yeah i had to drive in my evo v12s last week in the snow i did pretty well climbed some steep hills its all about the throttle and leaving the traction off but i am for sure buying snow tires in the spring or summer i am kicking myself for waiting this late

 

non lsd car plus dunlop star specs = no driving for me

 

i ruined two of my rims trying to drive in snow going down my steep ass driveway i was actaully going to store my car that day

 

mine has not gotten stuck in the garage all winter must be the tires

 

its not that much better here dude...

 

Mines Sleeping

 

Salt and Dirty covered most of the time, currently iced over from the freezing rain we just got
Cant complain on the drive, does great with winter tiers

 

Safe & sound in my driveway because my step dad hasn't got his **** HD's & tools the **** out my man cave yet!
But shes safe & sound in the driveway, I start her every week & let her run but she feels neglected & words don't mean anything to her, just like a typical woman right!? lol.

 

I couldn't agree more.

I bought myself a used set of Continental Winter Contacts for $100
They only had like <60% tread depth, but I'm not complaining.

After everything else is said, this is still just a compact car... so I bought it intending to drive year round.
I also expected the GM tune(s) to be very sedate... which aid's in crappy condition driving.

I have seen ALOT of wrecks this year...

You know I have started to be able to anticipate when the ESC will kick in...
This Cobalt handles quite different from any other car I've owned (hard to explain), so the ESC just picks up my own slack.. and lets me drive a little more retarded

I do occasionally notice this;
Primarily though, I only notice it if I don't let the car warm up to >100'f ~ which isn't often.

 

She was sitting under a nice layer of ice until I had to get out this morning...



We'll see what tomorrow's snow storm dumps on her.

 

After everything else is said, this is still just a compact car... so I bought it intending to drive year round.
I also expected the GM tune(s) to be very sedate... which aid's in crappy condition driving.

I have seen ALOT of wrecks this year...

You know I have started to be able to anticipate when the ESC will kick in...
This Cobalt handles quite different from any other car I've owned (hard to explain), so the ESC just picks up my own slack.. and lets me drive a little more retarded

I have actually had nothing but problems with the stabitrack system, I know that sometimes when I turn and it kicks its trying to help but on my old prix it kicked when Ididnt need it, and drifting with that car was a no go bc the system couldn't be turned off. Then there is the one time it kicked when I needed it instead of helping me turn it locked the rear so it didnt slide and I went straight into the snow bank.

and honesty I have found TC really does help in all cases bc if it stopping you from getting up the hill your using too much gas, and have your wheels spinning anyway if you let up a little you still go at the same speed. Outside of losing grip when your trying to mash a take out TC iss amazing

 

mines been handling okay. but here in illinois we have ice all over the place. lol

its killing me to see how dirty its getting. wanna wax this baby up again

 

you know you can turn it off right?

it's similar to engaging the competition mode, except instead of pushing the traction control button twice, you push and hold it for something like five or ten seconds, then the DIC will displace "ESC OFF" (or something to that effect).

 

^ I just found that out recently. Wish I would have known that before the snow/ice melted away last week

 

yeah, it's not exactly written in the owners manual like the competition mode, it's just a small blurb that I passed over when going through the manual last February;

I actually only came to find this out after watching a road test on an '08 SS/TC, where the tester (who appeared to be ignorant of the Competition mode) put it into "ESC off" before doing the real road test...

 

That poor poor Snowbalt, may she have many trouble free miles and accident free ones (not your driving in question, just everyone elses lolz)

Mine keeps yellin at me to install mods as it is winter time, I haven't seen her in weeks, shes going through owner withdrawls

 

Mine is resting nice and warm in my garage. Bought a blazer as a winter beater. Saved money putting the Balt on storage insurance.

 

blizzak LM-60's = BAD ASS

i've never seen this much snow (all snow banks over 6 feet) and shes never got stuck yet

 

Got another 6" this morning and my General Tire Altimax Arctics made it through the unplowed roads without any issue at all. Snow tires #ftw.

 

Same thing up here in NH. I'm running the same tire

 

Woke up to 21F weather this morning. We had rain/snow last night. Almost broke both of my door handles this morning on my doors because they were frozen shut

 

I am the proud owner of a 25,000$ sled.

 

I also have a set of the Conti Extreme Contacts...

I hear that they work really well, but I haven't driven my car with them on yet. I had back surgery in December and I can't drive. My friends got me the tires as a present and put them on, and a friend of mine drives my car every few days to keep things moving.

 

Here's mine at work at mid day. A lot of it melted off.

 

well looks like we are pretty much done with the snow for the winter, hope no one had any problems.