Thread: So, How Is The Coupe In The Snow?

get better tires... stock tires arn't bad if you have the 18's but 19's are useless in snow. I cruise through about 2-3 inches right now and you do get a bit of overpower at the rear causing some lateral movement but nothing outragous if you keep it in check. You have a LSD so that should really help with that.

the one time it was in the snow it sucked, less then 2" could not get traction. got a price on tires. got a 95 chev. cav. cheaper. put genie to sleep for the winter..

i put bridgestone blizzak tires on for the winter and we just got 3 inches last night. she only slid when i took traction control off. but i also have a 80 pound bag of cement and a subwoofer in the trunk.

yeah I got to add weight to the back end... gonna put a sub in when I got the cash.

Adding weight is a good idea. I wanted to put in my old sub but I won't fit in my trunk. Plus I need room for my snowboard.

you could always do pocket subs. Mazda's and Scions do it OEM where they put the subs in the little spots that pretty much nothing can fit in. But on the Gen's driverside it's got the emergency fuel cap pull.. so unless you rig your sub to move easy it'll cover that up.

Originally Posted by coupegirl

the one time it was in the snow it sucked, less then 2" could not get traction. got a price on tires. got a 95 chev. cav. cheaper. put genie to sleep for the winter..

Up where you live Coupegirl, that makes sense, since snow is a given...We don't get enuff snow down here in the PRNJ to make that a practical idea....in fact, last 4 years, ever since I bought a snow blower, haven't had enuff white stuff to bother about, but the forecasts are for somewhat more this year, but what do those Farmers who put out the Almanac know anyway?
Whatever the handling I will learn to deal with it, and suspect that it is just the usual RWD problems, but the putting more weight in the trunk suggested by some of the other posts seems a sound idea....

sadly I deliver pizzas in my brand new gc...(its temporary im a student and 18 so cut me some slack) lol and im from new york just outside the city...i was delivering in some heavy snow last night and it was better than i thought...i had some fun sliding around on turns but it only slid when i accelerated....it was fine in 1st and 2nd gear

Originally Posted by bmahon26

sadly I deliver pizzas in my brand new gc...(its temporary im a student and 18 so cut me some slack) lol and im from new york just outside the city...i was delivering in some heavy snow last night and it was better than i thought...i had some fun sliding around on turns but it only slid when i accelerated....it was fine in 1st and 2nd gear

yeah, that's the problem with RWD in snow, hitting the gas.....
it's the complete opposite of the ususal FWD cars where you
get "torqe steer" pulling you to the left,
while when you slide out with a RWD, you slide out to the right,
and that happens on RWD even with LSD....