Pic of your GT86 - RIGHT NOW!

[ianbdb]

https://imgur.com/G5LrbD9

[thaihaclinic]

Very nice car!!!

[NLSP]

[Wally86]

How the year started and how it's going!




Happy New Year everyone!!!!

[Wally86]

Anyone else having a less than stellar time in the snow? lol
15 mile commute turned into getting stuck once and 1.5 hours.
10" of snow at my house.
I thought snow tires would be a litttttttle bit better than this but maybe I'm doing it wrong. Second winter with the car and first with any snow. I'll take tips if you've got 'em!

[spcmafia]

Originally Posted by Wally86

Anyone else having a less than stellar time in the snow? lol
15 mile commute turned into getting stuck once and 1.5 hours.
10" of snow at my house.
I thought snow tires would be a litttttttle bit better than this but maybe I'm doing it wrong. Second winter with the car and first with any snow. I'll take tips if you've got 'em!

Have you added any weight to the trunk, that would help a little more. I've heard people playing with 150LB or so on the trunk.

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

Have you added any weight to the trunk, that would help a little more. I've heard people playing with 150LB or so on the trunk.

Nothing in the trunk as of yet but I was thinking about that. I left the snow on the roof and trunk (minus a view to the third of four brake lights) to help give SOME weight on the rear. I guess I'll put something in the trunk tonight as we're expected to get 2 more inches tomorrow night.

[spcmafia]

Originally Posted by Wally86

Nothing in the trunk as of yet but I was thinking about that. I left the snow on the roof and trunk (minus a view to the third of four brake lights) to help give SOME weight on the rear. I guess I'll put something in the trunk tonight as we're expected to get 2 more inches tomorrow night.

More importantly, have you done any undercoating like woolwax and what not. I can only imagine with that much snow lately the amount of salt on the road. But that is me being the car-care maniac that I am, I haven't been able to wash my car in a few weeks and it's been driving me insane.

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

More importantly, have you done any undercoating like woolwax and what not. I can only imagine with that much snow lately the amount of salt on the road. But that is me being the car-care maniac that I am, I haven't been able to wash my car in a few weeks and it's been driving me insane.

First thing I do on a warm day is wash the undercarriage with the pressure washer. I didn't get to wash last saturday due to rain but if it warms up, I'll at least wash the underbelly. I bought fluid film but didn't apply it LOL

[spcmafia]

Originally Posted by Wally86

First thing I do on a warm day is wash the undercarriage with the pressure washer. I didn't get to wash last saturday due to rain but if it warms up, I'll at least wash the underbelly. I bought fluid film but didn't apply it LOL

Whenever I get warm days, is because is raining. Im just going to take the car to a touchless wash even if its cold outside.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Wally86

Nothing in the trunk as of yet but I was thinking about that. I left the snow on the roof and trunk (minus a view to the third of four brake lights) to help give SOME weight on the rear. I guess I'll put something in the trunk tonight as we're expected to get 2 more inches tomorrow night.

You realize by doing that all you are really doing is raising the CG a little, and really hacking off the people behind you as you shed your load onto their windshield, right?

It's not going to help much with traction. Don't be that guy.

[soundman98]

lol. left snow on the roof for "reasons" besides being lazy...

i don't know how dense the snow is around your area, but without a doubt it's nowhere near as dense as that reasoning...


a. 1 60-pound sand bag is going to weigh more than most any snow on the roof

b. i've never been in any snow situation that 1 sandbag makes a difference

c. any weight on the roof will be somewhat distributed to the front wheels-- for any weight to directly effect the rear axle, it needs to be behind the axle...

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

You realize by doing that all you are really doing is raising the CG a little, and really hacking off the people behind you as you shed your load onto their windshield, right?

It's not going to help much with traction. Don't be that guy.

The car is already low enough to be a shovel and most of the snow hung on for the 15mph ride.

Originally Posted by soundman98

lol. left snow on the roof for "reasons" besides being lazy...

i don't know how dense the snow is around your area, but without a doubt it's nowhere near as dense as that reasoning...


a. 1 60-pound sand bag is going to weigh more than most any snow on the roof

b. i've never been in any snow situation that 1 sandbag makes a difference

c. any weight on the roof will be somewhat distributed to the front wheels-- for any weight to directly effect the rear axle, it needs to be behind the axle...

I legitimately believed it would help. First RWD car. First time dealing with preconceived notions. I wish I could say laziness but not cleaning ice off my window is how I hit a 70 year old man in the street and almost got sued out of oblivion. Now I make sure my windows are super clean. I really thought the snow weight would help.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by soundman98

lol. left snow on the roof for "reasons" besides being lazy...

i don't know how dense the snow is around your area, but without a doubt it's nowhere near as dense as that reasoning...


a. 1 60-pound sand bag is going to weigh more than most any snow on the roof

b. i've never been in any snow situation that 1 sandbag makes a difference

c. any weight on the roof will be somewhat distributed to the front wheels-- for any weight to directly effect the rear axle, it needs to be behind the axle...

I should say this was really heavy snow. I can see a cars worth being 60lb at least.

If we assume 46/54 in a 2800lb car, 60lb over the rear axle is ~2% change in distribution. More if it is placed behind the rear axle. However, the further back it is, the more weight is taken off the front. If someone is going to add weight, I would add it as far forward in the trunk as possible.

What would be better than extra weight is reducing tire pressure a bit.

Also, +1 to don't leave snow on the roof if possible. I have seen people brake and then the melting snow moves forward onto their windshield. Also, driving behind them is pretty dangerous.