First Snow for My 37X
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2012G: I have a G37X Loaner right now. Almost lost the rear end on Tuesday evening going home in the NY Area 12" snow storm. The car has the stock OEM Goodyear RSAs with 28K on the clock. They appear worn but still show some thread. Traveling on I95 northbound, everybody doing 20-25 mph, all of sudden, I started to lose traction, the rear end started to slid to the left, kept my cool, steered into the slid, and was lucky to regain traction. I DID NOT SEE THE SLIP LIGHT COME ON THE DASHBOARD !! In fact with the X model, I didn't sense the AWD kick in??? I know these cars (I have a 2013 M37X in the shop - I had a 2007 G35X and a 2010 G37X) are not Range Rovers, and alot depends on the tires in snow conditions, but everybody else around wasn't losing traction - Front wheel drive and AWD SUVs were around me on the highway. In retrospect, as I looked briefly in my rearview mirror, as my car began to go into a loss of traction and rear end started to fishtail, how quickly everybody backed off...
The worn 3 Season tires were the cause. Such low amounts of traction render anywheel drive system relatively useless.
Mystery why no slip light however.
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