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COmaro · 12-13-2016, 08:41 AM

If the Camaro is the only car you have, I guess you put on snow tires and drive it, but RWD sucks in mountainous snow country. You can't put enough tire on an 2WD car (RWD or FWD) in a lot of places around Colorado. If you don't *have* to get to work every day you can deal with it I guess, or if you live where there is mass transit you can take when it snows, but if you live in the mountains (not along the Front Range, but in the foothills or higher), you see a lot of stuck 2WD cars. It has gotten so bad on I-70 that if you get stuck and impede traffic, it is an automatic ticket/fine.

On top of that, Colorado uses Mag Chloride like it is water, and they have even started putting down "brine", AKA saltwater. 25 years ago you never saw a rusty car in CO because they just used sand, which works great, but the dust left behind forced them to switch to chemicals, which kill not only the body, but the rubber parts and even the brake pads, too. Suspension bolts don't rust, the nuts actually fuse to the bolts. They look perfectly fine, but you have to break them and replace them because you simply can't get the nut off.

Snow season is late-October to mid-May, so by the end of the season a lot of people have driven 100 days in snow. 2WD simply isn't worth the headache, which is why I can't recall the last time I saw a Camaro/Mustang/Challenger or the like driving in snow here. People who drive sports cars put them away for the winter, not only because it sucks to drive 2WD in the snow, but because the damage simply isn't worth it.

BTW, the person who pointed to all of the BMWs and MB's as proof that RWD cars are fine in the snow, take a closer look. Almost every BMW and MB model has an AWD option now. In fact, just about every manufacturer *except* GM has AWD cars now, not SUVs, but cars.

12-13-2016, 08:41 AM	#50
COmaro Drives: Many Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Colorado Posts: 220	If the Camaro is the only car you have, I guess you put on snow tires and drive it, but RWD sucks in mountainous snow country. You can't put enough tire on an 2WD car (RWD or FWD) in a lot of places around Colorado. If you don't have to get to work every day you can deal with it I guess, or if you live where there is mass transit you can take when it snows, but if you live in the mountains (not along the Front Range, but in the foothills or higher), you see a lot of stuck 2WD cars. It has gotten so bad on I-70 that if you get stuck and impede traffic, it is an automatic ticket/fine. On top of that, Colorado uses Mag Chloride like it is water, and they have even started putting down "brine", AKA saltwater. 25 years ago you never saw a rusty car in CO because they just used sand, which works great, but the dust left behind forced them to switch to chemicals, which kill not only the body, but the rubber parts and even the brake pads, too. Suspension bolts don't rust, the nuts actually fuse to the bolts. They look perfectly fine, but you have to break them and replace them because you simply can't get the nut off. Snow season is late-October to mid-May, so by the end of the season a lot of people have driven 100 days in snow. 2WD simply isn't worth the headache, which is why I can't recall the last time I saw a Camaro/Mustang/Challenger or the like driving in snow here. People who drive sports cars put them away for the winter, not only because it sucks to drive 2WD in the snow, but because the damage simply isn't worth it. BTW, the person who pointed to all of the BMWs and MB's as proof that RWD cars are fine in the snow, take a closer look. Almost every BMW and MB model has an AWD option now. In fact, just about every manufacturer except GM has AWD cars now, not SUVs, but cars.