by jmaryt

what's the tread life look like on these guys? thanks!

j.t.

I have had my current tires for at least 4 winters i believe. Still have a bunch of tread.

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by blackfireball5

I have had my current tires for at least 4 winters i believe. Still have a bunch of tread.

ok! thanks i'll look into them!
appear to be a good value!

j.t.

[blackfireball5]

No problem!

[ashtray]

It will be interesting to hear stories of this car in the snow - and I'm sure countless stories of spins and of people driving through snow on the stock summer Primacy's.

As for weight in the rear - I've heard conflicting stories. With my old car and old pickup, there was like a 70/30 F/R weight distribution, so you needed 100 lb in the trunk to help. People with 50/50 BMWs and Miatas claim no need to put weight in the trunk, and that just causes the car to spin more (more weight in motion side to side).

[avp1]

Originally Posted by ashtray

It will be interesting to hear stories of this car in the snow - and I'm sure countless stories of spins and of people driving through snow on the stock summer Primacy's.

As for weight in the rear - I've heard conflicting stories. With my old car and old pickup, there was like a 70/30 F/R weight distribution, so you needed 100 lb in the trunk to help. People with 50/50 BMWs and Miatas claim no need to put weight in the trunk, and that just causes the car to spin more (more weight in motion side to side).

You do not need additional weight in the back. Just keep steering wheel straight when start moving, and be gentle on the clutch. I drove RX-8 trough seven winters and never had a problem. I do not expect BRZ to be much different.

[ill86]

Additional weight over the drive wheels will certainly help.

[kramerica_industries]

I definitely plan to get a set of winter tires for Chicagoland. I'm VERY curious to see how it handles in snow, slush, and ice.

From 2006-08 I drove a 6MT IS250 in Iowa winters on factory all season tires. The balance on that car I believe was right about 57/43 front/rear. After it snowed the first winter I had it I ended up putting two 75lb sand bags in the trunk, wedged all the way up right behind the rear seat and secured with straps to keep the weight planted over the rear wheels and to prevent shifting. That car was a TANK in the snow, never ever once got stuck or worried about traction. But that car was over 600 lbs heavier even before I added the sand bags. I'm hoping that just snow tires will suffice for the FR-S, otherwise I might put a single sand bag over the rear tires to see how that works.

In any event, I imagine our cars will be wicked fun in the snow!

[JWA]

Originally Posted by ashtray

As for weight in the rear - I've heard conflicting stories. With my old car and old pickup, there was like a 70/30 F/R weight distribution, so you needed 100 lb in the trunk to help. People with 50/50 BMWs and Miatas claim no need to put weight in the trunk, and that just causes the car to spin more (more weight in motion side to side).

Yep. It makes a difference on a truck where there is no weight in back, but on a reasonably balanced car all you're doing is adding momentum to lateral motion. I've driven Miatas, an M Coupe, two Boxsters, and other modern sports cars through Milwaukee winters with Performance Winter tires and nothing else. Heck, my mom drives a MT Miata PRHT with Blizzaks and she's fine.

This thing will be fun in the winter with decent tires. I'm looking forward to it.

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by JWA

Yep. It makes a difference on a truck where there is no weight in back, but on a reasonably balanced car all you're doing is adding momentum to lateral motion. I've driven Miatas, an M Coupe, two Boxsters, and other modern sports cars through Milwaukee winters with Performance Winter tires and nothing else. Heck, my mom drives a MT Miata PRHT with Blizzaks and she's fine.

This thing will be fun in the winter with decent tires. I'm looking forward to it.

On the other hand, you could tie a sandbag to the hood, over the axle, and then strap down another in the trunk. That would keep the close weight distribution, right?

[Lytheum]

i cant decide between performance snow or studless snow/ice tires. learning towards the performance snow ones, just worried they wont be much better then all season. ive used the studless the last 4 or 5 and great while snowing they suck the rest of the time.

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by Lytheum

i cant decide between performance snow or studless snow/ice tires. learning towards the performance snow ones, just worried they wont be much better then all season. ive used the studless the last 4 or 5 and great while snowing they suck the rest of the time.

Being we are from the same area, I'm sure you know that studded snow tires are illegal on the roads in Ohio. I didn't read that from your post, just wanted to make sure it was out there.

I have ContiWinterContact TS810 S (the performance Winter/snow tires) that I used on the tC for the past three years that worked wonderfully. I plan on using them on the FR-S as well.