Winter beater

LAVA · 02-09-2015, 07:44 PM

ok that makes much more sense

NissanGuy23 · 02-10-2015, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LAVA

ok that makes much more sense

But the problem is you can technically buy a car for $1,500, but will it last through the winter? My $1,000 Jeep didn't, it died about 5 times. Sunk $2k (doing the work myself) into it and sold it for $700. What a nightmare. Ended up deciding to spend $5.3k on my Subaru, and i still had an issue with it that resulted in me driving the Z for a week in Jan. The axle popped out slightly and it felt like the clutch was slipping, clutch has 83k on it so i spent 9 hrs replacing it with a friend late one Fri night...come to find out that wasn't the prob -.-. If you find something you know is reliable then go for it, but its hard to know...second the temp drops into the teens everything starts breaking.

Driving the Z to work in 15 deg temps...accelerated on the on-ramp and the back end swings out, nice method of waking me up early in the morning

Spooler · 02-09-2015, 08:23 PM

On a serious note, no way I would drive my beloved Z up north in the winters. I have work on too many that came down south and the undercarriage looks like a big old rust bucket. The salt is hell on a car. You can always tell a northern car when you get it on a lift.

HEK · 02-10-2015, 02:17 AM

I promise to take pictures of the undercarriage after this Winter and continue this topic that went from driving the Z in the Winter to a discussion of putting my life in danger to having the elements take a toll on the vehicle.
I bought this '13 Z Sports/ Navi leftover in 2914 so this is my 1st Winter. I do detailing as a hobby for myself and friends and barter instead of money. Most people wash their car via a "thru car wash" ( I don't) neglecting to go under the car and wheel wells because as long as it's clean on the outside nobody will see the bottom of the car only the mechanic on a lift.
So on that note I can promise you guys that mr rust will try to do it's thing on my car but being as anal as I am with taking care of my machine it will take a while before this happens, how many of you park outside all year round not worrying about the acid rain, bird crap or occasional vandalism to your car. Mot people that have garages use them to store crap and not protect one of the most valuable things they own. So I thank you for your advise but let's keep the negativism to the minimum please there is enough on that on the news which is why I hate TV and come here to chat with people that share one thing and that is driving a Z

Shotta · 02-10-2015, 05:51 AM

I posted this in another thread here on a similar topic.

"I started driving mine this winter and its no problem with the snow tires on. Just got to be aware of the big piles left by the plows at on ramps and driveways becasue with 4" of clearance I cant get through those.

For the first few years I was trying to save it from winter but with the price of the older used ones (mines a 2010) dropping so fast I dont care to save it anymore. Once It gets ragged I will just trade it on something else and wont mind losing a couple hundred bucks compared to one that hasnt been winter driven.

Most cars built these days are pretty good at fighting off rust (not mazdas), my neighbour has a Porsche GT3 that he drives through winter and it still looks jsut as great every summer."

Track car, winter beater and daily commuter in one piece of precision machinery what could be better than that!

90 ST · 02-10-2015, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by HEK

I promise to take pictures of the undercarriage after this Winter and continue this topic that went from driving the Z in the Winter to a discussion of putting my life in danger to having the elements take a toll on the vehicle.
I bought this '13 Z Sports/ Navi leftover in 2914 so this is my 1st Winter. I do detailing as a hobby for myself and friends and barter instead of money. Most people wash their car via a "thru car wash" ( I don't) neglecting to go under the car and wheel wells because as long as it's clean on the outside nobody will see the bottom of the car only the mechanic on a lift.
So on that note I can promise you guys that mr rust will try to do it's thing on my car but being as anal as I am with taking care of my machine it will take a while before this happens, how many of you park outside all year round not worrying about the acid rain, bird crap or occasional vandalism to your car. Mot people that have garages use them to store crap and not protect one of the most valuable things they own. So I thank you for your advise but let's keep the negativism to the minimum please there is enough on that on the news which is why I hate TV and come here to chat with people that share one thing and that is driving a Z

It's people like you that will drive the prices of classic cars into the ground by not doing your part in thinning them out, if everyone with a '32 Ford, or '57 Chevy had your ideas about car care, there would be way more of them on the road and they would all be worthless because of the amount of them. I for one will not baby my car so that one day they will have a low resale due to numbers of them still on the road.

kenchan · 02-10-2015, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 90 ST

It's people like you that will drive the prices of classic cars into the ground by not doing your part in thinning them out, if everyone with a '32 Ford, or '57 Chevy had your ideas about car care, there would be way more of them on the road and they would all be worthless because of the amount of them. I for one will not baby my car so that one day they will have a low resale due to numbers of them still on the road.

no worries. your car is only worth $10 with 250k miles..

90 ST · 02-10-2015, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

no worries. your car is only worth $10 with 250k miles..

LOL, if that! I've already told a few buddies, they can have it for 6k Canadian next year.

Chasingstatus · 02-10-2015, 12:49 PM

I couldn't imagine driving the Z in winter. To each their own, I bought my 01 chevy Silverado 4wd with brand new snow tires short box and short cab for $700 with 185k on the odometer. Best buy ever... now in the rain I have a truck to keep the Z in the garage. Plus I just keep it in RWD so I keep on sliding.

EmpireDude · 02-11-2015, 09:16 PM

Duc_Z09 · 02-12-2015, 04:44 AM

^That looks like a lot of fun. I wouldn't wanna try it if there were trees or anything alongside the course though.

LAVA · 02-12-2015, 10:27 AM

very true AWD/4WD instill a false sense of security.

synolimit · 02-12-2015, 12:39 PM

Point proven

Snow tires.

Shotta · 02-12-2015, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott@Synergy

Point proven

Snow tires.

Wow!

zefaulter · 02-14-2015, 03:09 PM

Damn I hate the salt but what can you do

02-10-2015, 02:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
HEK Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: WESTFIELD, MA Age: 67 Posts: 491 Drives: '13 Z Tour Sports 6m Rep Power: 662	I promise to take pictures of the undercarriage after this Winter and continue this topic that went from driving the Z in the Winter to a discussion of putting my life in danger to having the elements take a toll on the vehicle. I bought this '13 Z Sports/ Navi leftover in 2914 so this is my 1st Winter. I do detailing as a hobby for myself and friends and barter instead of money. Most people wash their car via a "thru car wash" ( I don't) neglecting to go under the car and wheel wells because as long as it's clean on the outside nobody will see the bottom of the car only the mechanic on a lift. So on that note I can promise you guys that mr rust will try to do it's thing on my car but being as anal as I am with taking care of my machine it will take a while before this happens, how many of you park outside all year round not worrying about the acid rain, bird crap or occasional vandalism to your car. Mot people that have garages use them to store crap and not protect one of the most valuable things they own. So I thank you for your advise but let's keep the negativism to the minimum please there is enough on that on the news which is why I hate TV and come here to chat with people that share one thing and that is driving a Z Shotta and BC416 like this.

02-10-2015, 05:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
Shotta Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Niagara Posts: 316 Drives: 2010 370z black M6 Rep Power: 15	I posted this in another thread here on a similar topic. "I started driving mine this winter and its no problem with the snow tires on. Just got to be aware of the big piles left by the plows at on ramps and driveways becasue with 4" of clearance I cant get through those. For the first few years I was trying to save it from winter but with the price of the older used ones (mines a 2010) dropping so fast I dont care to save it anymore. Once It gets ragged I will just trade it on something else and wont mind losing a couple hundred bucks compared to one that hasnt been winter driven. Most cars built these days are pretty good at fighting off rust (not mazdas), my neighbour has a Porsche GT3 that he drives through winter and it still looks jsut as great every summer." Track car, winter beater and daily commuter in one piece of precision machinery what could be better than that! HEK, mayday813 and BC416 like this. __________________ 6MT - designed for perfectionists 7AT - designed for enthusiasts

02-10-2015, 12:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
Chasingstatus Base Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: N/A Posts: 158 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 13	I couldn't imagine driving the Z in winter. To each their own, I bought my 01 chevy Silverado 4wd with brand new snow tires short box and short cab for $700 with 185k on the odometer. Best buy ever... now in the rain I have a truck to keep the Z in the garage. Plus I just keep it in RWD so I keep on sliding. __________________ Another one bites the dust....

02-12-2015, 04:44 AM	#11 (permalink)
Duc_Z09 Track Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Frederick MD Posts: 876 Drives: With the blinker on. Rep Power: 25	^That looks like a lot of fun. I wouldn't wanna try it if there were trees or anything alongside the course though. __________________ 2009 370z #206 (all mods are Home Depot) 2009 Ducati 848 (full Ohlins, Termignoni, etc) 2003 Grand Cherokee (long arms, big tires, 4.56, lockers)

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02-09-2015, 07:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
LAVA Track Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 775 Drives: AWD Q50S_3.7 Rep Power: 82	ok that makes much more sense

02-09-2015, 08:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Spooler A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ga Posts: 14,153 Drives: 2013 Nismo 370z Rep Power: 2684394	On a serious note, no way I would drive my beloved Z up north in the winters. I have work on too many that came down south and the undercarriage looks like a big old rust bucket. The salt is hell on a car. You can always tell a northern car when you get it on a lift.

02-11-2015, 09:16 PM	#10 (permalink)
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02-12-2015, 10:27 AM	#12 (permalink)
LAVA Track Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 775 Drives: AWD Q50S_3.7 Rep Power: 82	very true AWD/4WD instill a false sense of security.

02-14-2015, 03:09 PM	#15 (permalink)
zefaulter A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,983 Drives: 40th 370Z Rep Power: 29	Damn I hate the salt but what can you do