Fellow Z owners without a garage - what do you do in the winter?
 

I was thinking about renting a storage unit for a few months during the winter, and putting tags on my civic. However, the local storage unit charges $140 a month. Do you guys just say screw it, and drive the Z during winter?

You could always buy a good cover and store it outside...

Car cover?

I'm afraid a car cover will scratch my car...so I was attempting to avoid that route.

Lots of people put winter tires on their 370Z and drive in the winter.

Clean the car, then put it on. A quality cover won't scratch it.

^ This.

I drive my Z through the winter in MD. Try to get some all season or winter tires if you're gonna be driving it through the snow. That's what I did.

Stow it... let the salt eat up the Civic (or my Mazda).

Or you can use the civic for snow duty and when the roads are really salty.

You also have to remember that the cover is not sealed off underneath the car. Therefore, dust and debris will always get blown in between the car and the cover with a breeze or wind and will get caught between the paint and the cover which can and does mar paint.

If you have the means, a storage unit is my first choice OP.

:iagree:

The wind and dust will get underneath and up the sides of the cover.

Storage unit is by far first choice. Many people run covers with no issue though.


I would not drive your z in the winter if they salt the roads. Nissan skimped on rustproofing, and 2-3 winters in you will be seeing major issues

Why you no tell ME this? :roflpuke2:

Then I guess Nissan will be giving out some new cars!

Warranty only covers sheetmetal rust at that point.

You already had your car

True.....anything I can do to help protect it?

Should I be concerned with my Z being exposed to rain, or just mainly the salt on the roads?

cars are waterproof lol. It's always nice to have a garage, I wish I did. It's the salt in the winter that is the hardest on the paint, and also how low the Z is. I doive my G35 coupe in 3 winters, in snow with blizzaks. Drove fine.

I just bought a beater for the winter, old suburu legacy -- I plan on keeping my Z inside or with a cover when weather gets bad.

I'm going to drive mine - I also just had a car port installed on the side of my house. Winter, **** you!

it's not the end of the world. your car will withstand the snow, salt or whatever the mother nature throws at it.

I haven't seen any issues from rain, just salt.
Try and keep salt from sitting on it

^ liar!




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That's gonna be tough. The roads are salty like everyday when it's snow season here and I'm not washing it every day :p

yeh salt destroys everything

A problem I never worried about with the NSX! :)

Of course, the NSX also seemed to magically avoid rocks and bugs and the 370Z magically attracts them!

Its only a car... put aa cover on it and done. I used to take my400hp mustangg gt out in 2-3in of snow with with summer tires on it. Nvr hhad any problems. Spend the money for a cover and wipe the snow off when its covered wont have any problems

You don't need to wash it everyday. The 370Z is not some mystical creature that will fall apart the second it is abused. If you wash it a few days after the snow, you'll get most of the salt off and you'll be fine. :)

Yeah I know, I was just joking. I'm kinda lucky though, where I work they have a car wash that you can go through which just sprays water on the car. Perfect for washing away salt :tup:

Also, I tend to get lazy when it comes to doing activities outside in the cold, I'm much more of a summer person :p