How are all the cobalts doing this winter?
01-05-2011, 11:56 PM
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How are all the cobalts doing this winter?
Well so far NE Ohio has been pretty good. I bought continental extreme contact tires for this winter. They are all season but when there was some snow they were amazing. Just wondering how everyone else out there driving their balts this winter are doing.
01-05-2011, 11:59 PM
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well, mines covered in dirt/salt and I have paint chipping off three of my wheels... and im getting 22 mpg. lol so not great. but she did great in the snow with the goodyear eagle GT's!
01-06-2011, 12:06 AM
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Doing good, only had a couple dumps of snow so far but got the winter shoes on early so no problems at all getting around. A bit dirty thats about it.
01-06-2011, 01:01 AM
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Mines doing great......she did get pissed off at me when i tried to drive her before here warm up cycle was over in 30 degree weather...i will not be doing that again
nice.....Im about to drive to texas from cali and back couple months later
nice.....Im about to drive to texas from cali and back couple months later
01-06-2011, 08:32 AM
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mines all good. winter tires, and shes handles the snow perfectly. little dirty from the sand they throw down but i get a car wash 1once a week. when im not driving its in the garage.
01-06-2011, 09:14 AM
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Doing great here other than staying dirty because it's too cold to get a car wash. Had snow over the Christmas weekend. I'm honestly shocked on how well it performed in the snow with the stock Conti's and no LSD. Now turn traction control off... well, that's a different story 
Oh, and as someone said previously, this car hates you if you don't let it warm up before getting on it. I was trying to pull out of my neighborhood when it was cold and the engine wasn't warm enough and it felt slower than my G5
Oh, and as someone said previously, this car hates you if you don't let it warm up before getting on it. I was trying to pull out of my neighborhood when it was cold and the engine wasn't warm enough and it felt slower than my G5
safe though, no snow for her
01-06-2011, 10:25 AM
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Riding on Nitto NeoGens...no issues here 
Having said that, if you aren't on winter tires, drive very carefully and plan ahead for stops...but that should just be common knowledge
Having said that, if you aren't on winter tires, drive very carefully and plan ahead for stops...but that should just be common knowledge
The LNF loves the cold air and no snow on the streets
01-06-2011, 11:47 AM
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Fine as it did last winter. Even when we got 3 or 4 feet of snow dumped on us in a day and a bit it got through it without a problem while I watched numerous people in my neighbourhood get stuck (I just had to turn off traction control as usual). Had the Michelin Alpin PA3s for two seasons now and for being a winter performance tire, no complaints . I had to make sure to clean out the intercooler at that point though....I was going real slow pushing the snow with the lower lip and intercooler...she got packed up pretty hard.
Also happy to see the R1s + Hawk HPS work well in the cold/wet weather, and my slide pins are staying properly lubricated this year since servicing them myself. No more binding for me!
. I had to make sure to clean out the intercooler at that point though....I was going real slow pushing the snow with the lower lip and intercooler...she got packed up pretty hard.Also happy to see the R1s + Hawk HPS work well in the cold/wet weather, and my slide pins are staying properly lubricated this year since servicing them myself. No more binding for me!
01-06-2011, 11:51 AM
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01-06-2011, 02:22 PM
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We had our snow and I thought the summer tires would suck, but I underestimated how sucky they'd be. It was terrible. I got stuck too much, I bought new tires and it stopped snowing and the forecast is saying no snow for awhile. No sticking snow anyway... figures
01-06-2011, 02:41 PM
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i just bought some HHR 17" rims for $100 with tires included that fit with 5mm spacers so im doing pretty good lol and honestly they could of fit with 3mm spacers
01-06-2011, 02:42 PM
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We've had snow on the ground for a couple months now and the SS/TC is having fun proper winter tires and knowing how to drive in winter means you can drive any car year round.
