In Texas, we never think about getting snow tire set.
That makes it really dangerous driving on snow (we DO get snow about a week!!!)
I've seen some youtube videos driving Z with fully equipped snow tires and he handled the car pretty damn good

Snow tires do wonders for any car. If you've never had the chance to experience the difference between an all-season tire and snow tire on the snow it's quite impressive.

RWD with all-seasons is workable in most places with semi-cleared roads or less than 8" of snow on a car that doesn't sit 3" off the ground like the Z.

Personally I think the guy who says your priorities are jacked has it right. Get a decent daily driver and wait a bit. No way in hell I'd have the Z as my only car, especially in a 4-season part of the US.

Option D: do you have a significant other that you can carpool with? That works out well too if your daily is a Z ;)

You might think about buying an older, cheaper rear wheel drive car at this stage.

It depends on the driver. Have you any experience with RWD ?

I drove rear wheel drive year-around in Colorado with all-season tires. It took some finesse, but it was no problem as long as i understood the limits of traction/grip.

Unlike your Civic Si, the weight of the engine will not be over the driven wheels for more traction.

Let me rephrase.. I could buy a beater, I just don't want to drive a beater around. I could keep the civic since it's fully paid off, but I have no desire to. And I'm not opposed to a used car if I can find one

i use to take the bus to class when i was in college. and had a pos civic too with 92K miles on it all by me. :icon17:

not sure why you'd need a Z to go to class.

Bone stock Evo IX with a set of snow tires and you can be a full fledged rally driver with all wheel drive. If I lived in snow that would be my first choice.

You should be able to find one in relatively good condition.

For those days when you're getting really late :icon17:

I'm pretty much in a similar situation. 21 and Z is my only car, even in the winter and the snow. Had a beater last winter, but don't have it anymore so I will have to either deal with the snow on my all season tires or just stay at home :p

haha, oh ok. :tup:

I actually graduate in a month, and start my new job in about a month and a half. Right now I just walk to class - living .1 miles from campus FTW :D

I won't be buying my new car until spring (or winter if I go with the Evo). I have about 10k in savings right now, my SI is worth about 15-16k as a trade-in, and the parts I could sell off of it would probably fetch 8-10k. Looking at my finances now, I could actually afford a fairly nice 'beater'. I might just look into a base impreza or something along those lines for winter.

And yeah, I realize it's ridiculous for a 22-23 year old to be looking at a nismo 370z, but this is what happens when you stupidly in-debt yourself at 17 with a brand new Civic SI - you set stupidly high standards for yourself :) Thankfully, through a part-time job, awesome scholarship, and help from family, I'm graduating debt-free from college with a fair amount of assets, so it's time to splurge a bit.

sounds good. my neighbor's kids friends all had these hotshot cars like modded evo's and sti's, modded civics and rsx and they all had expensive mods and wheels too, not some faux crap. they were all teens and went to college. they all turned out pretty good, i think. they came back later in new corolla's and accords but hell, adult life's a biotch at times. :D

Tell me about it....I got stuck with a rustang :(

buddy, you need to be an adult first to count. :tup:

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