I just got home from work. When I walked out to the parking lot, my IS350 was covered in thick snow, about 20cm of snow came down today. The lot was hardly shoveled, so I thought I can back out of my spot quickly if I give some gas. Boy was I wrong! The car didn't go anywhere! So I put on the snow mode and thought that should do it, right? Wrong again! The throttle wouldn't even go. Finally, when everything seemed to have failed, I decided to turn my VDIM off, just to see what would happen. So the car finally started to rev hard, and I was able to swerve in reverse out of my spot diagonally. All this happened with Bridgestone Blizzak LM-25 winter tires on!
Lesson: Don't go anywhere in the snow with your IS350 if you don't have to. Take another car if you can.
LOL, that reminds me of the time I got stuck in less than 1" of snow... in a surprise snow flurry storm.
I had my 06 IS350 with the stock dunlops, I slowed down going up a 10 degree incline... Trying to accelerate up the hill, my car would just cut the gas and I would roll backwards 2 feet to the bottom of the "Hill".
The car was pathetic in the snow. My 07 with the stock summer bridgestones are a little more competant, but carry an extra pair of pants in the snow.... just incase you cant control your bowel.
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damn global warming is creating irregular weather patterns ha. but yea, dunno about RWD, Summer Low Profile tires, in the snow.....its like Michael Phelps trying to swim in a large sandbox
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JDM TRD Badge/6500K low beam/6000k fog/LED parking lights/F-Sport intake/F Sport Shift Knob/Tanabe Medallion exhaust/F-Sport shocks/F-Sport springs/red out tails/GFX Front Lip/GFX Rear Lip Spoiler/30% Llumar Tint all around
Vegas no problem. The snow is off the main roads.
Big Bear is also no problem, so as long as there have been no recent storms, are no storms while you are there, and the roads are completely free of snow and ice. Once a storm in Big Bear hits, the roads get covered. But they plow them fast and usually within two days, there is nothing left covering the parts where the tires would be on. Just watch the news reports about the weather before you go. Snow predicted? Don't go. No snow predicted, you are fine.
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