Driving during the winter
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Just today. Winter driving bites again. No location but my wild guess is Pennsylvania judging from no front tag and centered stickers in the windshield.
Locals here in Richmond are constantly warning about Black Ice. Too cold for my S2000 even here right now.
-- Chuck
Locals here in Richmond are constantly warning about Black Ice. Too cold for my S2000 even here right now.
-- Chuck
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I do plan to dry it on a warm sunny day but will also commit to wash the car thoroughly after the end of driving to get all the road salt off. So, it really has to be very warm (above 40F).
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Just today. Winter driving bites again. No location but my wild guess is Pennsylvania judging from no front tag and centered stickers in the windshield.
Locals here in Richmond are constantly warning about Black Ice. Too cold for my S2000 even here right now.
-- Chuck
Locals here in Richmond are constantly warning about Black Ice. Too cold for my S2000 even here right now.
-- Chuck
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From: Illnoise. WAY downtown, jerky.
lol...are you guys serious?
Its not very hard to drive a S2000 in winter. I mean...I don't drive mine out of vanity. I've driven (other peoples') S2000's and Miatas in the snow.
Its not a F40 or a car that's mythically difficult to drive. If OP isn't worried about rust, he'll need to use common sense and he'll do fine. He's not even planning on driving in the snow.
It makes like 6LB-FT of torque unless you put your foot through the carpet long enough to reach 6000-9000RPM.
Its not very hard to drive a S2000 in winter. I mean...I don't drive mine out of vanity. I've driven (other peoples') S2000's and Miatas in the snow.
Its not a F40 or a car that's mythically difficult to drive. If OP isn't worried about rust, he'll need to use common sense and he'll do fine. He's not even planning on driving in the snow.
It makes like 6LB-FT of torque unless you put your foot through the carpet long enough to reach 6000-9000RPM.
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lol...are you guys serious?
Its not very hard to drive a S2000 in winter. I mean...I don't drive mine out of vanity. I've driven (other peoples') S2000's and Miatas in the snow.
Its not a F40 or a car that's mythically difficult to drive. If OP isn't worried about rust, he'll need to use common sense and he'll do fine. He's not even planning on driving in the snow.
It makes like 6LB-FT of torque unless you put your foot through the carpet long enough to reach 6000-9000RPM.
Its not very hard to drive a S2000 in winter. I mean...I don't drive mine out of vanity. I've driven (other peoples') S2000's and Miatas in the snow.
Its not a F40 or a car that's mythically difficult to drive. If OP isn't worried about rust, he'll need to use common sense and he'll do fine. He's not even planning on driving in the snow.
It makes like 6LB-FT of torque unless you put your foot through the carpet long enough to reach 6000-9000RPM.
Damn, I drove an 87 RX7 that must have made only 5LB-FT for a couple winters in my younger days without wrecking it. Any RWD
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a few observations: if your going to pull your wet, salty car in and out of the garage on a daily basis, your better off leaving it out on the driveway frozen rather than letting it thaw out every night.
If your not going to oil spray your vehicle professionally, at least grab a few cans from the auto store and go crazy.
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I'll tell you from experience (I had a lot of it as I tried to keep my old mazda 3 rocker rust from spreading), Por15 isn't durable enough for areas like the rocker pinch welds that will get pelted with debris. I prepped everything exactly per the directions and the por 15 ended up peeling off after it got a few chips in it.
Paint the effected areas with bedliner and a foam brush. Dab it on, thick coat. It shrinks a little when it dries so do a 2nd coat and make sure you fill any pinholes. This will dry hard as a rock and you can paint body color over it. (Make sure you get the backside of those areas too.)
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I used to drive my first S2000 in the snow all the time I live in the STL with good blizzak tires the thing was a snow beast! Not to mention all the fun that was had sliding it around! I wasn't to worried about rust, I just kept up with washes and the underbody spray and never had any problems.