e6bailey

Thinking about looking at a C4 to drive in the winter? How well does it do in the snow with snow tires? I understand it may not be a wise choice for snow driving but I am curious to hear how it does. I currently have a C5 and it does ok the few times I have had it out in the slow covered roads.

Let me know what you think.....

78pacer

Altho I havn't personally driven one in the snow, I could only imagine its a sled with lousy handling and zero traction.
Mike

Voxego

Snow tires? On a Vette? I always thought that you needed skinny tires for the snow. I drove over a patch of snow in a parking lot and the tires immediately broke loose. Scared the hell out of me enough not to try it on US 31.

Road Agent

The C4 make a great truck!

JimiHendrix

I drove my vette in the snow. The car handles like any other rear wheel drive. . . lousy.. ..but manageable. The snow cannot be over 8 or so inches.......you'll get stuck.

Pick an empty parking lot and do soem really tight doughnuts......itll be like a merry-go-round. The car will literally spin in one place. . . .I heard....

mitymek

c4s not to good cuz you cant get a skinny 17inch tire and wheel combo inside the hood.
there's at least one guy that has found a workable setup, i remember seeing some pics of it here on the forum, but i've lived in alaska all my life and have never seen a c4 on snow.
lots of c3's and an occasional leaser c5 but no c4's.
mine wouldnt even make it out of the shop on snow until i hit the traction control button.

jfb

I install 4 Blizzak 225R55-16 tires on my 87 vette and go anywhere in the snow. Wide tires go nowhere in the snow. In April I put my normal tires on. My 87 is the only car I own and I drive it everyday, just like every other Corvette I have owned.

FOURSPEEDVETTE

Why would you even consider driving a Vette of any year in the snow? Buy a front wheel drive beater car in the winter. I really don't think a Vette was ever designed to use as an all season car especially in the snow. They may have heaters and defrosters but probably more for just colder weather.

Jonnymac

I had to once and the vette did better then my old S10.

JD'S WHITE 93

What, are you going to buy a beater C4 ? You can buy a decent C5 for not alot more $$ Here's a vert for $7800.00



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95DKRED

This is a fact. Wide tires over ice, longer/wider "ice skating"

lt4obsesses

Well, my Vette is my only car right now. So driving in the snow is not really optional. Fortunately, where I live the street crews are on top of things, so the roads are usually slushy at worst. They are not as bad as one would suspect. Although driving v-8 rwd's is not a new thing to me. However, I would recommend going with a 255 on the rear. They will fit just fine on the 9.5 rim. As with any car, slow and easy with no sudden moves and you're okay. Also, put about 250lbs in the back when it get's really messy but not for long.

That being said, I would choose a Vette for a winter driver. I intend to never drive mine in the snow again.

mcfack

Basically, you are looking for a C4 to trash.
I suggest getting a truck. Leave the vette to someone who will appreciate it.

Whitecloud

Living in Steamboat Springs, I am use to snow. Over 500" this year. You don't see any sports cars out and about until this time of year. Just doesn't happen except for the Subaru WRX's. Subi's are popular cars in the mountains. Like they say, Subarus never die they just move to a mountain town and retire. Drove my Vette Sunday and saw another vette, a porsche, and an S2000. Everybody had their stuff nice and shiny. Other wise they don't come out and play. BTW it is snowing right now and we are expected to get 6-12". Guess the Vette will stay garaged another week.

Demonic85

Put it this way, my DD is a Ford Focus. I feel safer driving my vette in the snow than I do that car. I have summer tires on my vette and it does better. You can put 90-92 Camaro wheels on a vette and they make snow tires in that size.

psychodiagnostik

My C4 is my only car, and it did OK when I got snowed on a couple of times this year. I've got 2.59s, and I did OK, taking it real easy. I did just like with any other car, low gears going down hills so I didn't have to brake. It actually does better than my old VW Jetta. That thing had like a 4.80 final drive, it'd just spin the front wheels in the snow just trying to ease it forward. If the snow were deep I wouldn't drive my Corvette in it, but it doesn't snow frequently around here.

A bag of Sakrete in the cargo space helps with traction. As long as the snow isn't too deep for the body work, it's no worse than these yokels around where I live with their Hemi Rams and Trailblazer SS's with their 20" rims. I drove by a couple of those jokers in a ditch earlier this winter.

alexweav79

65Z01

I think it's mostly about the tires, until the snow gets too deep.

I drive my '88 with 17" GY Eagle HP Ultra Plus around all year, including driving to NE OH at the Holidays and have no problem with snow traction so long as it's not more than around 3"-4".

I've driven up my oldest son's steep driveway in several inches of snow while his wife had to leave her Beemer at the bottom of the drive...

I too have smiled as I drove past the Jeeps and SUVs in the median and even passed such vehicles on snow covered roads.

Meanwhile my '88 IROC-Z with narrower tires isn't worth a damn on snow and isn't even that steady even on wet pavement...

Goldcylon

Poorly, voice of experience

Sweet 90

Hell, we get so cold here I just worry about parts cracking every time I just shut the door, never mind driving it