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First snow for my S today!
I have my studded Kuhmos on and it works just fine,but you have to keep the revs low when turning.
I also went to a large,empty parking lot tonight.
Great fun
Originally posted by 01s2k First snow for my S today!
I have my studded Kuhmos on and it works just fine,but you have to keep the revs low when turning.
Jonas
Jonas,
If you're already driving on studded tires, then you're ahead of me. I'm still waiting to install the winter tires (Yokohama Guardex 600s), although admittedly I'm taking a chance by waiting.
How does the ABS work in the snow? I would suspect that the stopping distances at low speeds would be worse???
Yes, the stopping distances at low and high speed is worse if there is snow.And the stopping distance on dry is also longer with winter tyres.
And i had to install the winter tires early,otherwise i might not be able to avoid hitting those polarbears and penguins out there
It should also be mentioned that stopping distances with ABS is longer because the tire is not allowed to scrape the ice (as with a locked wheel) and snow to put up a small "barrier" in front of each tire. (The best straight line stopping capability is with snow tires, studs, no ABS.) Where in the pre-ABS days, I could stop just in time to miss the Abominable Snowman, I now "knee cap" him. However, I wouldn't give up ABS since it allows you to brake and steer at the same time.
BTW, penguins are natural residents of South Polar regions.
This is rather an obscure place to post, but what the heck. Just attempted to drive following a real snow storm. Up until now the weather has been unseasonably mild and even the Buffalo storm of a couple weeks back did nothing in this part of NY. Today made up for it all. Got stuck in my own driveway (not a difficult thing to do, BTW). I discovered that an S2000 is not a Jeep Wrangler or even a Subaru Forester. In fact, it rather sucked. It wouldn't even move one foot in the flat part, let alone where there was an incline and that's on some pretty aggressive winter tires. Oh well. This happened with my Porsche 944S2, too, so let's just say that I wasn't surprised. The idea of a "winter rat" is starting to sound much more appealing...
Have you already tried the old RWD solution: 2 solid CMU just fit into the back well, or maybe 50# of sand. We just got about 4" here in SE Pa.....more on the way.
Testut, you must have one heck of an incline on your driveway. What kind of snow tires are you running again? I've got the Blizzak MZ-01's on the back and I've had no problems driving up inclines in heavy snow. I took these pics for you to compare.
Remember this pic from an earlier thread (double click on it to make it bigger)?
My house in situated on a hill. This next pic gives you an idea of the grade if you look at the hedge line in front of the house. This is the view from my house across the street that I go up every day.
The next pic shows what the grade becomes about 200 feet further up the hill (the grade intensifies by a factor of 2). My driveway would be equivalent to this grade. Granted, when my driveway is iced up, I don't dare stop on it but when it's just snow, I can.
On the day the first pic was taken, I had to drive up this road to get to where I "posed" the car. I use no sandbags or other weights in the trunk. I have no issues with going up this hill. After every heavy snowfall, I sell tickets to watch idiots with cars with "all season" tires trying to get up this hill. They either end up backing down to the next intersection and turning around or they get one of the drive wheels stuck in a storm sewer drain. It's like watching bumpers cars at the fairgrounds.
xviper- Slightly OT, but what color is your s2000? Looks darker than my Silverstone
BTW, if testut has some pics to post of Ithaca, NY conditions....you will be amazed The problem: it's a small town with mostly narrow & steep 2 lane roads...Rte.13 is the only 4 laner and it just cuts thru town down in the valley. When we lived there, my wife was a nurse at the hospital on the west side of town; they sent an Emergency vehicle to pick her up....no other way to get to work.
However, I wouldn't give up ABS since it allows you to brake and steer at the same time.
The problem: it's a small town with mostly narrow & steep 2 lane roads...Rte.13 is the only 4 laner and it just cuts thru town down in the valley. When we lived there, my wife was a nurse at the hospital on the west side of town; they sent an Emergency vehicle to pick her up....no other way to get to work.