rear wheel drive...moved to philly...worried about snow
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rear wheel drive...moved to philly...worried about snow
Hello All,
I read the various posts in here about driving rear wheel drive in snow but there seems to be so much controversy...
i just moved to Philly from LA and now must come to grips with whether i should keep my car.
so for all of you who own a rear wheel drive car in the snow...particularly the G, please share your experiences with me.
I read the various posts in here about driving rear wheel drive in snow but there seems to be so much controversy...
i just moved to Philly from LA and now must come to grips with whether i should keep my car.
so for all of you who own a rear wheel drive car in the snow...particularly the G, please share your experiences with me.
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Search there are many threads on this topic. I have no issues in the snow, and I live in Jersey. Do it right and put some dedicated winter tires in the winter, and use your summer tires in the Spring. Although i'm kind of glad i still have my Blizzaks on.
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I have a RWD sedan in New England and I don't have any problems in the snow at all. Yeah the X would of course be better but I just have a set of snow tires on my stocks and I get by with ease. I wouldn't worry to much about it. Keep the G!
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I did get stuck (really stuck) once a blizzard in about 6 inches of snow despitete blizzaks in stock sizes. I'd get 225s for the rear if I could do it again. I put a 70lbs. sand bag in the trunk but we didn't have snow that deep since.
I'd have to admit my previous bmws performed better as a a whole in comparison in the snow, but used narrower rears in defense to my G.
I'd have to admit my previous bmws performed better as a a whole in comparison in the snow, but used narrower rears in defense to my G.
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Hello All,
I read the various posts in here about driving rear wheel drive in snow but there seems to be so much controversy...
i just moved to Philly from LA and now must come to grips with whether i should keep my car.
so for all of you who own a rear wheel drive car in the snow...particularly the G, please share your experiences with me.
I read the various posts in here about driving rear wheel drive in snow but there seems to be so much controversy...
i just moved to Philly from LA and now must come to grips with whether i should keep my car.
so for all of you who own a rear wheel drive car in the snow...particularly the G, please share your experiences with me.
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Don't expect all-season tires to work for you. Get Blizzak's or similar rated snow tires. My G sits if it snows and I take the G sedan. When I picked up the car (bought it used) I bought a set of Hankook Ventus V4 ES all-season tires from Infiniti when having it serviced as the dealer was confident they could handle the limited snow we get around here. They were wrong. I would almost get stranded going up a small grade hill in 1" of slush. VDC will bring you to a complete stop, BTW, which is much better than swinging the rear into a ditch
I'm running ContiExtreme DWS on it now and it does quite well.
I'm running ContiExtreme DWS on it now and it does quite well.
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Not all "all-season" tires are alike. Both the Hankook and ContiExtreme DWS's are listed as all-season but the Hankooks are really summer tires that you might be able to drive in sleet with....assuming the road is not covered in it
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