You guys don't know what you're missing; watching ill-prepared drivers in snow is a winter sport in itself. Avoiding drivers sliding downhill towards you, or slamming into snowbanks, driving in blizzards with zero visibility, and of course the 4x4s spinning out of control on the ice..we get some bad ice storms up here. I once saw a Mercury Contour get recontoured, after sliding onto a sidewalk, and hitting a telephone pole near my old shop.

No road salt, no snow, little to no ice, dry air, but still cold enough to be winter. Yay central Texas!

This is perfect fourth mile time.

:p to winter. no snow, no ice, no salt, dry air, and STILL rollin the windows down in mid-January. YAY Southwest Deserts!

for me i love finding an empty parking lot and just letting it rip... its pretty dizzing in the car but outside it a good show.. haha..


and rick im fimilar to that office i once was in jrotc for years so i used to the uniforms and i would brought in as pfc.. haha

Oh, actually I was just adjusting the tire pressure to keep it where I normally do, not anything to do with snow or ice on the road.

I usually check the PS fluid every time I check the oil, which is about every 4-5 days.

I did let all the summer air out of the tires. Smelled too much like grass clippings. :p

i like to go to an parking lot ... throw it in R and put the hammer down and wip around ... lol yeah iowa weather sucks in the winter

By the way the GP with good snow tires is just about unstoppable in the snow.

Something I don't have to deal with no more YAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was like 80* here in Daytona Beach today!

Why 36 and why 38? What size tires are you running? Stock is 30 all the way around, but I have found better tire wear at 32F and 30R with stock size. If you corner like you are on rails, I can see the higher pressures I guess, but always that high?? Your car has got to ride like a 3/4 ton pickup.

I use 42 FRT TP and 38 AFT TP with excellent wear patterns. the only downside to these really soft tires is that I'm lookin for new tires after only 25k.

Which is exactly why I plan on starting racing in December or so.

I know. Is it THAT hard to understand that Ice = slippery?

Cmon people!

Yep, with 38lbs. all around it does ride a little rough, but it handles a lot better and it gets better mileage.

Interestingly enough, my tires don't wear in the center any worse than along the sides, so I guess the 38lbs. is OK.

I didn't mean to indicate I intended to go up 2 lbs. It's just the 36 is where the tires had gone down to since the last time I checked them.

Also, something some people don't know, is when your faced with hill and snow, speed is a good thing. When your going up a hill, keep your speed up so you don't lose traction and slide back down. I've let many an idiot in front of me get a good distance away while they tackle a hill at 20mph. I then get a run and go after they've cleared it and go 40mph or so.

Another tip: Don't hold the brakes if you start to slide. ABS doesn't work in snow with a full lock up and you'll lose any control over direction. Just tap the brake, it works best.

Yes, Rook, driving in the snow requires its own special techniques.

We used to get so much snowfall in the winter here in the mountains of East Tennessee that getting around was no problem, because people knew how to drive in it. But it's been several years now since we've had a snow that lasted more than 24 hours.


And we also have a lot of new transplants from Florida moving up here that've never driven on the white stuff and it's "Every man for himself," out there now.

Fortunately, where I work they have a policy of allowing workers to stay home if they don't feel safe out on the roads, and you can choose to take vacation time for snow days or not, but it's not held against you either way.