Snow tires.... All the way.

 

Snow tires.

(plus Racelogic Traction Control...)

 

Ive heard story after story of winter horrors with the S, get your self a set of AP1 wheels with some winter tires! They will get you home! I bought AP1 rims and a set of dunlup M3s and set out to test, last year. I think they are good to 3" powder and just fine in packed snow. I had no problem!

 

(you have VSA)

 

AP1 rims + Blizzaks was the first thing I did when I bought my car.Best purchase I've made.

 

Snow tires and VSA will get you where you need to go. I use Conti extremes. The VSA will let get the back end out momentarily before cutting the power.

 

It was fine with it off too! Just gotta be even more careful!

 

I'm not deep in the snow belt, and my car "came with" all-season tires that the Chicago owner thought were a good idea. I left them on all winter, and except for the one-time-only humiliation of being towed up the street by a (Honda) Rubicon and a Polaris (snow mobile), the S-2000 did great, everyday.

I think that the key is it's low torque characteristics and RWD. The engine's mass is pretty close to you also, which means that the car is more a "rotator" than a "fishtailer," which is nice coming out of rutted right hand turns in traffic. That being said, I'm in the market for a set of AP-1 wheels and some snow tires. I had Blizzaks on all of my RWD German cars, and they were worth having.

 

DON'T
DO
IT.

 

Once would be too many times for me.

I still tease the Porsche Cayenne owner that got stuck in his driveway with all-seasons (I towstrapped him out with a Toyota wearing Blizzaks).