I've driven my 2011 for three winters now with X-Ice 2's Very easy car to control on ice and snow due to VLSD and six speed. Spray the under carriage once a week. No problems.
It's a car meant to be driven. Low clearance is the only draw back which includes chunks of ice/snow that falls off of other vehicles. You have to drive defensively not only for other vehicles but for obstacles in the road!
You guys can look at your cars in the garage. I'm driving mine. To each his or her own.

I have sprayed krown's rust proof and they highly discourage undercarriage wash. When it comes to roads with a lot of snow, this car cannot handle as well as any other fwd. There is no question about that. I agree with everything else you mentioned, mayday813.

Snowed 14 inches here today. Needless to say the Z couldnt move.

:icon17: that is the same storm moving through my area today and tomorrow :ugh2:

We're about to get hit too. Just raining now

No real snow to speak of yet here, but it's pretty cold. Currently 10F/-12C here. When it snows, I'll do the awesome thing and just walk to work. Advantages of a small town =D

Haven't seen it mentioned, but you can (should) also throw some salt bags (or whatever, sand leaks so I would prefer water softener salt) into the back for some added weight on the rear tires.

But the first step to any winter driving in the Z should be winter tires. You could get away with all-seasons, but if you drive your car anywhere at all like a sports car during the summer, you'll probably get more value out of dedicated snow (and cold temp) tires that you take off for the warmer months. Wear out your summer tires on their own, and keep the winter ones for several seasons.

The one thing that I miss from other automatic shiftable vehicles is the ability to start from a stop in gear 2 rather than 1. Manual guys have no problems, of course. :) Thankfully, even with the smallest amount of forward motion you can move right up into 2nd.

Me, I have my old car around for use in the winter.

Holy carp this week has been the worst winter i can ever remember:eekdance:
I couldn't imagine driving any RW w/300+ hp in this:icon14:

Why? It's fine with proper tires as long as you have enough ground clearance.

At least where i live we got up to 17 inches. I was snowed in for two days

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If someone decided to go out in a Z in 17" of snow, it's not the cars fault for...

...whatever ensues. :ugh2:

If someone decided to go out in 17 inches of snow in a Z theyll quickly realize they really arent going anywhere.

Well in those situations you probably aren't going out to drive even if you have AWD car. You'll wait for the roads to get plowed so you can drive on packed snow.

We'll today I drove in 2 inches of snow with two dots of gas and no matter what I did I could barely control her. I almost sold into a really busy intersection too...rrrr. But my base invests in a good plow company so I was fine when I went through the gates. Lesson learned have a full tank of gas and good tires and everything will be fine. Except in extreme snow.

Are you driving on summer tires by chance? I usually dont have trouble in that little amounts of snow

I tried Pilot sport all seasons. They have no grip at all on packed snow.(too wide perhaps?) the good news is, the powered, wider, lighter back end ALWAYS comes loose first. That means a bit of sliding around in back but pretty stable and controllable up front.

Bear in mind I have a true (Quaife) LSD which helps keep things predictable. The stock VLSD was harder to control in the snow.

I advise some caution a LSD and true snow tires. (not "all season" like mine)

I'm running Bridgestone Blizzaks that I bought four years ago and I have no problems whatsoever in the snow. I actually look forward to it because when we get a lot of snow in my area (Loserville, KY) no one goes out, so I have free reign drive like an idiot. It's actually quite fun!

No I have BFG sport comp all seasons. They are great but not when there is no weight in the back end. I filled up and it said 18.6 gal.

I drive my 370Z in Calgary, Canada including winter. Our winters can get pretty bad. IF you have a set of good winter tires, You'll be fine. DO NOT run summer tires or youll be screwed. In all honesty with winter tires and some common sense anybody can drive a rwd car in snow including 370z's.

I'm still running on the OEM Potenzas. 3,000 miles. Might as well be bald in the snow. Any snow.

It snowed almost a foot. The car's been parked most of a week. The roads - out there - are clear, but my neighborhood roads still have two inches of rutted, half frozen, snow/slush/ice. Maybe today...

90% of the snow performace is in tires.
Just because a car looks sporty doesn't mean it's bad in snow.
That said, people here trying to drive in snow with summer tires is just dumb. You're not even supposed to drive summer tires in the rain when it's cold outside. They're called summer tires for a reason.

:iagree:u wouldn't believe the dumb dumbs I've seen on the snowy roads. When your summer or even all season wheels spin in simply rain, in the fall.... Its time for new tires period:roflpuke2:

True. But that doesn't mean you can always do something about it. Rock meet hard place, and all that.

What do you mean?
Just buy a secondary set of wheels used, and get some really good snow tires for them. The high performance snow tires handle well. Short of money reasons, I can't see why everyone wouldn't do this.
2 sets of wheels. One set has snow tires, one set has summer tires. Easy

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How does the 370z perform in the winter weather?

Sluggish like a wet sponge.
If she starts to shake, shimmy and shutter you might be in trouble.

Gosh. How did people ever drive in the snow before FWD came along?

U y old cars are rare and considered a classic???
Because they all got smashed up in the winters:roflpuke2:

Agreed -- I drive 100 miles every day to work, so I have a RWD IS300 as a DD... got some $50 wheels from craigslist with some Blizzack snow tires, and the thing handles amazingly well in the snow. If my commute wasn't so long, I would have just gotten a second set for the Z.

36 degrees here today with dense fog and slick roads. drove to work on stockers and checked the news...nope Hilter still hasn't risen from the dead, no baby unicorns were killed and I'm as unproductive as ever. Maybe the wrold will end tomorrow if I drive with my summer tires in the winter time:rolleyes:

I'm driving my summer tires in cold weather this winter as well. I borrow my sister's car when there's snow or ice. That said, I still haven't decided if I want to try to get a winter beater for next year or just get winter tires. I'm not worried about the drivability as I've driven a RWD sportscar in the snow for the past 12 years. On one hand, I won't have to worry about someone sliding into my Z and, on the other, I don't know if I can take not driving my car for that long. I was having major withdrawals from the last storm that lasted about a week and a half...lol.

The obvious answer is to get something that's equally fun to drive in inclement weather but I don't think my budget will afford that.

I would recommend winter tires now.....
Even if there is no snow....
If u ever need to accelerate or brake hard for an emergency when she's a very cold outside....
U won't:icon14:
You'll simply spin the wheels or slide away:ugh2:

I'm very aware of this and adjust my following distance and speed accordingly. It's not optimal but I always do some breaking and acceleration tests to see where my limits are under these conditions. If it's too cold and traction is severely compromised I'll make other arrangements.

Its about more than just traction, driving the softer OEM tire compound on cold (hard) road surface will cause excessive wear that reduces tire life = buying tires sooner.

Why waste the money? :ugh2:

For me, it was simply the fact that I could't afford the tire and wheel package this winter...lol.

Touche'.


:bowrofl: :tup:

Money reasons works just fine to make it not so easy. No need to break out the violin and kleenex, let's just say feces occur.

By next season I'll have a second set to swap into, but right now I have too many obligations. Not to mention, even with the best snow tires in the world, a Z isn't going to be bucking a foot of snow.

I drive an 09 Z with snows on all year round. I find it handles the snow and ice just fine, but as with any car in winter it's all about tires.

The wife also drives it half the winter through all kinds of snow and ice with no issues.

It was Zero this morning, had extreme cold dry days and I am still driving my 2010Z with summer tires and it is doing just fine. Starts up easily, drives well. Yes, it slips and slides if you try to race out of traffic lights or make sharp high speed turns but if you are careful, its just a great car. On a day with temps around 22-25 degrees, I hit 120 with no problems on a straight interstate stretch.

There's so much stupid in your post I don't know where to start. Try not to kill anybody else with your irresponsible driving. 120 in sub-freezing temps on summer tires? Brilliant. :ugh2: