I've heard so many times that you can't drive a Crossfire in the snow. Time to put that one to rest.

We got a fresh 6 inches of snow today on top of all the other snow we've had recently. With a little weight in the trunk, and a good set of A/S tires, anything is possible.

Truth be told.....I was content to stay at home......but when the mom calls and says she needs a hand, well, you know you have to go.


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Drug bottom the whole way....but still made it no problem!

 

I find if I have no dead weight in the rear... it slides quite a bit. A manual helps sooo much too. It is those damn yellow lights that get me... I apply normal pressure on the breaks to slow quickly, but the antilocks start doing their thing.

 

LOL, drive safe!

Mine is sleeping for the winter......start her up 3 times per week and switch spots in the garage......

 

If you are going to start it up at least take it around the block!

 

I'm sure my roadster would be driveable in the snow, especially since I learned on RWD Buicks. But there are too many idiots on the road to take a chance, I don't want to get salt on it, and I have a perfectly good Audi A6 quattro for winter driving.

My son drives his 2007 occasionally, mostly when the roads are clear. Still, our housing development is plowed poorly so I stuck a couple 60# of tube sand in his trunk.

 

STEVE YOU'RE CRAZY!!

Maybe i just roast my tires way to much.. but i could not drive in this weather! I got stuck yesterday trying to put my car in my driveway!!!

Considering that we're about 15 minutes away from each other.. something I must be doing is wrong!!!

 

I am not too sure just how much salt they put on the roads around you, But they seem to put it down by the yard in BC. The salt rots out a car in no time flat, That is why I would never drive the Crossfire at this time of year. On the other hand if I could get her out on fresh snow-- Now that might be a total blast

 

Do you have 120 pounds of tubesand in the trunk?

 

Well, all of you must be talking about driving on the flats. Here in Albuquerque we don't get much snow, but even a little keeps my car in the garage because I live on the low end of a slight rise, with the driveway perpendicular to the rise. So to get going, I have to back out of the driveway, swing the rear of the car up the hill, and back up the hill to a resting spot, all while maintaining momentum. At the resting spot, I can then turn around and get a little momentum to make it up the rest of the hill. So if I really need to leave the house, I back out of the garage really fast and hope for the best. So far my neighbors behind me haven't seen me accelerating toward their house, backwards. They might have a thing or two to say about it.

 

I take the option of parking baby for the 6 months of 4 wheeling that we get arround here I can see 6 Ski doo's from my driveway, thats winter, fun My Crossfire is warm weather fun

 

That is true right there. I drive mine in the snow... but I would NEVER drive it in a area with snowy HILLS. I was driving earlier and I was on a salted road with no snow on it and I could still feel the rear end just wanting to wag around like a flag in the wind. Might be my tires, but still... on hills I would need to do about 20-30mph just to feel safe. And people zip past me going 50-60 on iced roads. Everytime I wish they would hit a pole...

 

Tires & junk in the trunk are the secrets.

I've been in spots where I was driving the Coupe & got a surprise snowstorm; nothing you can do but score a hotel room or give it a shot!
Now that I've got the wintermobile working & available I just leave the Xfires at home. No sense getting whacked by some other idiot out there.

Even though, Steve, I'd still have my hands glued to the wheel & be driving like an 80 yr. old bride: anxious but not sure just what the hell I'm doing.