Winter is here

[firehawk]

Originally Posted by RaceR

Snow is the cool white stuff that falls from the sky when temperature gets low enough. It makes a stock low HP RWD car with winter tires transform into a .... DORIFTO MACHINE!

Some people over here call them "power flakes" because once they fall on the ground, even a meager 70hp KE70 Corolla DX drifts anywhere anytime.

[RaceR]

Originally Posted by firehawk

Some people over here call them "power flakes" because once they fall on the ground, even a meager 70hp KE70 Corolla DX drifts anywhere anytime.

Good times, good times..

5hp sticker - adds 10 hp

3 cm of "power flakes".. Adds 300hp!

[Rayme]

I can't wait for snow, usually we go out and slide around with the handbrakes on FWD cars but I won't even need to touch that lever anymore .

And for those saying it's dangerous, these manoeuvers are made at like 7 mph, no traction at all = fun

[Neziah]

Glad to hear the BlizzaCKS are working good on the car. That is what I have been eyeing for mine. I drove my old 72 Camaro SS in the snow for years with studs on it with little problems. Most of them caused by other drivers out of control. LOL I could not imagine this car being bad in the snow with all of its traction tech and some appropriate tires on it.

[TRBO2NR]

Good to hear! I have already said to others that I love this car so far (only 260 miles on the odometer) but the only thing I feared is how it was going to treat me in winter. I have Michelin X-Ice XI2's sitting in my basement ready to go on my stock rims as soon as I see snow in the forecast!

[SkitterSkotter]

Winter is indeed here. I drove about 200 miles through the snow both on the interstate and on Route 30 through Wyoming and Idaho. At some points there were about 3 inches of standing snow on the ground. I kept the traction control on and I only had the stock tries. With that said the car had good handling, though I did slow for bridges. Overall I was quite impressed with how it responded though I was nervous. Here are some pictures: