01-11-2017, 03:11 PM | #1 |
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Drove in ICE storm
We had a bit of an icy day yesterday. When I left work to head home I found that we had been having icy rain all afternoon and the ground was coated in Ice. The roads (secondaries) were fairly icy.
1. My Car was encased in ICE. - my frameless front doors opened without a problem. 2. The roads were coated in ICE. - my M2 had no problem handling the icy roads due to snow tires. 3. If i deliberately tried to get the tires to spin, the tires did so but the car stayed straight and I had no problems getting home up our very icy hill (about 2.5 miles of driving up hill (about 1200 feet of elevation)). So, frameless windows, not a problem. Winter driving, not a problem. Get over it......drive. Mike
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01-11-2017, 03:18 PM | #2 |
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I'm glad you survived the ICE.
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01-11-2017, 04:43 PM | #5 |
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Beauty of a balanced car is that it is built to be balanced always. Congrats!!
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01-11-2017, 05:24 PM | #6 |
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01-11-2017, 05:55 PM | #7 |
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Good to hear you made it home safe in the ice.
When i left work yesterday, i had to drive home in the 70s and sunny weather, it was a rough one |
01-11-2017, 06:17 PM | #8 |
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Yes! Don't fear winter, your car will be just fine
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01-11-2017, 08:51 PM | #10 |
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I have 19" blizzaks and my car was all over the road with barely any acceleration. Forget the 300 feet downhill- it was sliding with almost zero throttle. I had them on my z4 and 350z and it was never as sketchy as these. I'm going to sell the winter setup and go with something entirely different next winter. This was through fresh snow and ice later on.
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No car or truck can get through 10" of snow comfortably, so the roads get plowed 2 or 3 times during the day. Last edited by gmzanatta; 01-12-2017 at 07:54 AM.. |
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I'm running the 18" Alpins and so far they have been great. Kinda meh on fluffy loose snow, but great on everything else - in particular, I was impressed with the performance on ice, way above my expectations.
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or 235 18front and 255/35 18 at the back. Supersporty and grippy/traction for a wintertyre(even on dry/wet roads) If I had to drive with them 24/7/365 I would do that, they are SO good! @gmzanatta has the same setup on the pic above. Cheers Robin |
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