Tires and Snow
 

I just took my 91 out of the garage this morning to photograph it in the light snow of the front yard at 19 degrees F. I took it down the driveway and around the block after. The great Goodyear Eagle F1 tires on it which work so well on dry or wet roads and at speed just make you laugh when packed snow is involved.

How do we spell exactly what you'd expect, worthless at snow traction?

As expected but it takes nothing to lose traction with them on dry, day old snow.

Lance P.

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Last year I took the Z out after a 2" dusting of snow. Pulled to a stop sign and got stuck , then no gas pedal totally stopped......slid right off the crown of the road.

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Frank, I was just in my neighborhood with no other cars around and if I had to stop it was problematical that I could...I got back up the driveway okay though the rear end did a sashay on the 3% slope up on the way in as fast as I could. Not a good idea to drive mine on snow completely apart from the engine's power. Just zero traction.

Crowned road would have done the same thing, just slid.

Lance

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Snow??!!!
Heck, my Z has never been driven in the rain, much less snow!

I've heard they melt.

'Crabs

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My car has never been a slow plow (with the air dam), but it has been in the rain MANY times....

Trust me, it doesn't melt!

:cheers:

David

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They rust !

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SNOW? Is that the white stuff that sort of looks like blowing sand? But sticks to everything and then gets wet and makes mud? :-D

In Fahrenheit it was 62 last night and almost 80 today. But lets not compare July temperatures.

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Please don't mention the s*** word. I'm surrounded by it! Help!

Dave

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Great minds think alike, Lance. I took mine out in the 20* weather with a dusting of snow. I won't leave my 500' driveway due to salt on the road though. I launched it on the snow pack and almost completed a bat turn ;-)


Lance, do you have the top off in those pics ??

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Sad, but true...I've driven my Z one (1) time...and it rained. Currently driving up-armoured SUV's in the snow of Kabul. Z's in the barn for the year until I redeploy...but at least I know it's there waiting! Tschuss!