2point4gsx

Up until tonight I use to think all the enthusiasts that garaged their S for the winter were wusses. I enjoyed cruising in any condition, sideways in the rain, or WOT in clear, crisp winter nights when an NA car is faster than ever with the near freezing temps. Until tonight.

Snow was the forecast for tonight up here in Milton, a suburban area between Seattle and Tacoma. It was getting dark, yet the sky looked clear, so I ventured out to meet a friend for dinner. Upon leaving, I noticed it was freezing. As I entered onto the freeway, the snow hit like I had never seen. An instant blizzard that devoured all in it's path. No treatment seeming to satisfy it's insatiable appetite.

The S sucks in the snow. It's amazingly awful. Once off the freeway, I found myself going sideways downhills. Now I'm not Takumi and this is not Initial D and I'm far from a downhill drifting specialist. When the feeble brakes lock up and you have no control other than to steer in the proper direction and pray - you find yourself feeling rather helpless. I swear the anti-lock kicked back for 30 seconds till I found myself and my fine example of automotive perfection (a japanese supercar if you will) at the bottom of a large hill in the front yard of a rambler.

At this point I'm feeling lucky I didn't technically hit anything. I just sorta slided 1000 ft into grass and beauty bark. These homeowners were less than happy.
After I explained the situation to them, I embarked on my 2 mile journey home. Mind you, I was in a blizzard, with my new Calvin Klein sportscoat getting beaten with frost and ice. Damn this was miserable.

So now, I'm hoping that between tonight and tomarrow afternoon, nothing else happens to the stranded S. I'm paranoid about the car to begin with, so, as you can imagine this is almost intolerable. The worst part is I have a 4wd Tacoma I decided not to drive this evening just sitting in my driveway. Ahh, the irony is so strong.

Point being, The S will be garaged next winter. F*** the snow.

BowlofRice

lesson learned. sport tires<snow, snow tires>snow. saw a silverstone s2k get towed when it was only an inch out. its about 6 inches in renton right now.

BB APone

Yeah I hear you man, The S sucks in the snow. I drove my S today to work, apparently it turned out to be the worse decision ever made. Got off work a little early, I decided to stay at my dads since his place is only 10 minutes away, which turned into a 3 hour commute (From Kirkland to Bellevue) All roads were clear until I started getting closer and closer to home. But thankfully, I made it home ok, I got sideways numerous amounts of times but no harm or damage to me and most importantly to the AP1 which I just bought 2 weeks ago. Glad you're ok though man, you don't even know how bad I'm looking forward to the summer. Drive safe guys.

silentdancer

i refuse to drive my S2000 in rain anymore lol thank god for no snow in socal!

SlipAngle79

About a month ago I made my 20 mile comute home from work in a snow storm. We had frozen rain before it snowed, so it was pretty bad. It took me 2 hours. If it wasn't for the traffic keeping speeds down to 9mph, I woulda been in trouble considering I was on 3 year old S02's !!! If there had been a hill I woulda been screwed but luckily I'm in the plains aka the midwest. Now that I have some new tires, I should be able to negotiate an inch or two.

sublime

i refuse to drive my S2000 in rain anymore lol thank God for no snow in Nocal!

DaveOnLI

New SO2s?
I hope not. SO2 are not meant for cold temps. They do not provide proper traction in freezing temperatures regardless of snow.

Read the Tire Rack description of an SO2:
The Potenza S-02 is a max performance "summer" tire designed for high performance sports cars, sedans and coupes. Used as original equipment on Aston Martin, BMW, Ferrari, Honda, Mercedes and Porsche cars, it was developed to provide exceptional levels of wet and dry traction along with responsive and predictable handling. The S-02 and Potenza S-02 tires feature Bridgestone's UNI-T (Ultimate Network of Intelligent Tire Technology) that uses tread compound and construction features to enhance tire performance. It is not intended to be used in snow.

Jakup

S2000 doesn't suck in the snow, the tires you have are what suck.
With Dunlop M3's, I made it across my 25 mile commute without a problem when there was about an inch of snow out.
50/50 weight dist. added to the fact that it has very little torque to accidentally get you into trouble makes it a pretty decent snow-going vehicle.

SlipAngle79

I bought the Fuzions. Still a performance tire, but I don't plan to drive in more than an inch or two of snow. I am pretty good at driving in adverse conditions and have done it on Y rated tires in a snow strom on my old car more than once. When it rains, I DRIVE LIKE ITS RAINING and likewise for the snow. You just have to remeber what kind of car you are in.

2point4gsx

You've got to be kidding. RWD with hardly any weight over the rear tires. Worst combination possible. Although my Z rated tires with -2.5 camber out back does make it even worse. Any hint of the gas pedal and you're spinning. Any sign of braking and you're sliding.