Winter Beater Car Thread

Shift518 Automotive
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what the title says :lol post up what you drive in the winter and pics if any :banana

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ill start with my 1993 Honda Civic Sedan :rofl

224k miles
lowered like 3 inches
cold air intake, projector headlights, and a hole in the exhaust :lol

http://a913.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/73/l_55205f2984b5b71031626faf8d5a8060.jpg

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Here are mine:
http://images.uncleajg.multiply.com/image/3/photos/43/600x600/6/HondaAccord.jpg?et=K5sXqCmk%2CZadWQA4sho%2Bdw

(This is how it went down in college…)

http://images.uncleajg.multiply.com/image/3/photos/43/600x600/8/Car%20Ride%203.jpg?et=joM%2BkhXjcJGZb3P7u06I2Q

(GVR4- Limited Edition Winter Beater, never got stuck with this)

http://images.uncleajg.multiply.com/image/3/photos/43/600x600/9/Ser4.jpg?et=xJ87MeHtfqTuPl%2B15BgueQ

('91 Classic, still the best SE-R, 180k miles and got me through the Winter of '01)

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/customlowz/100_3378.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/customlowz/100_3377.jpg

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http://www.carreview.com/Channels/carreview/images/inf_g35_front34_600x425.jpg

Not mine, but there all the same(I don’t have any pictures of mine hosted) - something significantly more exotic due in the stable no later then spring of 08. This car is WAY too heavy.

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Seems most of us have Hondas as beaters…hmmm

98 Civic hatch, it’s so reliable compared to the DSM that I’m considering switching to it permanently…

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/GiveMeABMW/Picture210.jpg

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thats your winter beater…or thats your all around ride for the year??

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Honda beaters ftw! :lol

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2001 dakota v6 5spd 4wd… I’ve had the damn thing for 2 years now and I don’t think I’ve ever taken a pic of it, HA!

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Pfft, my winter beater is way better in the snow. :nuts

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h136/jclarksince86/IMG_0464.jpg
IMG_0464.jpg800×600

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yeah FWD in the winter, ftw ::slight_smile: :rofl :nuts

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Nah, FWD isnt any fun. You can get to the grocery store safely, but you cant do it sideways at really slow speeds.

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thats true, but thats what the e-brake is for but i guess rwd you can just give it gas and have fun :lol

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If your crafty you can have more fun in snow with a FWD, I had a large rear sway bar on a FWD winter vehicle, with the factory front and it actually over steered. It was an absolute blast to drive, I also had Nokian studded snows all around to it was by far the most fun and safest car I’ve ever driven in snow.

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i’m gonna miss rwd in the snow, but i’ll have to settle for fwd now. my rwd machine is not a winter car anymore.

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youll never have as much fun in low traction situations than with rwd imo

or awd…

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I’m certainly not going to argue that, but with a little tuning you are not limited to yanking the ebrake in order to have fun with a FWD. I think the best combo for fun in snow is AWD with a RWD bias, i.e. not audi.

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ive never owned a beater just for winter. whats it like?

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phenomenal, it just makes you want to do everything you cant do in your summer car, i actually LOOK for potholes to drive through, try to launch off speedbumps, hit every puddle i see, etc etc…

:banana

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EXACTLY!, just beat the shit out of it…hence the name winter BEATER :mwahaha