# RWD in the winter **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [July 2, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606 "2008-07-02T18:30:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bfol45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@bfol45](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bfol45)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/41 "2008-07-04T13:38:05Z")
from experience even with really really good winter tires i wouldnt drive rwd in the winter anymore. my dad has a cadillac xlr and i used to drive that a year ago before i got the acura and bmw and that thing in the winter SUCKED. i slid out everytime even when there was like an inch of snow on the ground but also no matter what way i go when i leave my house there is a gigantic hill ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/42 "2008-07-07T07:02:47Z")
that hill going into HV sucks. ive seen numerous cars slide backwards on that in the winter. getting a very aggressive thread with studs on rears will be a HUGE help. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/43 "2008-07-07T07:10:13Z")
I drove my first 240 to HVCC in the winter. It was a pain, but I was running crappy all-seasons. If I had a good set of studded snows I would of been fine. I would never try and go up the big hill if it was bad, I just went around on a different road. That whole winter I never slid off the road either, I just had a small shovel and bag of salt in the trunk to clear icy/snowy areas when I got stuck. It was really fun to drive in parking lots though :banana ---
**Author:** ![n\_cole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_cole/32/6382_2.png) [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/44 "2008-07-07T07:21:43Z")
> [@Vandal](#): > > Wow. Kudos to PBJ for recognizing it. Although it’s the Centurian F350 powerstroke conversion. I’ve only seen one other person on the road and it’s a weekender from NJ that has the Bronco conversion. > > At the time the pic was taken, we were at a boneyard getting parts. The boyfriend and I saw a maroon one at Walmart in Clifton Park a few months back. He couldn’t stop making this face :wow and saying “what IS IT!?” But back on topic, I drove the Supra in the snow with bald ass tires and she would make it just fine. I just got sick of having to feather the gas everywhere and be so easy on her. That’s when I started hitchin’ a ride to school. :lol ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/45 "2008-07-07T09:00:28Z")
> [@NedZ32](#): > > I’ve slid down a hill before in the Z and it was pretty scary.lol I’m kind of worried about that steep ass hill you have to go up on the way to HVCC. I don’t think I could make it up there in the snow. Go around it. Granted you still have a hill to go up but it’s not nearly as steep. ---
**Author:** ![silverandslow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@silverandslow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silverandslow)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/46 "2008-07-07T09:03:53Z")
> [@NedZ32](#): > > I’ve slid down a hill before in the Z and it was pretty scary.lol I’m kind of worried about that steep ass hill you have to go up on the way to HVCC. I don’t think I could make it up there in the snow. Don’t go up that hill…go straight off the highway when y ougo over the bridge and it wraps around and much lower pitch to the same road. ---
**Author:** ![Allstar\_Graphics](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/allstar_graphics/32/6287_2.png) [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/47 "2008-07-07T09:12:20Z")
yea, i dont understand why every college kid trys cramming into the right lane to go up that hill when they could just go past hess and go right up the hill, idiots ---
**Author:** ![n\_cole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_cole/32/6382_2.png) [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/48 "2008-07-07T09:51:37Z")
I stopped using that hill after my first year. Not 'cause of the winter, but just 'cause of every douche bag that rides your bumper regardless of how many polite roll backs you give them suggesting “Hey… I have a stick… maybe don’t get that close…” ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/49 "2008-07-07T10:10:25Z")
> [@n!cole](#): > > I stopped using that hill after my first year. > Not 'cause of the winter, but just 'cause of every douche bag that rides your bumper regardless of how many polite roll backs you give them suggesting “Hey… I have a stick… maybe don’t get that close…” speaking of that roll. i only see that in the US, i never see that rollback in ANY other country, ever. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/50 "2008-07-07T10:12:13Z")
> [@votblindub](#): > > speaking of that roll. i only see that in the US, i never see that rollback in ANY other country, ever. Why is that? youre not looking hard enough, or it’s a girl driving stick (:haha) or it’s a terrible/new driver. It’s impossible not to have a tiny amoutn of roll-back unless you use the ebrake or something gay like that, on a steep hill it’s hard not to roll back an inch or so. ---
**Author:** ![Allstar\_Graphics](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/allstar_graphics/32/6287_2.png) [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/51 "2008-07-07T10:23:55Z")
the sidestep brake/gas and clutch slip, haha ---
**Author:** ![silverandslow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@silverandslow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silverandslow)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/52 "2008-07-07T10:46:49Z")
they do that to me on my bike all the time. Anyone ever notice the number of rice there at night? I have night class at 530-930 and they are everywhere ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/53 "2008-07-07T12:02:15Z")
buy a subaru ---
**Author:** ![bfol45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@bfol45](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bfol45)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/54 "2008-07-08T00:04:49Z")
> [@BENNYFIZZLE](#): > > youre not looking hard enough, or it’s a girl driving stick (:haha) or it’s a terrible/new driver. > > It’s impossible not to have a tiny amoutn of roll-back unless you use the ebrake or something gay like that, on a steep hill it’s hard not to roll back an inch or so. my cars got this thing in it so when your on a hill the brake engages for 5 seconds or until your engaged in 1st gear (whichever comes first lol). its pretty useful when it comes to steep ass hills and YESS im looking forward to that huge ass hill this winter for my first year at hvcc ---
**Author:** ![GranMassaX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/granmassax/32/6299_2.png) [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/55 "2008-07-08T05:49:55Z")
> [@bfol45](#): > > my cars got this thing in it so when your on a hill the brake engages for 5 seconds or until your engaged in 1st gear (whichever comes first lol). its pretty useful when it comes to steep ass hills and YESS im looking forward to that huge ass hill this winter for my first year at hvcc I believe subaru has had that same thing for years ---
**Author:** ![Johawk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/johawk/32/6284_2.png) [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/56 "2008-07-08T05:57:38Z")
My truck had this thing where the E brake was stuck on and that came in handy when stopped on a hill. :lol I was driving my LS1 6 speed Formula in the 07 St Patricks Day Blizzard with bald tires… :giggedy ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/57 "2008-07-08T06:53:31Z")
You drag guys are always talkin about reaction time and now you’re rolling back on hills with a manual? Work on that footwork, son. ---
**Author:** ![Johawk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/johawk/32/6284_2.png) [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/58 "2008-07-08T06:58:03Z")
I heel-toe like a mofo. especially in the Troylet. No one gives me room to roll back. There is always some idiot up my ass when I got a loaded truck stopped on a hill. thank god for posi-trac lol ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/59 "2008-07-08T07:33:19Z")
Heel toeing up hills from a dead stop. Now that’s JDM. ---
**Author:** ![bfol45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@bfol45](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bfol45)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606/60 "2008-07-08T09:18:39Z")
> [@GranMassaX](#): > > I believe subaru has had that same thing for years yea my cousins subaru does it too [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rwd-in-the-winter/237606.md?page=4)