Getting ready for winter and snow

[Hetfield03]

Not very good on snow thats been compacted to ice. Like at my apartment complex. Cheap ass landlord.

[Revrider550]

Sand bags aren't needed. Winter drove my LS for three winters and the Camaro has great weight distribution the advantage would be minimal

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[gwoman]

Originally Posted by CapeCruisin

I mounted some scorpions on my RS 20s also. Looking forward to seeing how they do in the snow.

Warning: they have garbage dry weather traction, but thats not why you bought them right?!

Bought them for the snow, and they do suck on dry pavement!

[gwoman]

I think I'll leave the sand in the garage and test out the new tires on their own, only expecting a few inches in the morning and it's 55 degrees now, probably minimal snow on the roads!

[Muscle Car Lover]

Originally Posted by PalmerGA

From everything I've heard, these 5th Gens are very good in the snow with proper tires. I doubt you will have any problems without the extra sand for weight.

I have the blizzaks on 19 inch wheels for winter and I survived the SNOWPOCALYPSE of 2015 with not one issue. The extra weight can't hurt, so if you want to, go for it.

[paul84043]

For gods sake whatever you do DON'T PUT SALT in the back of your car.
We had a 71 Cougar that was modded up a bit when I was about 12.
Stepdad put bags of salt in one winter.
Bags broke open.

Car no longer exists.. rusted out in a year.

[ChrisBlair]

Originally Posted by gwoman

Just put new Pirelli Scorpion snow tires on my 2015 2SS coupe, thinks of putting 2 60 lb tubes of sand in the trunk. Where would you place them? Would you do it? I live in Denver, been driving for nearly 40 years but this will be my first winter in a Camaro ( convertible Camaro is garaged for the winter) so my coupe is my winter vehicle. Appreciate your thoughts

I have the same tires on my 2012 1SS Coupe. My car has a manual transmission which complicates winter driving at times, but then again I can also select higher gears than normal when I have to.

Your car is quite heavy, just like mine. The rear suspension in a 5Gen is one of the reasons these cars are so damned overweight; you already have good pounds over the rear tires.

You can add sand for weight if you like, and it's not going to matter where you put it in the trunk: the suspension will be loaded regardless.

However, I would not (and will not) bother to do this in my own car. Last year we got 64.8" of snow....in just one month. According to the National Weather Service, Denver International Airport got 57.8" total snowfall in the entire 2014-2015 winter. What I do carry in my trunk is a good snow shovel with a shortened handle. I have used it...to get other drivers un-stuck.

I have not had any trouble cutting through snow and contacting pavement yet in the winters I have driven my 1SS in New England, whether driving down a highway that has 3" of hard-pack snow at 35 mph, or crawling along in stop and go traffic, uphill, during a major snowfall. No getting stuck even once.

[JKiss45]

Originally Posted by JLSuperfly

What is winter?

Do you troll posts about winter and say that?! LOL I swear I've seen that on at least 3. haha. You're missing out.... Empty snow covered parking lots = endless fishtailing fun

[ChrisBlair]

Every time somebody asks "what's winter?", I think to myself "look at a calendar".

[gwoman]

ChrisBlairs, I also have standard transmissions in both my Camaros, the only way to run a muscle car IMO, but that's another discussion.

[Muscle Car Lover]

Originally Posted by ChrisBlair

I have the same tires on my 2012 1SS Coupe. My car has a manual transmission which complicates winter driving at times, but then again I can also select higher gears than normal when I have to.

Your car is quite heavy, just like mine. The rear suspension in a 5Gen is one of the reasons these cars are so damned overweight; you already have good pounds over the rear tires.

You can add sand for weight if you like, and it's not going to matter where you put it in the trunk: the suspension will be loaded regardless.

However, I would not (and will not) bother to do this in my own car. Last year we got 64.8" of snow....in just one month. According to the National Weather Service, Denver International Airport got 57.8" total snowfall in the entire 2014-2015 winter. What I do carry in my trunk is a good snow shovel with a shortened handle. I have used it...to get other drivers un-stuck.

I have not had any trouble cutting through snow and contacting pavement yet in the winters I have driven my 1SS in New England, whether driving down a highway that has 3" of hard-pack snow at 35 mph, or crawling along in stop and go traffic, uphill, during a major snowfall. No getting stuck even once.

We both made it through last winter on good snow tires. Camaro is fine, but you need good tires.

[two_wheel_mayhem]

Future rustbuckets...lol.

No one knows the rust patterns of the 5th gen yet. Going into the 6th season for some cars I'm sure we will find out soon.

[Revrider550]

Originally Posted by two_wheel_mayhem

Future rustbuckets...lol.

No one knows the rust patterns of the 5th gen yet. Going into the 6th season for some cars I'm sure we will find out soon.

Some day most of our cars will be rust buckets in junk yards. One man's garage queen is another man's second hand low mileage daily driver!

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[two_wheel_mayhem]

Originally Posted by Revrider550

Some day most of our cars will be rust buckets in junk yards. One man's garage queen is another man's second hand low mileage daily driver!

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A "queen" would insinuate that she was being treated nice, pampered if you will. I look at the ground, I look at the sky, I look at the thermometer then decide which tool is best for the job. Plenty of choices around here, I like transportation.