How does the 370z perfom in the winter weather?

90 ST

WOW i'm late to this one! This will be my 5th winter with the Z, good winter tires and easy on the gas (and breaks), traction control off and just like any RWD car. Balance is pretty good with the car, only got stuck once, front tire dropped into a small pot hole in a parking spot, rear was on ice. it happens. LOL

Luciano13

Was it hard to keep control from completely losing control and causing worse results??

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90 ST

No, cars been good in the winter, just watch for big drifts across the road, clearance is the only draw back.
I've got over 318,000kms on the car, and I bet 140+ are winter driving...

Luciano13

You have 318,000kms on your Z?!
Now that's someone that enjoys driving the Z

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scottIN

Since it's supposed to snow tomorrow, today will be my last day in the Z for a while. Pull the Ridgeline out & park the Z. Although I could put winter tires on it & such, since I've got a truck it's just easier.

And that I have the OEM tires on it after 21,000 miles doesn't help. As cold as it's been (20's), it's tough not to spin them even on dry pavement.

90 ST

Sure do! and a couple more road trips planned before the end of the year.

JF450

Nice! Good to see i'm not the only one that will be winter driving my Z. Only thing i'm scared of is the window freezing and not being able to open the door since the window has to drop down 1/2 inch to open it.

Did that ever happen to you?

90 ST

Spring 2016, ish... i'd like to get over 400,000kms on it.

Nope, only if I washed it and left it outside, which I don't do, when I wash it, it gets parked in my heated garage until it's dry.

Shotta

Does your city salt or sand in the winter? Any rust in the seams yet?

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90 ST

Nothing in the seems, we mostly sand, no salt really. But I mostly just hwy drive the car.
That being said I do have some "rust" issues around both door handles, and a couple random spots on the lower door, but not at the very bottom, maybe 4-6" up from there. Oddly the paint has only bubbled there, not pealed yet, but the spots by the handles it's gone, I've touched it up with a color match pen for now. You also have to keep in mind the amount I drive the car period, it has the mileage of a 12-13 year old car...

b15

Driving it into the ground? How long you planning on keeping it?

Read T

I attempted to drive my Z (summer only tires) last year when Charlotte got a good bit of snow. We got maybe 8 inches, and like every other southern town don't really have the infrastructure to plow. I had bad difficulty driving, and finally got stock in my parking lot at work after letting it sit outside in the snow over a 14 hour shift.

Hopped into my co-workers civic, and I drove that around the rest of the day just fine.

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90 ST

Yeah needs winter tires for any kind of cold weather.

SurfDog

I don't recommend the z during active snowfall. I've tried several tires and none of them have allowed me to escape the fact that we're light, and nose heavy and have wide rears. This winter I'm going square fitment (skinnier rears) blizzaks that should help quite a bit

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zaimer

Summer tires-absolutely would not recommend. I have fairly new high performance summer tires on my Z and it is worthless in any snow. I seriously can't make it up many streets in town that are snow covered. And that is not the scary part. I can handle the Z being squirrelly in the rear end, but when you lose steering/braking abilities it becomes too dangerous. With summer tires you haven lose a good amount of braking ability, and I definitely wouldn't take the corners (normal speed) as fast.