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Joneser 02-13-07 09:46 AM

Snow... what stinkin' snow!?
 
Well this was the first rough patch of snow i have had to drive in since getting the Three-50 (late Dec.). Thanks to all who pointed me towards the Three-50 over the 2... No regrets.
I got the snow shoes (blizzaks) and was a happy camper this morning no problems out or in :woot: If it had been worse, i wouldn't have come in to work today even with AWD. How about the rest of my fellow RWD commuters... any jitters this morning... I can say i had one with an 18 wheeler not keeping his lane while i was trying to get by him on the burb streets... but other than that?!

neurocity 02-13-07 10:05 AM

I drive an AWD Acura MDX when its like this out. I havent had my car out since Friday, and that was to wash it.

BTW... I saw a 01'-03' Silver Corvette driving around about 9:30ish this morning.....in the snow....the guy...ALL OVER THE ROAD!!!

It was on Wise Rd in Schaumburg.

VikH 02-13-07 02:13 PM


Originally Posted by Joneser (Post 2421358)
Well this was the first rough patch of snow i have had to drive in since getting the Three-50 (late Dec.). Thanks to all who pointed me towards the Three-50 over the 2... No regrets.
I got the snow shoes (blizzaks) and was a happy camper this morning no problems out or in :woot: If it had been worse, i wouldn't have come in to work today even with AWD. How about the rest of my fellow RWD commuters... any jitters this morning... I can say i had one with an 18 wheeler not keeping his lane while i was trying to get by him on the burb streets... but other than that?!

Great to hear that the 350 can handle the snow! Any other IS350 owners drive their cars in the snow today? My car was safely tucked away in the garage while I drove my RX300. I'm going through IS withdrawal though. I haven't driven the car in almost 2 months :( The good thing is that once I take it out, it will be like driving a new car again.

DIrEctQL 02-13-07 02:17 PM

Hahaha. I gotta give my Subaru some love for this. I have no problems and I am on all season tires.

cHiTwNGS43 02-13-07 03:09 PM

Took the GS today....handled it like a champ:thumbup:

neurocity 02-13-07 06:21 PM


Originally Posted by cHiTwNGS43 (Post 2422035)
Took the GS today....handled it like a champ:thumbup:

Really...were you out plowing? Isnt that front lip of yours like 3" off the ground?

PetesLS400 02-13-07 08:48 PM

My GS4 is my daily driver, with some winter tires it handles great, cant even get the ass to whip out. Cant wait for all this stuff to melt and warm up so I can put away the GS and start driving my Z06.

cHiTwNGS43 02-14-07 05:48 AM


Originally Posted by neurocity (Post 2422452)
Really...were you out plowing? Isnt that front lip of yours like 3" off the ground?

Ha...yeah IDOT pays me to clear the streets :woot:

j/j I take off the lip for the winter :)

tcho82 02-14-07 07:48 AM

I had my car in the dealership for the 15K service and also for some rattles and what not that I've been having with the speaker system. They gave me a RX400H to take for a few days. I've had it since Monday and I was impressed, but they need some winter tires on that thing, all seasons just suck. Picked up my 350 at the dealership this morning and the car drove great ripping through the snow on my blizzaks. Although, do NOT drive with the snow mode on. It nearly caused me to get INTO an accident.

Pulling out of the dealership I had the snow mode activated, as soon as I pulled out of the dealership and into the middle of the road, the car was sensing that I was losing traction so cut off all power to the wheels. I was crawling at like 1 mile and hour. Mind you I did not dart into the intersection, I was pulling out very slowly. I had plenty of time initially, but this crawl was so slow, that cars were now coming in both directions. I flipped the switch back to normal, spun the tires a tad and got some grip and away I went.

Bottom line. ECT snow mode sucks.

But other than that fiasco, driving the 350 with blizzaks posed no problem at all.

SickSC3 02-14-07 08:52 AM

When it snows thats when my Toyota Tundra come in. Put it in 4 wheel drive and im set.:D

aliti19 02-18-07 11:14 PM

I took the GS out of hibernation a bit today. Drove it around for about 15 mins to get all the juices flowing. I enjoy the VQ in the I30, but damn... it was nice punching the V8 monster today. :)

VikH 02-21-07 07:14 PM

Why doesn't all of this snow melt and dry already!?!?! ****ing salt filled water puddles everywhere.

aliti19 02-22-07 12:06 AM

Yea... i couldn't contain myself today & I took out the GS. Now i've got nasty salt-water splashes all over. :mad:

mlee21 02-25-07 06:44 PM

wow, anyone drive at night on saturday? when it was raining and snowing with sleet?? it was crazy trying to drive in.

does anyone have a lowered car? how was it during a snowstorm like that.. ive been thinking about lowering my car and this has made me have second thoughts.

tcho82 02-25-07 07:32 PM

Last night I parked it in my garage and stayed home. It was just plain nasty and dangerous. Blizzaks or not. Although today driving the IS around with Blizzaks made me feel better and better about dropping the cash on the blizzaks this season.

I'm in Lake county so we got the worst of it. I awoke at 4 am to a rwd explorer stuck in the alleyway because the snow drift had gotten so bad. The winds were just crazy. The drift made the entire road disappear.


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