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Its snowing as we speak in PA, cant wait to drive the miata in the winter! I did all I can to try to prevent rust since my miata has never seen a winter ever, and was purchased with low milage (57k), so I will be washing mine every week and sprayed a protective 3m rust prevention.
What are you doing to your cars for this winter? And whos driving theirs in the snow?:D
Guess its just me:P
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I bought a 4WD Tacoma, to replace my now defunct 4WD Cherokee XJ, to avoid such a predicament. My Miata most likely got some snow prior to my ownership, since it was picked up by yours truly in Indianapolis. With that said, not on my watch!!! :nightmare::cold:
I'll drive mine in the snow if we get any this year. Usually it's only an inch or two once or twice a year. They don't salt the roads here so I don't have to worry about that.
So jealous! They salt the hell outta roads here. Constantly driving hearing it hit up into the fenders 24/7 literally.
They just sand and gravel here. It's annoying and it lingers on the roads for months causing rock chips, but at least it isn't corrosive.
My miata is rust free, literally cant find a salt sized grain of rust on it at all so we will see the effects of it after this winter, then next year I might buy a beater miata as a DD, and this will become my track/weekend car.
I wouldnt mind sand on the roads:D But it would do absolutely nothing in the amount of snow we get.
Where R U, in Colorado? I used to live in Denver, and that sounds like what they use in CO!Quote:
Originally Posted by AntiochOG
I'd drive in the snow if I could, but we don't see much snow here in Florida. I used to love driving in the snow when I lived up north though. One of my favorite snow cars was a '84 Camero with a 305 and a 5-speed. Wheeeee!
Oregon
"I'd drive in the snow if I could, but we don't see much snow here in Florida. I used to love driving in the snow when I lived up north though. One of my favorite snow cars was a '84 Camero with a 305 and a 5-speed. Wheeeee!"
Don't I know you?
Yep, you do. I just saw you Tuesday!
I would have driven it if I could have backed it out. Moved to FL, problem solved.
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Oops!
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Originally Posted by ron
big blue!!! :d
Thanks to the new high school and their huge, unobstructed parking lot, I am sure I will be doing some driving in the snow here... ;)
Arrgh, this! I hate it when they gravel the roads. It sits around waiting to chip your cars paint and windshield and it never gets cleaned up.Quote:
Originally Posted by AntiochOG
It was 53 degrees here yesterday. I repainted my steelies that wear my snow tires. They were getting dusty. I fucking love global warming.
It's not too bad in new Mexico, a few snow storms but the roadster gets driven everyday
here near Milan (i live 170metres over sea level) we can have from 0 to 10 days/year of snow... this is seems to be very warm we had 8-10°C more than the standard temperature in this season. maybe in Gen or Feb will snow... i want to test my GV lip and feel like Homer Simpson as Mr.Plow...
I'm still waiting for our first snow... we still had temperatures above 0°C untill today... now it's raining/snowing
That is the absolute best road I have seen:D Cant wait to all my roads look like that, no big chunks to break things on my car but perfectly packed and slippery to have some fun on:]
It was an amazing trip. Beautiful weather, almost no traffic and the picture is taken on a 1.8 mile strech. Was also fun overtaking new suvs and family saloons :stung: Driving the miata without studded tires, abs or any other electrical assistance really gives a good feel for driving on snow and ice. The limit is really in the fingertips, after i got used to it, that is :)
That's a nice stretch. Like Chris hinted at, we're used to road icebergs, ice potholes and dumb people.
What's snow, precious?
When I had my mk4 jetta the front bumper was PERFECTLY designed to take big ass ice chunks and not do any damage because it was bent back at a 45 degree angle, I had a big ass skid plate on the car too so the ice chunks never bothered me I would hit LITERALLY backetball sizedd ice chunks off semi trucks and never was worried (nor did I care car was slightly beat) but this winter is going to scare me so much since my miata is stupid clean haha. Hopefully this winter ends in no broken parts:)Quote:
Originally Posted by YellowYata
I hope my Miata sees snow this year :(
Just got back from going out to eat then going drifting after. (in a legal environment of course;p) I must say just on the way to eat over 10 tow trucks passed me in a 30 minute drive, and I got stuck in traffic due to 2 cars sliding off road and flipping, it was one of the worst snow storms and roads I have ever seen. With 2 blizzaks up front, and 2 i-pikes in the rear I was going the speed limit which was over double what other people were doing and I was just cruising not even sliding at all or doing anything sketchy. So for all the people who say miatas in winter is a bad idea, if you have the proper tires it handled far better than my mk4 jetta in the snow. The same propertys that make it predictable in the dry make it very predictable in the snow.
I love my miata SO much more :D All my fears of winter are now gone and it is actually a very fun experience! Just gotta pay attention to other drivers and always keep aware and its a very safe winter car.
+1
The Miata doesn't get more dramatic than you make it :rolleyes:
Hahah ty! I love my cute little girly car:]
lolwutssnow?
We don't often get snow but I still run snow tires...thanks to the possibility of ice on my 75 km (each way) commute. If it does snow, my one hour commute turns in to a 3 hour commute thanks to the other drivers without snow tires!
I will be, if we ever get any. Last year we had tons of snow by now and this year basically none
I drive everything in the snow.
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NB all snow prepped
My beater and my MINI on RS's.
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Drove the beater more than the MINI though.
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Drove one of my VW's for a bit last winter.
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The Insight all covered up
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I wish I had a picture of the GTO in the freeway median, lol
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And my NA.
Snowdrifting is too fun to miss out on.
Ballin out the DZ101's all winter long. Considered snow tires, but not really in the budget this winter.
driving my NA this winter, no snow yet though :confused: very odd for michigan
i'll get some pics if it ever happens haha
Snow?
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^^ i dont like you much... haha
I sent that screenshot to my brother who stills lives in Michigan.
I was in between daily drivers when it snowed big here last year so I had to drive the miata in the snow/slush. It surprisingly wasn't bad even on crappy Fusion tires.
I'll be driving mine through the snow.. If we ever get some after it stops raining. Just have salty roads with no snow. Crappy winter.
It has only snowed twice in indiana and my miata hasn't touched it.
I don't want to, but have to. Luckily it'll never snow it's 52 degrees here today in Indianapolis.
i drive my miata all year! :)
there never any snow in socal :(
all week its been in the upper 70's. in the night its around 50.
My '97 is winter duty for me. x-Ice2 on all 4 corners. Does the job for me! I love being able to feel everything the car is doing. Makes for driving in the snow enjoyable instead of scary.
I had to drive mind today :(. It wasn't scary or anything I'm just upset I have to wash it in the cold.
Eight norwegians did, yesterday :rolleyes:
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Finally got to try it out in the snow
I want snow to play in. I don't think my star specs would do well though.
We got TONS of snow today,goin out to friends now and ima have some fun on way:D
I'm attending an trackday on snow next sunday
Will bring a GoPro!
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^^ only in Norway, dang too far for me to make it lol, lookin forward to that goprovid forsure!
actually there is three trackdays, two thos weekend and one next weekend.
but i'll only attend one, since i'll be a living cone driving on the other tracks with the kind of cars that are attending.
a video from an earlier event — you'll see that i'd have nothing to do there :stung:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEIsjD9GdDs&feature=related
^^ very cool, makes me miss Sweden
It finally snowed here today, so if I go anywhere I'll be going in it
It supposed to snow here this weekend. Which is good. My snow tires have gotten no love this year yet.
Gonna find out how the coilovers work with the snow tire and if there's any rubbing.
Mine is sleeping in the garage.
Been driving the MX6 (It's ONE BETTER!!!!!). Pretty interesting on summer tires. :D
the lowest number always wins.Quote:
Originally Posted by concealer404
No, this is a REAL sport. Fuck golf.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyanxStorey
My higher number is faster, either way. :D
Watching the snow that I'll soon be driving in accumulate.
:fp:The only snow we see is laid out in nice straightlines on the glass tables of high end resorts down here. You definitely don't drive on it unless you have a death wish
I'm sad we didn't get more snow.. Only a few parking lots were snow covered and those were pretty blotchy making it hard to slide around. Not to mention that I suck at it anyways :/
All winter, all year...
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Never got enough snow for WRX fun.
i am, if it ever snows this year.:roll:
Got a bunch more today.. Spent the last couple hours sliding around.Quote:
Originally Posted by psulja
took it out in the snow for the first time the other night... wow... cant believe how easy this thing is to control!
its so easy to correct and a lot of fun... way better than the focus i used to drive.
It snowed last night.
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We got lots of snow! I love it its been a week since ive washed my car so I am going to go wash all the salt off of the entire car after I find some foood!:D
Ah hardtops make so many more angles look sexy on miatas!!! I need one
now is too cold for snow but we have iced fog, a thin coat of ice on the road count as snow^^?
It's the worst when you forget to pop the lights and they freeze down.
I would be if we had some snow down here in Middle Tennessee :(
Ice road truckin'
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45 degrees and raining in Michigan :fp:
55 and raining in Indy.
Woke up to a thunder and lightning storm.
In the middle of January.
43 and raining...it's gonna stop raining at 3pm. Good because my Miata has no wipers and I have class at 6 :slayer:
and there goes my lip... fack.
Pics?
Just hellaflush it together with zipties.
but then, i'll be...... that guy. lol
LOL. True. :OQuote:
Originally Posted by HellaRareYellow
Hmm if you are getting a new one and don't plan on keeping that thing keep me in mind..
Leaving home this morning...
I like that "herrafrush" has now become a verb. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stormin'norman
Verbing weirds language.
This is my second lip. Last year I broke one in the snow... lol. sold it to my buddy. I might just ziptie it.. who knows. lol.
Mines ziptied I broke it backing out of my garage wahh:[
My buddy who is down the street from me. just sent me this pic:
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Love those Advans
I am so terrified of driving anything I care about in the snow. Poor s2
My friend drives his white s2k in the snow too, its probably a good inch lower than that guys too LOL, its retarded but we havnt got any horrible car destroying snow yet its just been like 5-6" but roads were all soft fresh compacted snow, give it a few weeks and we will have that horrible ice chunk filled road im sure my s2k friend and your s2k friend wont be having fun:P
An inch lower than that poor guy, he should be getting paid by the city for clearing the streets...
Yeah haha we all went out drifting and he couldnt even drift with us cuz snow covered all the shitty spots and he bottomed out every few seconds haha but while I was behind him he litearlly constantly plowed entire time:P As you can see the pic above guy does aswell hahaha.
Last year we had a good 14" snow fall. I went barreling out of my drive way thats about 100yards long gravel and goes down into a dip and back up. I didn't even think about it and kept going on to work. Here is what my front end looked like once I got to work... Good thing it was below freezing because I'm pretty sure my radiator was mad at me :lol:
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got a dusting this morning... good for a little sliding...
they are calling for 4-6 inches tomorrow night though, finally!
Ice storm warning now? Great…
Got a good foot of snow, now with an unhealthy layer of ice on top. It's like a freakin' snow creme brulee, but nowhere near as good. My house is one of the few left in the neighborhood that has trees around it too. Fuck.
We've already has one big ass branch come down on the roof. Plus my idiot brother already used up all the firewood. So when the power goes out (which it most likely will) we're pretty much screwed.
I'll probably be able to get my car out of the some time next week. It's pretty much knee deep here. I'm pretty much over this now.
I barely even got to drive my car around in the snow at all. It's was either too little, and now it's way to much.
^^ hahah sounds like you wouldnt like living where I live, snow like that is normal.
If it were the norm, then I'd probably get used to it, but this happens maybe once a year here. I can't leave unless I walk since nobody will plow the roads in my neighborhood.
Should be all rain by this weekend though. So it'll all just turn into flooding rivers next.
^^and collapsing car ports.
Getting dumped on right now!
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We're supposed to get a lot tonight so I'm just sitting and waiting for it to come so I can go back out.
got 3-4 inches the other night.
No action shots in it but I had a blast haha.
Fortunately the plow stopped short of burying my roadster:
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Hooray, I have power again after four freakin' days!
Got about 14 inches of snow here over about a day and a half ('round last Wednesday), that then turned to freezing rain and put about a quarter to a half inch layer of ice on everything.
It was like walking through a creme brulee, which I've had to do everywhere lately.
Some places it looks like bombs had gone off from the amount of trees on the ground, and the power lines got taken out with them.
My car has been stuck in the garage for a week. The road crews are assholes around here. Everything is basically plowed, except my neighborhood and there's been a foot of frozen slush keeping me from leaving.
I can get out finally now, I think. Needless to say, I've gotten a bit of cabin fever.
I made a pretty serious Lego castle while the power was out.
pics or banQuote:
Originally Posted by iRoadster
Quick video from Friday night before I got hit, don't mind my intake, it's really annoying in some parts of the video, I tried to lower the volume on some parts because of it:
http://youtu.be/SwkadlnwePI
^^ nice video, looked fun while it lasted. Your car salvageable?
Here's some pix from Friday
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i need a hardtop somethin serious
Yea, but I was quoted $800 from the bodyshop so I'm going to bang it out from the inside w/ a friend and just get it looking decent. Might even try some of those suction cups.
Cool vid, ill have to get one from our local winter drift spots:p
My MSM's 3rd Winter.
I use the Stock 17" MSM Wheels, with Ruber Band Blizzak Tires.
First year I am lowered though. So far, it has not been an issue since Chicagoland has not had much snow. Traction is not an issue though.
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Looks like a fun winter toy, those wheels are so hotwheels lol
Those blizzaks can't be cheap in that size
looks awesome stumpy
It looks SO funny with those Giant Wheels. They are pretty good for the snow though, the heavier weight seems to be good to keep wheelspin down.Quote:
Originally Posted by shane
I don't remember how much I paid for them, but it was not that much... I think. They are on their third winter and there is still tons of tread left. Been VERY happy with them.
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Thanks, it is not bad for Wintermode... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFrohn
..
yesterday start snowin
2-3 donuts after an happy hour driftin in a parking close to home
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sexyyyyyyyy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Mbd4-X1n0
havin fun sorry for boring video it looks super slow but it was actually alot faster than it looks and I suck so couldnt get much angle at that speed:fab:
Just turn in more and use more throttle to get a better angle, just not too much so you don't spin. But after you spin a couple times you'll get a hang of it and be able to hold it more sideways for longer.
After fixing my dent from the last time going out I think I might be ready for some more snow to go out again, definitely staying on my own rather than a bigger group this time though. Don't need what we nicknamed the "Asian Sensation Drift King" sliding into me again as he tries to "rear enter" in a parking lot going the opposite direction of everyone else.
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yep. top down in the snow ftw
We got tons of snow aswell, from being able to see grass to about 5-10 inches in one night:p
Got the damn pricktease of snow... enough to make drivers freak (irrationally, of course) but not enough / not cold enough to actually stick to anything but the medians and lawns. Weak.
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Lol. MartyMcfly...
^^ Love it ! Come drift :D
Haha I was gonna suggest we make a little montage of both our cars messing around in the snow.
Finally got some pictures taken of my car with a real camera playing in the snow. Waiting to get them all but here's one of the ones I got, not the greatest shot but it'll do for now. I have no idea how to use any photo editing software so this is straight off the camera.
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...n/DSC_0035.jpg
Sick picture man,
All my snow pix are @ night, they never come out lol
Are those NB wheel's painted white or they just stock silver?
Thanks. They're stock silver covered in snow.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by shane
We had three inches of the white stuff, here in CowTown this morning, so I drove my '02 4X4 Taco to work. That's the reason for it's existance...
ˆˆˆ Wimp. ˆˆˆ
Real men drive topless year round!
Coming from the guy that lives in Florida ?
That's OK. Ron's wife pays him NOT to drive topless. She also pays him to drive with the car's top up...Quote:
Originally Posted by psulja
Topless is my favorite way to drive..
Night time and with a call but others fun
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wheels looking great in white man, should of traded you haha I need another set of wheels.
lol i didnt realize you posted this.Quote:
Originally Posted by XCLR8TN
so much scraping in such a short amount of time.
yay for 1080p video of my car in the snow:
http://youtu.be/dG3kiE9vNoM
^That looks like fun, but that light pole makes me nervous...
I usually avoid drifting towards the light poles. I'll drift around them, or near them, but not towards them lol.
Finally go the rest of the pictures from that day. Here are a few of them.
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