c5 in snow?
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c5 in snow?
suprised to say, the traction control performs awesome-- I had to pull the vette out of my garage and put in a different bay to fit my plow rig in the garage this weekend-- my driveway has a small downhill incline to it. When I backed out and reached the bottom, the tires started slipping, and the tracktion control kicked in. Errie feeling stepping on the gas and virtually nothing happening , but hte car creeped up the driveway under complete control.
not that I'm ever going to take it out in the snow again-- but good to know it's not a total disaster.
not that I'm ever going to take it out in the snow again-- but good to know it's not a total disaster.
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drove mine out in the snow today. its so much fun in the snow! although I could easily see it getting stuck without care. my driveway has a slight incline to it as well, and it really has trouble getting up that if I stop on the driveway. same with the street outside. once I get it moving it does pretty good. drifting in parking lots on the snow is all kinds of fun!
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And ice is even worse especially with high performance summer tires, just pulling away from a light or even accelerating the slightest bit would cause the back end to want to spin out.
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Drove my Escalade EXT yesterday and when I was at my road, there were a few spots with ice and snow. AT 20mph, even with AWD and traction control, it was starting to go sideways each time I was pushing the gas a little bit more. Really funny though.
Can't imagine the Vette.
Can't imagine the Vette.
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Have driven my previous C5s in some snow - they will get you around as long as you stay easy on the gas. But it's not something I would want to do all the time.
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Drove my Escalade EXT yesterday and when I was at my road, there were a few spots with ice and snow. AT 20mph, even with AWD and traction control, it was starting to go sideways each time I was pushing the gas a little bit more. Really funny though.
Can't imagine the Vette.
Can't imagine the Vette.
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The snow finally cleared off the road ways and my neighborhood enough today for me to take the vette out. There was still patches of ice/snow on my street. I definetly had to drive it like a grandma.
Atleast I kept her clean even though she wouldn't move the past few days. My dads vette is on the left.
Atleast I kept her clean even though she wouldn't move the past few days. My dads vette is on the left.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVtN...107F4&index=28
Think I found this on another thread yesterday - it is classic. Youtube has many of these showing why vettes and snow don't mix.
Think I found this on another thread yesterday - it is classic. Youtube has many of these showing why vettes and snow don't mix.
