I bought snow tires and hardtop.

Tried to drive in city during winter.
Realized how low our front bumper is relative to SUV rear bumpers.
Envisioned sliding into the rear of an SUV and crushing the entire Honda hood underneath the a$$ of of a Hummer.
Bought a LR Disco for $5k to drive in winter.
Wife loved romping through heavy snowfall.
She took it.... and eventually killed it.
Replaced with a Toyota FJ.
I still drive the S2k on nice winter days when there's not active sanding/salting.

It's very possible to drive the S2k in the winter.
But IMHO, it's more fun to romp through the snow in one of these!



(Disclaimer, that is NOT my FJ.... mine's silver, but no snow yet this year...)

FYI: the snow tire compound in the LM-22 Blizzaks is not the same as the DM Z3s (SUV tire). They couldn't use the lamellar "multi-cell" compound due to speed rating requirements on the LM-22s. So LMs get a high-silica tire. I was driving in some slush (LM-22s) and my wife was driving behind me (with SUV + DM Z3s).

I had to feather each start and the car was still a little squirrely with some light fishtailing. We dropped of the S2k and I then drove the SUV home... it was like driving on dry roads....

My sphincter is tight enough as it is... I don't need more "fun" like that.

 

Me too. That's why I drive it every day.

 

i have my civic in case the weather gets too bad. but i'm planning on having my s out all winter. and i live in idaho

 

I drive my car 365 days a year, even through rain, flood, and even through those gigantic potholes, as well as speed bumps that I scrape on every single day.

 

I have stored my S over the last Nov'05/March'06 winter season in Michigan one time out of necessity while it was with me on a work related project for my own entertainment prior to winter. I followed all recommended winter storage tips as listed on S2Ki to those who posted that valuable info.

I mentioned one time because I would not want to do it again because of the agony of this repeated weekly procedure:

-Under moderate snow conditions, visit storage place and open door
-See covered S2000 sitting on carpet patches
-Sigh and take cover off
-Start engine, listen to cd's and remember the past spring & summer drives while
staring at the snow fall down outside the storage garage unit
-At 3 bars(temp gage) rev lightly and enjoy the beautiful exhaust note.
Again stare at the snow outside.
-after 30-40 minutes, turn-off engine, QD detail (what had been detailed before
storage already ) and cover up again.

Go home and re-check weather report for a window of opportunity which would not truly come until late March '06....

 

No, not running bias-ply tires helps prevent flat spotting. It is not a concern on steel belted radials.

 

Rubber rot is probably more of an issue. I haven't had this experience, but if you store a car long-term on concrete, I think you should put some sort of plastic or foam under the tires because the tires can dry out. It's probably a non-issue for just a few months in storage.