I had these vids posted in our local forum last year until the server was dumped. It seemed more people from outside of Prairie Redliners were interested in them, so I've posted them up here this time. They are courtesy of a server provided by "VTEXTC". Vids taken courtesy of "Woodson".
Make sure you "right click", "save target as" and view from your folder.

The following is a "drag race" we had in an empty parking lot. 3 brands of snow tires are represented here. My Silverstone was running Blizzak MZ-01's on the rears and Goodrich Winter Slaloms on the front. I was running neck and neck with the black car, which had Michelin Alpins all around. The Sebring Silver car and the Red car both had Blizzak LM-22's all around.


Here is "BlackS2000" doing a reverse rolling 180:


And here's me doing some donuts:


As you can see, this car is quite driveable when snow tires are used and can be a lot of fun in the snow. You just gotta practice a bit to know what the car can do and how to make the car do it. It's hard to see, but the parking lot was mostly covered with about 3"-4" of snow (that is, until we squashed some of it down). We plan to have another "snow drags meet" this winter and if possible, we'll get some more vids of different driving manouvers.

While I'm at it, here's more:

 

cool, very nice videos. i wish i can drive in the snow like that, but we dont get much snow here in BC

 

Thats great... I have to start looking for tires. If this winter is going to be anything like last i'll need them.

 

I agree the S is really fun to play with in the snow. Pretty much everyday last winter I wouldn't leave the parking lot at work without first doing some donuts and snow drifts.

My first experience with my baby and snow was really frightening, however. A few inches of snow had fallen and I was still running on S02s. I had experience driving my Civic in the snow but was new to RWD. I drove the 22 mile drive home below 10mph and felt like I was sliding the whole way there. The normally 20 minute drive took over 2 hours. It felt like I never really had control of the car. I was scared that at any moment I would completely lose it and drive off the road. On top of that these a**hole SUVs kept coming up from behind and flying by me on the freeway going at like 80mph. The next day I had my LM-22s put on and wow the difference was like night and day. I was really surprised how much easier I could control the car. Snow tires are a must if you plan on driving this car in the snow.

I think playing in the snow is not only fun, but also very informative. You can learn what to do and what not to do in various situations. That practice has already saved my butt a few times in crappy weather.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by dirtYs2K The normally 20 minute drive took over 2 hours.

 

I've done this with virtually every car I've had. THE best way to learn what can/can't be done with the vehicle is to go out and "goof off"! (safely of course - open area, like in the videos. By no means should it be done if there are bystanders or other vehicles/objects in the way) There have been plenty of times were this knowledge has saved my butt (dry,wet and in snow).
If you do it enough, the reactions will become instictive and as we all know, if you have to think what needs to be done, it's too late.

 

that vid was with my 1 week old snows...so i was a rookie...and from BC (hardly ever get snow)...so after one full winter driving season in the snow, i LOOK FORWARD TO THE REMATCH!

 

The only time my Miata R was more fun to drive in the summer was when I was pounding away with it during Vermont winters. Put some snow tires under your S2000, a 50-lb bag of kitty litter in the trunk and I dare anyone NOT to smile. It's no WRX, but sliding is half the fun!

 

Nice vids, thanks for posting.

I don't get enough snow to warrant snow tires (2 days a year) but I can vouche for the inablility of the stock S02's to even come close to being described as driveable in the snow. I can't get over 28 mph without the rear end wanting to go first. I'm stuck on the side of the road in this photo because the rear tires are on snow, and the hill (shoulder of road) is too steep for me to climb. I had to be pushed back onto the highway.

 

i cant see the videos , a little picture of a broken quicktime file comes up


edit: i figured out how, i just had to save the videos to my desktop , nice donuts btw, looks like it was fun!