I was just wondering how many people on here drive there crossfire ever day? This will be the first winter that I have had my crossfire. And just wondering how go they go in the winter time?

 

I use my coupe every day, but no winter to speak of here, usually .....

 

The first two winters I garaged my coupe. Last summer when my son-in-law came home from Afganistan I gave him my winter car. So this fall I bought a set of Blizzaks on rims for the Crossfire. Had them installed two weeks ago, and have gone through two 2 inch snowfalls - so far the little car is a snowmobile! I'll let you know if I get stuck in the deeper stuff, though....

 

Mine is now a garage queen, but the wife's is driven daily. As to when it snows, they both stay home, more for the safety from other drivers than the abilities of the car. We have a PT Cruiser for those days

 

XF with proper winter tires is a breaze, as long as the snow is not above the front bumper

I love driving mine with the blizzaks on it, but am currently searching for a luxury sedan for a daily so I can tear her apart...

 

Johnny....Rudy has what you need in a sedan...contact him...

 

LOL I said WINTER driver, not something with 500+ HP

 

I agree.. In light snow it's fine.. It's easy to control if it starts getting a little sideways, but it doesn't like the real deep stuff.

 

OH, what he has is perfect for winter weather...send him a PM...not the conversion you are thinking...lol....

 

I drive my 04' coupe everyday. It is my daily driver. Not much of a winter here either.

Good luck with you Crossfire.

 

Winter does not get too bad here in Boise, ID till late December to middle of Febuary. If the roads are clean and it is a light snow the Roadster rides fine. You hear the snow alot from the bottom for you are low to the ground. Now if I saw that I had 6-8 inches and the road crews had not finished there work most likely I would take the Ford 500 we have and drive that machine. I would be more worried about the other SUV and Truck 4X4 drivers who think they can drive normal in the snow. I love my Crossfire too much for one of them meeting up with me on the road.

Kj

 

The Crossfire roadster is my regular commuter vehicle due to its good reliability and fuel economy. It gets used when don't need too much luggage capacity. Gets about 8-10 K miles per year
The Mondial 8 gets used on dry days when larger luggage capacity is needed, it is below freezing so top on XF won't go down, or I feel like it and I will be parking it in secure areas. Gets 3-4 k miles per year
The V70 XC (3-4 k miles per year) or Compass (10-12k miles per year) come out when need larger interior carrying capacity or moderate adverse weather. Compass is wife's normal commuter vehicle.
Deep snow, heavy hauling or for towing the Ram 2500 4x4 comes out--not used when not needed due to the V-10s thirst for fuel. Ram gets 3-4 k miles per year.
Berone X 1/9 gets out on some nice days --2-4 k miles per year.
The 60s Newport Convertibles are garage queens awaiting restoration with a few hundred miles a year when I get time after I retire.
The Italians and the Newports do not go out in wet or when salt on the roads as they are quite subject to the rust monster. The Italians also tend to be "tempermental" maintenance hogs.

 

I drive mine every chance that I can get. We have had 1' of snow and sub zero temps here this past week, so it will stay warm in the garage until the roads have melted (and it greatly kills me to do this!).

 

Same for me as with itsky (and I probably drive the same number of days considering our locations!).

Mine sleeps for the bad snow, though, so I can keep salt off of it (and poorly driven SUVs, Subarus, and Priuses out of my body panels).

 

My Crossfire is my only car and I am now strarting my third Minnesota winter, with the stock tires. One thing that helps is that it is kept in a heated basement garage.

 

I hate to say it, but you are increasing your chances for rust exponentially by driving it in the nasty weather and pulling it into a heated garage. Common misconception, but the heat actually accelerates the oxidatyion process, versus keeping it in a cold garage, where this process is slowed considerably...

Just my $0.02

 

i use my XF every day and the feeling is great

 

I would rather hve a little rust in my cars body panels than in MY body panels.
Nothing like a heated garage...
Montana

 

Couldn't agree more, Mike, just letting people know it is not always the best solution, unless you put your car away after thoroughly washing the salt off...

 

Use it every day One comment above about using it for its economy made me laugh - over here it is definetly in the "gas guzzler class". I am a sad individual and my only hobby is disposing of petrol