Camaros are snow cars?

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by hrpiii

I always enjoy this debat. I guess we all ASSUME we each have 3 or 4 cars and can walk out to our driveway and choose which car we will drive today.

OP, you are right, I am fortunate enough to have a second vehicle, truck, that I can drive in the winter months. But at the same time, I have several friends that this is all they have and they make it work year after year. They love the car, and do not have funds to purchase multiple vehicles.

You don't need a whole lot of cash to get a winter beater. If you set your standards low enough, the difference in insurance and the cost of a set of winter wheels & tires for the Camaro it might not cost you much more to have a have that other car for the winter. And a thousand dollar hauler can be surprisingly fun in the snow, especially when you think of it as a disposable vehicle.

Storing the car can be more problematic though. My brothers usually stored their spare vehicle out on our uncles farm, but not everyone has someone like that they can go to.

[ChrisBlair]

Originally Posted by SixGracing

I've noticed a lot of Camaro's trudging through the snow lately and was wondering, anyone else do this? I have only had mine in the rain twice that I can remember and would NEVER drive it in the snow. Not to mention, I can't imagine it being much of a snow car. Yes, the Camaro becomes a very expensive paper-weight in the winter, but come springtime, it rolls out still looking like the day I bought it.

Please don't take offense, but I have noticed that almost anyone under 30 thinks a RWD car is difficult to drive in snow. Most of them also think that the peak HP and torque of a new V8 Camaro means it's some kind of problem in the snow, if you can get around the difficulty of driving RWD in the snow

Respectfully, it's complete nonsense. I have a vintage RWD musclecar that makes 400 hp and 510 lb/ft, at 2200 rpm, from a 7.5L V8. I drove that through seven New England winters, with lots of snow. I ran 235/60/15s all year, and they were not snow tires, they were T/A Radials

I got stuck once. I've put 200K miles on the car, I'd estimate 50K is from winter driving. My dad and his dad never had issues driving RWD in the snow either. It's not a mystical gift or anything...

[BlueRay-J]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

You don't need a whole lot of cash to get a winter beater. If you set your standards low enough, the difference in insurance and the cost of a set of winter wheels & tires for the Camaro it might not cost you much more to have a have that other car for the winter. And a thousand dollar hauler can be surprisingly fun in the snow, especially when you think of it as a disposable vehicle.

Storing the car can be more problematic though. My brothers usually stored their spare vehicle out on our uncles farm, but not everyone has someone like that they can go to.

What is the reliability of your disposable vehicle? I'm assuming you will not accomplish maintenance because it's disposable. If you do, that's an added cost especially when you get to the higher mileage.

Snow tires are the most cost effective. Consider that you lengthen the serviceability of your summer tires too, the cost of snows become moot as you would have to purchase tires eventually any way.

And then there is always that weird feeling as you drive your disposable vehicle of why did you pay 35k or more for the pleasure of driving a jalopy part of the year.

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[attymf]

Here's mine in the snow LOL

[BlueRay-J]

Originally Posted by attymf

Here's mine in the snow LOL

Mine looks just like that, except replace the snow with Salt!

[PeeBee]

LOL at the above pic

Michelin Pilot Sports were useless in the snow, with 517 rwhp. I did more burnouts than anything else, and as a result finished off the rear tires in 4 days of snow.

I ended up buying Pirelli Sottozeros in 255/40R20 and 305/35R20, and so far they are really good in the snow.

[JeSSter]

I'm on my third winter with my Blizzak WS-70s on 18 inch Borbet wheels. I have a 2011 2SS/RS L99 Auto. I have not had any problems in 3 Southeast Michigan winters of driving. On numerous occasions (icy hills) I've had to pull around and pass 4X4 trucks and SUVs because they were slow or couldn't make it. My company gives me a car allowance, I would never drive a beater in the winter, it is 50 miles one way to work. My Camaro has just about 72K on it right now, I bought it to drive. If I was going to buy something to leave in the garage most of the time, I might get the new Stingray.

[G8RH8R]

Man! I got caught out a couple of weeks ago in a snow squall on a day when no precipitation was even forecast. I had to creep home, and going up even the slightest incline I was all over the road; definitely not a snow car IMHO.

[meissen]

Sounds like you need the !driver mod.

[Pro Stock John]

My Pirelli snow tires are bad ass:

[metthem]

Im a beast in the snow with my blizzaks.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=274484

[vegas1]

When the first ice hits, time to polish the car,put the cover on let it set in the garage all winter, then after a few rains to get the salt off the roads,she comes out for spring and summer.Thats why I am moving to Las Vegas before next winter.I want to drive it all year round!!Wisconsin sucks.

[ToolFan66]

So your moving from one shit hole to another just the other one is warmer?








JK I love Vegas just not sure I would want to live there..

[vegas1]

Yeah,but a fun place to start.Who knows where I will end up.But it will be somewhere warm. This snow and ice sucks.