SNOW!!!

[Cade01]

Originally Posted by zulhijj

I had an 06 Acura RSX before picking up my FR-S about a month ago. In the 6 years of owning the RSX I never felt the need for snow tires because I never got stock or had a hard time getting around town (even when we had the massive amount of snow in NE two years ago). I had the Michelin Primacy MXV4 all seasons and just never felt the need for purchasing a second set of tires.

Last night my FR-S got stuck backing into my driveway which is not much of an incline. Needless to say I'm going to buy a set of snow tires for the FR-S and was thinking about the Michelin Pilot Alpin PA3. Anyone have experience with these? This is my first RWD car so maybe I'm just not good at it yet in the snow...

I had the Pilot Sport Alpin PA3s on my R32:. and they worked great. Wish I would have got them for the FR-S, I got the Blizzak WS-70s instead and don't like them quite as much(still good tires though)

[tdoggy57]

[CircuitJerk]

Originally Posted by BRZnut

One question I have is if it is dry outside and just cold will the hard summer rubber also make driving a risk??

To a degree but that depends on your driving style and skill.
You'd have to be pushing it to get the tail to kick out but it's certainly manageable. It can be both fun and dangerous. Under hard acceleration I get some wheelspin especially when there's salt dust. That said, I keep the aggro driving to isolated areas for safety. (Secret spots)
I planned on storing the car weeks ago but we just keep getting a dusting and that's it. I can't leave the damn thing in the garage!
I put about 5lbs extra air in the tires to in an effort to reduce the possibility of flat spots so its even more sketchy.


TL;dr it can be risky depending on the scenario.

[Haydos90]

Originally Posted by drumlin

That's one of the Australian media review cars, looks like one of the car journalists couldn't handle the snow...

[Jaylyons1]

Poor car

[Wheelsoffracing]

A wish for warm sunny days!

[DarkCard]

Originally Posted by neutron256

I had a weird problem after our first snow. The windows went down as usual when I opend the door, but didn't go back up when I closed them. Manually putting them all the way down and back up seems to have fixed the problem. Time will tell.

There was no ice around the window

Had the same issue today. After playing with the switch for ten minutes it finally went up

[neutron256]

Originally Posted by DarkCard

Had the same issue today. After playing with the switch for ten minutes it finally went up

Yeah many people have experienced this. The basic solution is to put the window all the way down and continue to hold the switch for 2-3 seconds before putting it back up. You have to do this separately for each door using the control on that door.

[Areddi]

Here is me on Christmas Eve here in MD:

[SDIAZ]

From the first storm in the northeast after sandy