snow time

spearfish25

Can we please dispel this idea that AWD or 4WD is somehow the end-all of snow safety? In many ways, it's more dangerous since it helps you 'go' but does nothing to help you stop or turn. If you buy an Audi with quattro or a 4WD Jeep Cherokee but have bald tires, you're still fu*ked. AWD just makes you less likely to get stuck in snow, and that's never been an issue in my Z with snow tires.

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Z-WHIZ

Aside from the the dangers of actually driving your Z in the snow, prepare for it to be destroyed by the salt on the roads - not only from a corrosion stand point, but it will chip the hell out of your paint.

red6spd

What do I do for the winter??? I take my Z and put her here.


Then I hop in this bad boy. LOL


I understand that not everyone can afford to do this. But I look at it this way. Who knows when the next time I will be able to just dump 10k down on a 2 seat sports car??? This Z is gonna have to last me a long time. And by not subjecting it to the crappy winters we get here is one way I can make sure she looks and works like new for many many years. We just got about a half-a inch of snow and Long Island went crazy dumping tons of salt and sand everywhere.

Oh and that old Forester in the Back ground was my old DD. I spun a bearing on her on the way back from PA, Just hit 180K RIP old friend.

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ZedZed

You're joking right? "Destroyed by the salt"

I really don't understand people who write such things? Does the Z corrode quicker or more so than any other car? I seriously doubt it.

"Salt can chip the hell of your paint"? again, what absolute tosh

If you occasionally wash your car, including the bottom side of the car, during the winter there is no reason for corrosion to occur. I've driven my Audi in winter conditions for years and never got ANY corrosion happening on any part of the car.

You have to stop with your paranoia and encouraging false beliefs to spread.

Holliday

tosh I like that British word

Obviously the car wont wither away, it is personal preference for some who choose to keep their Z garaged. Salt is corrosive point blank. If you take care of your car correctly during the winter than more power to you.

Here are some tips for protecting against salt damage:

Protecting Your Car from Road Salt

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Jeffblue

^good link thanks

Washing the car with WARM water in the buckets makes it much less miserable when its cold out. But makes you have to pee a lot

anyone have any tips or special brushes they use for snow removal? my car stays in the garage at night, but i drive it to work. i imagine those regular bristles will scratch the paint pretty easily.

Holliday

I think using a leaf blower would be a great idea! Only if the snow is really cold and dry though Otherwise you could use a boar hair brush to wipe the snow off

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Jeffblue