Question for you more experienced car owners.

CBRich

Unless of course you plan to upgrade those later on.

xiven

Hmm, looks like snowboarding trips to the mountains will be in question having RWD.

Will the LSD help out with traction on somewhat slick roads? I do frequently head up to my local mountains during the winter so this raises a bit of concern. Of course, if it was really bad I wouldn't even attempt it but my eclipse being fwd never had a problem.

MightyBobo

The traction control will help significantly more than an LSD will. I strongly advise against driving on slick mountain roads with this car, at least with stock tires. Blizzaks might do the trick, but you'd still need to be careful. Once again, if you have any significant snow, the car with the front lip may as well be a snow plow.

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xiven

They won't even have the road open if it had that much snow. Usually the roads are very well coated with a sand/salt type mixture. That can make the road a little slick depending on how much they put down. Is the traction control and vdc the same?

MightyBobo

Significant for this car would be anything even north of 3" or so.

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jakoye

Just don't do it. You can drive a RWD car in the snow. It's not physically impossible. But you're gonna be dancing with the devil A LOT and it's just not worth the hassle. Especially for a RWD sports car. There's just too much power going to those rear wheels.

You might think "oh, I'm a good driver... I'll go slow", but then you'll drive for a little while and get cocky/go too fast and then BOOM... hello snowbank (if you're lucky)!

The Z is simply a car made for fair climates. It makes no pretense of being an all-weather car. So don't treat it like one or expect it to be one.

Just my 5 cents.

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