To drive the 370z in the winter or not

Augustus

My Z is my DD, even in the winter. But I am fortunate to only live about 2 miles from my job, and I have a job where I can work from home if the weather is really bad. So my commute, even in snowy weather, is reasonably short and through mostly residential areas where the traffic is very light. So for that, easy enough in the Z so long as you pay attention and are mindful of the typical winter driving techniques for a RWD sports car.

But like on a weekend or a trip, if there's winter weather in the forecast I leave the Z in my garage and take our Subaru Outback.

No argument from me that a LSD is superior in the snow, but an open-diff Z isn't that terrible. Mine's just a Touring, so no LSD for me. I've found that even with VDC off, the ABLS does a pretty decent job at preventing one-wheel-snow-peel. It's not perfect, but it works well enough that it's useful.

IMHO, the biggest problem with the Z in the snow isn't the car, it's the tires. No matter how decent of a driver you think you are, summer tires + cold temps + snow =

All that said... when it's really snowing out, I miss my old WRX. Now that was a fun snow car.