Awds in the winter??

[LaN-]

Well its offical i'm back to pimping it in the buick. The talon is on the side of the house all covered up till spring / summer.

BUTTTTTTT

Now the real fun begins get the engine re ringed this winter and get to save up for all my mods i plan on doin this summer

SO its a but hey what ya gonna do

Who else is putting there DSM away for the winter? or have you already?

 

[PieEyedPiper]

I've seen that in AWD imprezas as well. Also look out for your rear end, it likes to slide funny. It's the nature of the beast.

 

[vault415]

Mine is really squirrelly in the snow, but it might be my welded center diff. I find that I'm either in complete control, or completely out of control. I tried doing donuts in a parking lot to learn how to react to a skid, and I found that when the car is past traction limits, it likes to slide sideways (and stay sideways) with no way of recovering from the skid. It's totally different than a FWD or RWD in that respect. I guess AWD is great if you keep it on the road, but it's like a snowmobile with studs...it's harder to get stuck, but when you do you get freakin' buried.

 

[notsafeFWD]

All I have to say is I lost my 2g AWD to black ice, however it was completely my fault.

These cars rock in the winter. Again, they handle just like any other car in the snow/ice, crappy. The reason they are great all weather cars is the fact that they're AWD meaning you won't get stuck in places where 2WD would spin, it's not RWD so the rear end won't kick out unless you ask it to, and the mix of being able to correct the car quicker with a capable driver make this car good in the winter.

Keep in mind, being AWD doesn't mean you can stop quicker or gain more traction when attempting a turn, you still have to obey physics.

 

[polarmoment]

Keep in mind, being AWD doesn't mean you can stop quicker or gain more traction when attempting a turn, you still have to obey physics.

exactly. what AWD *does* help you do is accelerate to higher speeds more quickly- speeds that you can't stop any quicker from. it's real easy to get yourself in trouble because of this. think of it as driving a ~300HP car with rear drum brakes only. it'll get you moving in nothing flat, but you damn well better have enough room to stop from that speed.

 

[dave99gst]

AWD + snow = tons of fun.

 

[4stAir]

I know I made it through 12-14 inches of snow in mine, when I first got it that shocked the Sh** out of me, ever sence I love it. With Nitto Tires at the time too

 

[1glaserturbo]

AWD + snow = tons of fun.

Very true, I think I wore out my rear brakes from playing with the e-brake a little. I never knew how fun drifting with AWD would be



Chris

 

[Denji]

im scared to mess up my intercooler with chunks of snow and ice, so i may not take mine out unless i have to if it snows here.

 

[babell2]

One thing people haven't mentioned yet is the tendency for AWD with wide tires like we have to climb over snow drifts. Be careful pulling out or you can spin all 4 and dig nice little holes and get high sided. I have never gotten stuck even in snow that everyone else was staying off the roads for. I lived in Northern Illinois with my 90AWD from 89 to 2001 and it was a blast.

 

[92GSXBaltimore]

make sure you at least have all season tires on it, dont drive thru any snow above your front bumper, and turn your boost down a little(the colder air will give you the same density/cfm as a higher psi at a hotter temp)

 

[L8TR V8S]

Thanks for all the feedback guys it should be an interesting winter!!!!