[QUOTE=boofer,Oct 14 2007, 07:31 PM] the reason i ask is because it generally snows maybe once or twice a year in the DC area, and that snow generally melts on the roads within 12-24 hours.

 

speaking of the subject, i just crashed my s2 friday. it was to cold and my tires were'nt warme up., i took the curve by my house to fast., that on any summer day i would take it like a knife cutting through butter., but friday was to cold and i jus lost control. the car spun and spun until i jumped over the curve and missed a building by 2 feet at the most. i was really lucky i just cracked my wheels and broke the rad support (doesn't matter like rick james said, buy another one!) anyways the moral of the story is drive carefully in messed up weather unless your prepared for it and still not an excuse to drive like an idiot (me) so just be careful and cautious., like i would be from no one.

 

truth be told when its a lil wet out dont push the gas to hard...... was turning onto a major 2lane road wit barrier in between, and makign a left i was in second and no one was around me jus traffic on the road at light.... i hit it a lil hard in second and was probally a 45degree angle for a good 100ft but i jus kept on the gas and vtec'd it out haa, up the road some kids stopped next to me and said wow that was awsome... i replyed with, YA llemme change my underwear now! --- moral of story

***** drifted in rain... got scared.... learned to NEVER hit gas on a slight turn. ***

P.S i wasnt even driving aggresivive jus alil to much gas into a turn

 

true

 

make sure ur tire it's balanced and presure match , warm up ur tire b4 u trying to go fast , no instanly vtec kick in at rain.
And not some crazy cornerings .
if u do all i had said here, u will never spin out.

 

I wouldn't recommend driving in cold weather w/ summer tires.
I have VERY little traction in snow w/ all-season tires.(bought my car in January, snow tires were all sold out)
I'm either buying a set of snow tires or a winter beater this year.
Please, get a dedicated snow tires for your own sake.

Dan

 

no.

 

cars do not lose controls by themselves.

with that said, it is much EASIER to spin in this car than others. i havent had a close call in the rain, but have had a few unintentional, unsettling moments in the cold

 

Boofer:

The simple fact that you're asking questions about this subject and your knowledge about tires capabilities in different situations puts you ahead of 99% of drivers. From what I can tell I think you'll do just fine.

Just be careful, you'll mostly have to worry about other people being idiots in the bad weather.

 

i think i should be okay too, for a few reasons:

1) i grew up driving in snow in rochester, NY, and my dad took me out several times right when i turned 16 on empty streets with 3-6" of snow on them and told me to get used to how it felt, told me to brake hard to see what would happen. we went to a few empty parking lots and he told me to do whatever i could to get a sense of how the car would react to my inputs. trust me, it helped. sometimes there's dry pavement, then packed snow/ice mixture due to the plows not getting it and cars packing it down, and i've seen so many people who will continue to accelerate over that snow, and they're almost oblivious to it. i've learned that if you're coasting over it and you don't accelerate/brake/turn your wheel much, you'll hold your line.

2) i'm an old man (25) and honestly don't care if a car next to me guns it and tries to tempt me into racing or something

3) i'm PARANOID as it is about the newly-enacted VA fines (over $1,000 in fees for minor speeding tickets!)

4) i probably will just metro/cab on the 2 days it snows here; i live 4 blocks away from a metro stop anyway.

now what was that comment about all-seasons being more "dangerous" than summer tires??