best way to stay safe during winter?
#21
for the price of snow tires + wheels for my stang, i actually baught an 88 toyota for $500 to drive through the winter and 4 wheel with, i sold it for $1200 to buy my old 90 f350. otherwise a couple of sand bangs in the trunk and snow tires (i like the firestone winterforce/blizzak knock offs), an LSD will help but can be pricy and not needed, my yota had a lincoln locker in it which will give you better traction but you will slide around a little more with both wheels spinning
#24
Everything on the East coast rusts like mad, the road salt you use in the Winter is most of the problem. I would avoid driving my Mustang in the winter and we have no rust issues in MT, there are much better suited cars to winter driving and it doesn't damage my car. I have 100,000 miles on my GT and the paint is nearly perfect, under the hood is immaculate, and anywhere else you can check for wear it's in top shape. I baby my car way too much to put it through winter driving. If that's all you can afford then more power to you, you're driving what you want to drive and won't let anything (including mother nature) stop you. If you can afford to pick up something that does better in the snow I'd do it, otherwise we'll help you get where you're going as safely as possible.
#25
thanks guys. i looked on craigslist yesterday and actually found some pretty promising jeeps for under 2k. all i can do is hope that deals like that will still be there in a few months when i will actually have the money for them and when they are actually needed.
#28
so talked to my dad today about getting a winter vehicle and pretty much got shut down. so i guess really good tires and very long commutes are going to be my only option for the winter. is there some sort of ridiculous god-like winter tire out there? lets say i will spend about $1,000 on winter "proofing" my car....from top priority to least, what should i get?
#29
you could get studded tires. they're supposed to like stick to the road in the snow, but they are illegal in some places if i'm not mistaken. My buddy had a 00 F-150 2wd single cab and he threw some studded's on the rear for the winter and said he couldn't spin the tires if he tried in the snow.
#30
so talked to my dad today about getting a winter vehicle and pretty much got shut down. so i guess really good tires and very long commutes are going to be my only option for the winter. is there some sort of ridiculous god-like winter tire out there? lets say i will spend about $1,000 on winter "proofing" my car....from top priority to least, what should i get?
is the car in pretty good condition right now? rust, paint condition? if both are good, i might suggest giving it a few coats of wax and get it undercoated. they use salt in NY right?
and blizzaks are supposed to be good tires. then just maybe get the lsd and you should be set
Last edited by 03shadow; 08-28-2010 at 11:31 AM.