# Thoughts on winter car... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 2, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603 "2006-11-02T07:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/21 "2006-11-02T08:39:51Z")
drive the STI. ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/22 "2006-11-02T09:27:20Z")
drive the dam STI you know you want to slide around in the snow šŸ˜› blizzaks are already on mine ready to go ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/23 "2006-11-02T09:32:17Z")
drive the lotus fuck who cares its only a toyota corolla kit car ---
**Author:** ![IntegLS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@IntegLS94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IntegLS94)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/24 "2006-11-02T09:48:20Z")
i would say drive the STI, get the car undercoated and put some snows on it. would be a fun winter with the AWD ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/25 "2006-11-02T09:49:41Z")
drive the STi, and take me for some drifting adventures please! lol. just stay away from dumpsters/small trees ---
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/26 "2006-11-02T09:53:37Z")
drive the sti. I mean youā€™re probably gonna wash it and wax it all the time, salt wonā€™t even hit it ---
**Author:** ![TgDn32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tgdn32/32/7360_2.png) [@TgDn32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TgDn32)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/27 "2006-11-02T10:00:16Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > ā€œWhy the fuck would I store an AWD Subaru and drive a RWD Camaro in the winter? Thatā€™s back asswards.ā€ Doesnā€™t that saying go, ā€œBass Ackwardsā€? You just change the first letter, not the word? Amirite? ---
**Author:** ![j\_espo1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/j_espo1/32/7291_2.png) [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/28 "2006-11-02T10:13:07Z")
^^ ass backwards ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/29 "2006-11-02T10:22:33Z")
Why wouldnā€™t you drive it in the winter? ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/30 "2006-11-02T10:23:55Z")
Better make up your mind soon. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/31 "2006-11-02T10:24:55Z")
> [@RobHimself](#): > > Better make up your mind soon. yeah for real. itā€™s pretty shitty outā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/32 "2006-11-02T10:31:03Z")
My thoughts on it areā€¦ you have an AWD car, why not use it. Iā€™ve driven fairly powerful RWD cars in the winter since I was 16 (minus 2 of them) and while they can be a ton of fun, that all stops once you get it stuck for the first time. heh, a few years back, with the SC I was trying to make it up a hill with very little snow on it, just really slick. I literally had to slowly roll it back down the hill a few times, then try and get enough speed to climb it to make it all the way up (I would get about 3/4 of the way up before the wheels would just start spinning). Not funā€¦ especially if you have shit to do. edit: with that saidā€¦ If you drive the camaro, I hope you have AAA Gold or know someone with a truck that can pull you out once every few weeks (or hope you know how to handle a RWD car in the snow) ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/33 "2006-11-02T10:35:27Z")
Newman,you will still need to keep insuracne on the sti while storing it. What if somone steals itā€¦or fireā€¦ect. I sayā€¦ Drive the sti in the winterā€¦ I was going thru the same think with the gtiā€¦i was going to get a winter car but then i saidā€¦its a fuckin vw not a ferrari. If you buy some POS youā€™re going to be so pissed at yourself everytime you get in your beater and see your sti just sitting there not being able to drive it. Just donā€™t ass clown the thing this yearā€¦there are plenty of BIG parking lots (mckinley) to have some wicked drift sessions in,and you wonā€™t have to worry about hitting anything. ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/34 "2006-11-02T10:42:40Z")
a winter car is going to be a constant headache, especially anything under 2gs Its not fun breaking down in the winter, youll probably spend more than you think you will save when something breaks. Plus sti is going to be so much better in the snow, and more fun. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/35 "2006-11-02T10:44:41Z")
yeah. iā€™m gonna rock the sti. ---
**Author:** ![jrex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jrex/32/7232_2.png) [@jrex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jrex)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/36 "2006-11-02T10:54:31Z")
If you are going to keep it and modify it for a long time then store it. The way you go thru cars I would just beat the piss out of it and have a blast. I had more fun last year in the snow in my WRX than I did driving it the rest of the year. Besides you can always trade it in for a newer modelā€¦ Besides, I will miss the entertaining threads of ā€œOMG SHit almost just hit a tree/dumpster in my sti in xx parkling lotā€ ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/37 "2006-11-02T11:01:11Z")
> [@jrex](#): > > Besides, I will miss the entertaining threads of ā€œOMG SHit almost just hit a tree/dumpster in my sti in xx parkling lot 1 day before i am trading it inā€ fixed. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/38 "2006-11-02T11:07:31Z")
> [@newman](#): > > fixed. That was a fun nightā€¦ hehehehā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/39 "2006-11-02T11:32:11Z")
Ha, quick story. First day steve bought his mustang GT it was snowing pretty hard, we were going to rochester to go drinking. The thing had these bald z rated summer tires on it. That was a pretty interesting ride in that thing, getting it sideways and almost falling off an onramp in the ROC. Steve its your car, you gotta drive iā€™m doneā€¦ Hahaā€¦ > [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > My thoughts on it areā€¦ you have an AWD car, why not use it. > > Iā€™ve driven fairly powerful RWD cars in the winter since I was 16 (minus 2 of them) and while they can be a ton of fun, that all stops once you get it stuck for the first time. > > heh, a few years back, with the SC I was trying to make it up a hill with very little snow on it, just really slick. I literally had to slowly roll it back down the hill a few times, then try and get enough speed to climb it to make it all the way up (I would get about 3/4 of the way up before the wheels would just start spinning). Not funā€¦ especially if you have shit to do. > > edit: with that saidā€¦ If you drive the camaro, I hope you have AAA Gold or know someone with a truck that can pull you out once every few weeks (or hope you know how to handle a RWD car in the snow) ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603/40 "2006-11-02T11:36:12Z")
> [@TgDn32](#): > > Doesnā€™t that saying go, ā€œBass Ackwardsā€? :word: Or maybe itā€™s just a southern thing but that is what I thought. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-winter-car/19603.md?page=3)