Snow/winter
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How severe are your winters? If you only get light to moderate snow you should be able to get by nicely on a set of all-season high performance radials like the Kumho Ecsta ASX.
If you get beaucoup snow (and I suspect you do in Ontario) then yes, get a beater.
I'm donating my old E-30 Bimmer to charity. My parents are giving me their '99 Camry as my winter beater. Mom's trading up for a RAV-4 SUV.
If you get beaucoup snow (and I suspect you do in Ontario) then yes, get a beater.
I'm donating my old E-30 Bimmer to charity. My parents are giving me their '99 Camry as my winter beater. Mom's trading up for a RAV-4 SUV.
Last edited by onedef92; Jul 19, 2007 at 08:38 AM.
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From: BEMIDJI MN
I can only use my 87 coupe from about April to mid Oct. I use my Chevy Tracker in the winter. It is a piece of crap and in my opinion a "disposable" vehicle. My wife uses our 05 Impala. A nice car with good mileage, but still after the Vet, in my opinion, is still "disposable".
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From: Marlboro country MA
I drive my 92 DD all winter in Massachusetts. Been doing that since I bought it.Currently I'm using Pirelli PZero Nero's, which are OK in snow, but nothing you can get in a 9.5" tire is really good in the snow.
See my avatar photo? That day, I brushed off the car, shoveled the driveway, and drove to work. No problem.
See my avatar photo? That day, I brushed off the car, shoveled the driveway, and drove to work. No problem.
Racer
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Maricopa AZ
Vette + Snow = SLED.!!!! I had to drive mine last winter while the truck got a new engine. Took off the center air dam so it would not get broken by ice blocks on road. Getting out of the uncleared parking lot at nite was a joke, as was going down my driveway in morning. On dry streets, it was ok, but I know that the tires were "hard" due to the cold. Get a nice little truck, F150's with the v6 are great beaters for the winter. Come December 1st, both vettes go in the new garage with the S2000 for the winter. 
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From: Cincinnati, Oh USA
I have owned one at a time and driven every day, a Corvette since 1966 and currently an 87. I drive in snow, rain, sunshine, sleet, tornados , earthquakes, and every condition you can imagine. Wide tires do not work in snow and I put 4 narrow Blizzack tires on my 87 vet and go in the snow, in fact I have driven around 2 stuck 4WD vehicles in the snow! The absolute worst driving condition and for which no tire works, is........freezing rain! 
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From: Auburn MA
I drive my 92 DD all winter in Massachusetts. Been doing that since I bought it.Currently I'm using Pirelli PZero Nero's, which are OK in snow, but nothing you can get in a 9.5" tire is really good in the snow.
See my avatar photo? That day, I brushed off the car, shoveled the driveway, and drove to work. No problem.
See my avatar photo? That day, I brushed off the car, shoveled the driveway, and drove to work. No problem.
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From: Marlboro country MA
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Driving in snow DON'T
Like I have been reading the guys are telling you to get narrow tires! wIDE TIRES AND LIGHT WEIGHT IN REAR DON'T MIX! If your going to spend money for tires and possibley rims why still take the chance? Get a beater! Your insurance on your vehicles won't be much because of multy cars as well which will allow your Vette insurance to drop alittle.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Maine
This will make you think twice about using a corvette for a daily driver in the snow....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVtNdClhb8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVtNdClhb8
Get a beater. Covettes and snow don't mix and I know cause I too live in New England. My is in the garage from Nov to April.
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I had a 85 I got stuck driving in the snow. I sold my 89 Crown Vic a little too soon in the spring and got three weeks of snow to drive my Corvette in. It can be done but it takes all the fun out of the car so why bother ? I would buy a beater first.
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From: OBAMA IS HITLER
This will make you think twice about using a corvette for a daily driver in the snow....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVtNdClhb8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVtNdClhb8
1. what are those pussies dressed as men doing? that was the most weak-willed girlish non-effort i've truly ever seen in pushing a car out of the snow. when's the last time any of them did a single push-up? what a disgrace
2. any rear-wheel car on the planet can get stuck like that. this is not corvette-specific.
3. its all in the tires. tires, tires, tires. UHP summer tires of course aren't gonna cut it in the dead of winter in a foot of snow.
there's nothing special about a corvette being erronously singled out as somehow the worst car in the world to drive in snow. its the tires, tires, tires.
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Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Wichita KS
couple problems here.
1. what are those pussies dressed as men doing? that was the most weak-willed girlish non-effort i've truly ever seen in pushing a car out of the snow. when's the last time any of them did a single push-up? what a disgrace
2. any rear-wheel car on the planet can get stuck like that. this is not corvette-specific.
3. its all in the tires. tires, tires, tires. UHP summer tires of course aren't gonna cut it in the dead of winter in a foot of snow.
there's nothing special about a corvette being erronously singled out as somehow the worst car in the world to drive in snow. its the tires, tires, tires.
1. what are those pussies dressed as men doing? that was the most weak-willed girlish non-effort i've truly ever seen in pushing a car out of the snow. when's the last time any of them did a single push-up? what a disgrace
2. any rear-wheel car on the planet can get stuck like that. this is not corvette-specific.
3. its all in the tires. tires, tires, tires. UHP summer tires of course aren't gonna cut it in the dead of winter in a foot of snow.
there's nothing special about a corvette being erronously singled out as somehow the worst car in the world to drive in snow. its the tires, tires, tires.