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Old 12-18-2020   #21
Paul Workman
 
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Default Re: Anyone Regularly Winter Drive Their ZR-1?

"like a puppy on ice" = a PERFECT description!

I''ll make it a point to fire her up and like Dominic I'll take her for a spin if the roads are dry to keep the liquids flowing and joints limbered up!

I had my heart in my throat on the drive home from a Christmas dinner gathering.

The tires were summer tires and the highway was glare ice on packed snow. But the worst of it was a storm was blowing in while I had dinner with my crew and there was some starboard side 60 mph wind gusts that would drift me across the on-coming lane toward a deep drainage ditch on the far side of the road.

That was thee last time I took a C4 (before I had the Z) out on icy roads. Scared the crap outta me cuz it happened over a few seconds, time enough to be fully aware of what was likely my doom, and totally unable to do anything to stop it!

Nah... Performance (summer) tires in the snow really sucks. That said, Bob Gillig used to drive his C6 as his daily driver all year round. He met me near Clear Lake one time when there was a good 4-5" of shushy snow on the road (slushy cuz it had been treated with SALT as well (!) So, I know some do drive in the soup. But, of bigger concern to me is the SALT getting into every nook and cranny of the under carriage. F'k that!!
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