What's your winter car?
What's your winter car?
04-10-2018, 07:00 AM
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04-10-2018, 07:00 AM #11You do NOT want a supra in snow and ice Longsho7... my NA will cope with a heavy frost ok provided you take it real easy but with wide tyres and no weight on the back they take every opportunity to spin out in heavy rain, ice or snow.
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04-10-2018, 07:04 AM
Longsh07 IS200 are TERRIBLE in the snow, like most RWD cars. If you insist on snow driving in one then winter tyres are a must really to be as safe as you can be.
Winter tyres are useful when the temp drops below 6 or 7 degrees, not just snow.
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
FirebirdPhil
04-10-2018, 07:04 AM #12T-Sport Celica on all weather tyres (all new last week).
Longsh07 IS200 are TERRIBLE in the snow, like most RWD cars. If you insist on snow driving in one then winter tyres are a must really to be as safe as you can be.
Winter tyres are useful when the temp drops below 6 or 7 degrees, not just snow.
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
04-10-2018, 07:06 AM
purplewitch You do NOT want a supra in snow and ice Longsho7... my NA will cope with a heavy frost ok provided you take it real easy but with wide tyres and no weight on the back they take every opportunity to spin out in heavy rain, ice or snow.
Which is one of the reasons I decided to look into 350z's instead. As it'd be a daily drive I figured stability control would be useful. Not sure how useful it is in snow thought
Does the traction control on a supra help at all if the back end gets a little twitchy?
purplewitch You do NOT want a supra in snow and ice Longsho7... my NA will cope with a heavy frost ok provided you take it real easy but with wide tyres and no weight on the back they take every opportunity to spin out in heavy rain, ice or snow.
Which is one of the reasons I decided to look into 350z's instead. As it'd be a daily drive I figured stability control would be useful. Not sure how useful it is in snow thought
Does the traction control on a supra help at all if the back end gets a little twitchy?
04-10-2018, 07:09 AM
Turning OFF T/C helps a lot in snow driving, you need control without computers cutting power when they feel like it.
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
FirebirdPhil
04-10-2018, 07:09 AM #14By all accounts 350z's are worse then IS200's - sorry to bring bad news..........
Turning OFF T/C helps a lot in snow driving, you need control without computers cutting power when they feel like it.
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
04-10-2018, 07:10 AM
I never had a problem with my MR2 in the snow (even in the midst of a pretty heavy snow storm at about 3am) it's all about being sensible and driving according to the conditions. It's much easier to control the power delivery in a manual N/A too as you have a pretty flat torque curve.
Toyota traction control is pretty shocking to be honest. I doubt it would help much in snow!!
I never had a problem with my MR2 in the snow (even in the midst of a pretty heavy snow storm at about 3am) it's all about being sensible and driving according to the conditions. It's much easier to control the power delivery in a manual N/A too as you have a pretty flat torque curve.
04-10-2018, 07:12 AM
2tongues T-Sport Celica on all weather tyres (all new last week).
Longsh07 IS200 are TERRIBLE in the snow, like most RWD cars. If you insist on snow driving in one then winter tyres are a must really to be as safe as you can be.
Winter tyres are useful when the temp drops below 6 or 7 degrees, not just snow.
I've managed the last couple of years on Falken 452's on my MR2 but its something I'm considering when I change cars next.
2tongues T-Sport Celica on all weather tyres (all new last week).
Longsh07 IS200 are TERRIBLE in the snow, like most RWD cars. If you insist on snow driving in one then winter tyres are a must really to be as safe as you can be.
Winter tyres are useful when the temp drops below 6 or 7 degrees, not just snow.
I've managed the last couple of years on Falken 452's on my MR2 but its something I'm considering when I change cars next.
04-10-2018, 07:22 AM
2tongues By all accounts 350z's are worse then IS200's - sorry to bring bad news..........
Oh really, never mind then. More fun for me :thumbup:
2tongues Turning OFF T/C helps a lot in snow driving, you need control without computers cutting power when they feel like it.
I thought as much
2tongues By all accounts 350z's are worse then IS200's - sorry to bring bad news..........
Oh really, never mind then. More fun for me :thumbup:
2tongues Turning OFF T/C helps a lot in snow driving, you need control without computers cutting power when they feel like it.
I thought as much
04-10-2018, 07:26 AM
Doesn't have traction control iirc it was only the turbo models that got this and most of the time people disabled it as it was dangerous haha
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04-10-2018, 07:26 AM #19urm in honesty i've not had it over a winter yet mate so shall let you know lol, that being said once snow hits she will be going nowhere lol.
Doesn't have traction control iirc it was only the turbo models that got this and most of the time people disabled it as it was dangerous haha
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