How is your 370z in the snow?

oleg

Don't be an idiot like me and drive your car in the winter on stock tires, i ended up in a pole about a month ago because of that

Colbizle

OP,

I literally had this exact same question about a year ago when I was thinking about purchasing a 370z. I thought maybe I could drive it the snow but luckily for me It worked out where I had kept my other car as a winter beater (and it was a beater) and I drove that most of winter .

To answer your question can you drive the z in snow?:

On stock tires, absolutely not. I learned this first hand. This car will not go anywhere on snow or even light ice on stock tires. Do not do this... Extremely dangerous.

If you buy snow tires, yes, I just purchased a set of used blizzaks tires for my Z and I just drove about 2-3 inches of snow just fine. Now for anything like a foot or more I'm not sure because it has not snowed that much here yet.. But yes with the correct tires you can.

LakeShow

Snow+VDC Off=Winning

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AK370Z

My suggestion, DO get the sports package 370Z. You'll love those big brakes and nice little add ons available on the sports package. THEN,

Buy a set of dedicated winter rims/tires:My Winter Rims/Tires Setup: TRMotorsport C2 + Blizzak LM-25 w/TPMS w/pics (AK370Z)

These will take miles off your summer tires (you can go more summer seasons with same tires) and will give you serious traction in snow. I am a big time blizzaks fan. I'm LM-25 but they are discontinued. You'll be fine with the LM-60. With these tires, you can clear as much snow as your front bumper will clear (which is about 4-5"). Anything more, you start to scrape front bumper. Also, make sure you get narrow rims and tires (that'll still clear the AKEBONO in sports package) for snow.

Good luck. We are always here to help you.

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Unique_Z

^^snow plowing Z

BTW AK, yours are not lowered am i right? that'll surely be an issue for lowered vehicles

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Would not attempt it in the snow

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Normally stays in the heated garage during winter.

ddlszxcv

Thanks for all the help everyone! You're all just giving me more confidence in buying the 370z over the BMW hahaha. And yeah, the northeast has been pretty weird. I think our winter peaked in late october or something like that? It's been close to spring weather every since then lol

That video is pretty awesome too. I see that you're from NJ too and where I live in NJ (bergen county), that's really as much snow as I would get during winter anyways.

Cheers everyone!

Snakes709

If you have winter tires and disconnect the VDC, its perfectly fine. Had mine out in like a foot of snow in -59*C weather...handled perfectly once i learned where the harness was for the VDC. Even with it turned off, the thing would kick in all the time and piss me off. I defently felt safter/more in controll with it disabled. The key though is to have good winter tires.

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alcheng

Please, don't suggest people to turn off the VDC, it is useful if you got onto an icy surface.

Snakes709

Well i dont know about everyone else, but VDC caused more issues then anything. Trying to get out of my parking lot or leaving from a red light, tire spin a tiny bit...vdc kicks in and kills all power. I go to take a turn, *** end swings out abit...vdc kicks in and screws me right up, even though im in 100% control. Thats on dry pavement, snow and ice. I felt alot safer having the vdc disconnected, then it kicking in every time i go to move or take a turn.

Since i havent driven my evo in the snow yet, i cant say for sure. But i'll probably turn the traction control off on that as well.

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sboden

I drive in the snow and mostly clearance is the issue. I have continental all seasons which I also had on my G35 coupe. They do, like you would guess, better than summer tires but not as good as winter only tires. I'll most likely get a rim/winter tire set for the next winter. Again, I got around fine in our (very low) 2 snow events this winter. With the G I got around fine in several snow events over the years. You just can't fly around like you are in a truck.....

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Zeek

I really don't know why people question the Z's ability to navigate in snow. Obviously clearance will be a problem but think about how many years people had to drive rear wheel drive cars in all kinds of weather and terrain and for a long time without snow tires. Observe the usual precautions for driving any vehicle in the snow and you will have no more problems than anyone else.

gbrettin

My 370Z in the Snow - Blizzak LM-60

You can turn VDC off but you have to understand throttle control. Leave VDC on if you are not sure.

alcheng

I understand sometimes VDC seems stupid, you can't bring the tail out or whatever. You are right, if you stuck in snow or traffic light, you have to turn it off to get the car out. But if you got onto an icy surface, VDC is the only thing that can straighten the car for you, it is something counter-steer or throttle cannot do.

Please, I say this because VDC saved me twice, first time was when my Z approaching when I saw 2 cars had collided, all the sudden my car started sliding towards them, the ramp was black-iced and I was going only 40km/h.

You can bring out your counter-steer or throtte control or WRC skills, but you cannot apply brakes individually like VDC.

That's how I was saved by it the first time.

So yes, you can't use VDC if you are stuck in snow, but once your car start moving, you might want to have it on.