Should I replace my 370z with an STI?

ScottM

I think your winters must be different than ours in Canada. There is NO WAY our Z's are anything but horrible in the snow up here.

OhioYJ

I'm sure they are milder, but I was quite impressed with the difference snow tires made. Back when I drove my Mustang daily I never had a set for it, and there were times, I couldn't get the car out of the driveway. My Jeep is all over the place all the time in the snow. However this winter with the Z (which is my daily driver) the snow we did get it was actually great.

I've never known anyone to just want to trade something that was an even deal. Generally trading is the way people get rid of basket cases / things they can't get rid of any other way.

DeliriousClam

I managed to drive mine with bald tires in the snow. It wasn't easy but it was doable

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freefrank

yea its doable not dangerous and hard. still remember my bmw in %$#% tires breaking from 30 to 0 in 200 meters still hitting another car @ 5km/h.

arvind_korha

I drove mine for 3 winters in Calgary. Did better than I expected, never got stuck.

ScottM

I drove mine in less than 1 inch of snow (took it out of storage early) and I almost got stuck going into a Tim Hortons drive thru which had a gradual incline. I was idling up it and going sideways. The Z in stock form from the factory is worse than any car I have drove for winter purposes.
Summer is another story

DeliriousClam

I've driven two winters in NJ so far. Only time it was bad was when the rear tires were bald.

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freefrank

5 inches snow? i dont think so haha. tried that. 2 wheels of power failed a lot.

cloudofevil

I bought a beater to drive in the winter or anytime I don't want to drive the Z.

victort

if they give you cash on top of the STI, then yes. if not, dont do it

HEK

I have a few younger friends who own STI's, drove their cars and could not ever think of downgrading to a Subaru...but to each their own..., best of luck OP

Ventruck

No don't. You're gonna be a SSUSusuuuu--suuuuu-baaa----ruuuu-UUUU driver. You're gonna be the type to switch out of the slow lane only to drive side-by-side with the driver in front of you, slap on bumper stickers about I <3 Earth and some extremist liberal stuff, inexplicably have a bike rack on your car that you never use, take full stops at intersections on hills while people driving manual Z's behind you are left to suffer, eat pistachios, obsessively watch the Discovery Channel, keep the radio set to NPR, have an "emergency poncho" in the back seat, never take more than one passenger, flip the car over at some point, drive into a lake, drink kale smoothies, never take showers, pour milk before the cereal, don't even the drink after finishing the cereal, all this stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15P-OxrdRkE

(4 minute mark especially)

Trust me, you don't want to be a goofy Subaru driver, ever.

Chan Chee Hoe

Subaru WRX Sti not the Same class as the Fairlady,1 is a Sports Saloon,1 is a Sports Couple....Only the Subaru BRZ came close with our Z,only if Subaru put the STi engine in it.

freefrank

I agree, but this is the two options laying ahead of me. thank you for the words.

cooltoy

Let's not forget that these are professional drivers on a closed course.

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