would a g37 S coupe be ok in snow?
If you have never driven in snow you might have an issue. Other than that you should be great...the traction control in the car is great and coupled with good tires and the right driving practices you should be fine
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mastapro, I tried to convince myself and my wife of this so I could get a "real" S, instead of an x, with an "appearance" package. In the end, I ended up going with the x.
Our drive is about 250-300' long, all up a pretty decent incline from the road. I'm in western PA so we see our fair share of snow, especially this winter. If I'm home and get the driveway plowed after a few inches of snow, we've generally not had issues. My wife's FWD car with Blizzaks mostly did ok and my Jeep with AT tires did as well. However, twice this winter, between not being able to plow and some ice on top... The van with Blizzaks did not make it up the driveway and the Jeep really had to work at it.
I'm not so concerned about clearance since I don't find myself driving on completely untouched roads very often at all. If so, we've got the X5. But... since our driveway is a route we must traverse no matter where we go and cannot avoid it, I went with the x. If we had a short, flat driveway like at our old house, I may very well have selected the RWD, since I could avoid roads that I know would be troublesome, if I must go out in bad weather. Like I said though... no "alternate route" from the road to the garage for me.
Our drive is about 250-300' long, all up a pretty decent incline from the road. I'm in western PA so we see our fair share of snow, especially this winter. If I'm home and get the driveway plowed after a few inches of snow, we've generally not had issues. My wife's FWD car with Blizzaks mostly did ok and my Jeep with AT tires did as well. However, twice this winter, between not being able to plow and some ice on top... The van with Blizzaks did not make it up the driveway and the Jeep really had to work at it.
I'm not so concerned about clearance since I don't find myself driving on completely untouched roads very often at all. If so, we've got the X5. But... since our driveway is a route we must traverse no matter where we go and cannot avoid it, I went with the x. If we had a short, flat driveway like at our old house, I may very well have selected the RWD, since I could avoid roads that I know would be troublesome, if I must go out in bad weather. Like I said though... no "alternate route" from the road to the garage for me.
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mastapro, I tried to convince myself and my wife of this so I could get a "real" S, instead of an x, with an "appearance" package. In the end, I ended up going with the x.
Our drive is about 250-300' long, all up a pretty decent incline from the road. I'm in western PA so we see our fair share of snow, especially this winter. If I'm home and get the driveway plowed after a few inches of snow, we've generally not had issues. My wife's FWD car with Blizzaks mostly did ok and my Jeep with AT tires did as well. However, twice this winter, between not being able to plow and some ice on top... The van with Blizzaks did not make it up the driveway and the Jeep really had to work at it.
I'm not so concerned about clearance since I don't find myself driving on completely untouched roads very often at all. If so, we've got the X5. But... since our driveway is a route we must traverse no matter where we go and cannot avoid it, I went with the x. If we had a short, flat driveway like at our old house, I may very well have selected the RWD, since I could avoid roads that I know would be troublesome, if I must go out in bad weather. Like I said though... no "alternate route" from the road to the garage for me.
Our drive is about 250-300' long, all up a pretty decent incline from the road. I'm in western PA so we see our fair share of snow, especially this winter. If I'm home and get the driveway plowed after a few inches of snow, we've generally not had issues. My wife's FWD car with Blizzaks mostly did ok and my Jeep with AT tires did as well. However, twice this winter, between not being able to plow and some ice on top... The van with Blizzaks did not make it up the driveway and the Jeep really had to work at it.
I'm not so concerned about clearance since I don't find myself driving on completely untouched roads very often at all. If so, we've got the X5. But... since our driveway is a route we must traverse no matter where we go and cannot avoid it, I went with the x. If we had a short, flat driveway like at our old house, I may very well have selected the RWD, since I could avoid roads that I know would be troublesome, if I must go out in bad weather. Like I said though... no "alternate route" from the road to the garage for me.
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I'm in Eastern PA and drove my RWD 6MT G37S around on Blizzaks this entire winter with no issues. Threw 50lbs+ of salt in the trunk as well, never stuck once. Went out to a vacant lot to drift on black ice at around 5-10 degrees and still had plenty of control. Unless you live in a place that is never plowed, I wouldn't worry. The only thing I won't do is park on steep inclines when there's heavy snow/ice.
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Been through two winters so far with a G37S with snow tires (Blizzaks LM-32) on stock height in Canada. Very manageable if you drive sensibly. Struggles a bit in tall/fresh snow. Don't know why I am typing like this.
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mastapro, I tried to convince myself and my wife of this so I could get a "real" S, instead of an x, with an "appearance" package. In the end, I ended up going with the x.
Our drive is about 250-300' long, all up a pretty decent incline from the road. I'm in western PA so we see our fair share of snow, especially this winter. If I'm home and get the driveway plowed after a few inches of snow, we've generally not had issues. My wife's FWD car with Blizzaks mostly did ok and my Jeep with AT tires did as well. However, twice this winter, between not being able to plow and some ice on top... The van with Blizzaks did not make it up the driveway and the Jeep really had to work at it.
I'm not so concerned about clearance since I don't find myself driving on completely untouched roads very often at all. If so, we've got the X5. But... since our driveway is a route we must traverse no matter where we go and cannot avoid it, I went with the x. If we had a short, flat driveway like at our old house, I may very well have selected the RWD, since I could avoid roads that I know would be troublesome, if I must go out in bad weather. Like I said though... no "alternate route" from the road to the garage for me.
Our drive is about 250-300' long, all up a pretty decent incline from the road. I'm in western PA so we see our fair share of snow, especially this winter. If I'm home and get the driveway plowed after a few inches of snow, we've generally not had issues. My wife's FWD car with Blizzaks mostly did ok and my Jeep with AT tires did as well. However, twice this winter, between not being able to plow and some ice on top... The van with Blizzaks did not make it up the driveway and the Jeep really had to work at it.
I'm not so concerned about clearance since I don't find myself driving on completely untouched roads very often at all. If so, we've got the X5. But... since our driveway is a route we must traverse no matter where we go and cannot avoid it, I went with the x. If we had a short, flat driveway like at our old house, I may very well have selected the RWD, since I could avoid roads that I know would be troublesome, if I must go out in bad weather. Like I said though... no "alternate route" from the road to the garage for me.
Honestly... this sounds like a very reasonable situation to go for the AWD with.
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I live in the north east and drive a 2009 g37s, and the with a good set of winter tires and sensible driving you should be fine. I have been using continental DWS All Seasons(Dry Wet Snow..DWS.) with no issuses and i have a 25 mile commute each way with approx. 15 to 20 miles highway and about 5 miles local roads and feel really confident with my all season Continentals .Great traction in any weather .you do give up a little bit of feedback when compared to a good set of summer tires which i used before(michelin super sport)great summer tires and thats to be expected. go for it man you will be fine.
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I'm looking at eiother white or black. I've been searching for a while. It's just tough to find a good price/situation but I'm patient
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Here in chicago it's been in the mid 30-50's the last 2-3 weeks. Due to a broken foot I've not had a chance to swap back to summer tires yet. Fortunately I work from home so commute is a non issue.
Over this past night we got ~4" of snow. Driving with summer tires would be rather dangerous with this amount of snow. This becomes a bit of a predicament. If you run the snow tires in the warmer temps they wear much faster. But what to do for the occasional late season moderate snow......
Come to think of it, in the past 15 years of using winter tires (since 2000), this may have happened just a handful of times. I'll usually swap the tires mid-late march without any issues.
Over this past night we got ~4" of snow. Driving with summer tires would be rather dangerous with this amount of snow. This becomes a bit of a predicament. If you run the snow tires in the warmer temps they wear much faster. But what to do for the occasional late season moderate snow......
Come to think of it, in the past 15 years of using winter tires (since 2000), this may have happened just a handful of times. I'll usually swap the tires mid-late march without any issues.
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I drove to work in the Chicago snow today with one major difference - I took the ~150lb of sand bags out last week to make room for my golf stuff.
Notably less traction and directional stability. Never noticed this on my M coupe because I basically sat over the rear tires.
I would recommend some significant weight over the rear axle line along with snow tires for RWD Gs.
Notably less traction and directional stability. Never noticed this on my M coupe because I basically sat over the rear tires.
I would recommend some significant weight over the rear axle line along with snow tires for RWD Gs.
I wouldn't waste the money on the S, just get a Z if you want sporty (s on an Infiniti stands for SLOW). the only reason to go Infiniti is for the AWD. AWD with blizzacks will run circles around an S in the snow
