Have any of you put snow tires on your G35 coupe and how much difference did it make my G recently slide off the road into a small tree because I have the worst luck ever. Anyway I'm considering selling it for an AWD car like a Murano or FX35 or maybe something even cheaper that's just FWD to get out of debt. I was just wondering how much your snow tires have helped?

~Ry

 

Damn man sorry to hear about your accident. I hear snow tires do make a big difference. Although I've personally advocated here on the boards you dont need them but they'd really help in your case if you're sliding off the roads.

 

well it's mostly for my neighborhood, you see i live a mile from a real road where they don't plow ours. As Lek, Arjun, and Clok are aware I live in the boonies and it's about a mile of road unplowed and that's where my only problem is. Does anyone have snow tires on in this area and how much are they helping you?

 

Were you still running on your summer tires the past few weeks? With the below freezing temps, the rubber compound on your summer tires were probably very stiff and reduced your traction. Winter tires will help but again, it's winter and the road conditions aren't the best so spirited driving should be limited until spring. Hope your luck gets better man. I would consider a 2000+ Audi A4 if you're looking for AWD sedan or even a used WRX.

 

I just put in my snow tires (Dunlop M3's) about a week ago. They have definatley helped me out, especially navigating through my neighborhood and back roads. The grip on those tires are tremendous and the dry road handling is up to par. I know you have the summer tires and I wouldnt risk driving around in them if there is any type of snow/ice on the ground.

 

I've driven in snow alot in my short life, because I went to school in NH and love to go skiing, esp. after big storms in search of fresh powder. One thing that I feel is a big misconception to alot of people is that snow tires are just a marketing ploy, and a good set of all seasons will do just fine when the weather gets bad. While this may be somewhat true for an AWD car, I think its imperative to have the right shoes on for the weather in a FWD and esp a RWD car. This being said, I was a little hesitant to buy the G35 because I need a daily driver that can get me to work every day. Before my snow tires arrived, I did drive the G with the summer tires on perhaps a dusting of snow. That was scary. With my snows now, I feel comfortable enough to say that just about any snowfall I've ever driven in before in my life I could handle in G, as long as its on a road and the road has been at least plowed a little (due to the ground clearance issue, not traction).

If you're safety concsious like I am and need the G to operate in many different conditions, then its a worthwhile investment IMO. Even if I were to buy a beater winter car, I'd still want to make sure i had the most available traction possible in that car as well. To put it another way, alot of us spend tons of money buying the tires that will give us the most grip in performance conditions. Well, snow tires are like high performance tires as well, just high performance for another kind of condition.

 

Hope everyone who drove the G in today makes it home safe. It's started to snow here and a thin layer has started to stick on the roads. It's going to suck with the sleet/ice we are expecting.

 

Thank god for roommates who work at the same place as me :-). Hope everyone is safe today...sounds like this afternoon is going to be terrible...ice and such.

 

oh wow i haven't been on here in a while.. sorry to hear about the accident.. i have the dunlop m3's and i think they're def worth it. I can't compare them to the summer tires in the snow because I didn't want to risk it after hearing abotu how poorly they handle with even a dusting of snow. The G handles just as well, if not better than my old RSX with all seasons in teh snow.

 

Thanks for all the support and what not fellas but I've decided to sell it for something a hell of a lot cheaper and with my dui my insurance is gonna frickin' skyrocket in march so getting a cheaper car should definitely help and one that has better gas mileage. I hope you all have a safe winter take it easy.

 

Brynie, before you sell it you should check insurance rates for cheaper cars. I actually ran rates on a new Honda Civic Si and Scion Tc and found that full coverage at the same rates was more expensive for those cars than the G. Of course, those cars are still sporty, and I'm sure something more plain will reduce your rates, but you should check before you sell your G! (and as a note, what was interesting is that while the collision and comprehensive rates were slightly less than the G for those two cars, the liability rates were much higher. My theory is that they aren't as safe, being smaller and all, and also the type of people who drive those may get into more accidents, etc. )

 

I concur with the normal sentiment (except the idea of not getting snow tires, you should have them with the g-35).

That being said, I didn't get any :-D. But if it's below freezing and there is any snow/ice on the road I don't drive the g35. Period (advantage of a girlfriend that can pick me up and drop me off). As was already mentioned, the tire compound in those summer tires is crap at those temperatures. I've spun out mildly accelerating in a straight line at 27degrees with completely dry roads. It's like your driving on hard plastic.

Snow tires really help in snow (duh ;-). In fact, snow tires and chains used to be the norm before the advent of front-wheel drive. If you have snow tires, in the snow, you should be just as safe as a front-wheel drive with all-seasons. That's a pretty big generalziation, and doesn't count if your driving retarded, but you get the point.

But ice is ice. If you went off the road because of ice, it would have happened just as fast with 4-wheel drive. I'm a pick-up driver in my heart (redneck in me), and I used to get mildly amused after those freezing rains to see all those SUVs on the side of the road when I wouldn't even drive my truck. Ice will kill anything except chains.

Brian.

 

I just put my snow tires on Tuesday, so today will be the true test for me. I got used Blizzaks but they look practically new. I am sure they will do fine.

 

i just drove from college park to whiteflint mall in rockville and back in the snow, i dont think its too bad. i just made sure i didnt step on it hard... and shifted early kept rpm below 2k most of the time and i didnt slip even once on the highway. but i think had all the snow formed ice on the road then id be screwed.

 

Byrnie lives in Sherwood forest.