ADRIEL

hey this one is more for the SS/SC owners in Canada and the northern US.

So any of you guys drive your cars in the winter and if so, how do they do? One sales person told me not to becuase they have to much power and its hard to find 18inch winter tires. Another sales guy said go for it, no problem

But most sales people are full of ****. So I thought I'd ask someone who actually owns one

rallyracer

Well I live im MN which is close to Canada...Winter driving in our cars isnt a problem if there's no snow & ice on the roads. Driving on snow and ice is a big problem...It takes me till like 4th gear to finally get moving in the slick snow and on the ice its even worse. I havent went into the ditch yet but I'm sure I'll have more close calls. I'd say if where you live deals with alot of snow & ice then your gonna need snow tires.

You dont have to keep stock wheels with snow tires. Just get some cheap 16" wheels and put good snow tires on em.

Go to tirerack.com for some pricing on winter wheel & tire packages.

damage82

Buy a $500 beater and drive the that, if i had a SS/SC, that's what I'd do, too much snow around here.

ADRIEL

It was the winter driving that convinced me to buy a SS/NA instead of a SS/SC, also I prefer the auto (not that I can't shift, its more fo a lazy thing)

BlackSS05

the car sux in the snow with the pirellis on it. I would def reccomend a steel set of 16s with snow tires if you get a lot of snow.

Matty

16" steelies with winter tires works fine.

bhowman1980

i thought that 16's wouldn't fit on the SS/SC becuase of the brakes?? I got some all season tires on my 18's for 90$ a tire and aslong as you don't mind some spinning it will go in the snow. I would avoid hills if possible as i had to back down a hill after stopping and get a run at it!

IMADreamer

I get enough traction to drive in the bad weather but it's the clearance that is a problem. Once you get about 6 inches of snow you might as well forget about driving because you are just plowing snow. Traction is fine if you just take it easy and use extra caution.

Pooch

i put on some 16" steel's and they work great. but they look like ****. i just put my stock rims back on, i would find a G5 or a HHR with the 5bolt pattern and get some 17" winter ruber for them. looks much better and 17" winter ruber isn't that pricey. 18" on the other hand is futchin pricey.

sealy

I'm in Wisconsin but I was able to keep it in the garage until the snow was cleared off the road. It's not that bad in a little snow as long as your not a *******.

sunfirejoe

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who cares if it looks liek **** for a couple months of the year like come on, its called steelies for a reason they make good drag rims afterwards

cmj917

Many, many people on this forum (including myself) drive their SS/SC in the winter. As noted, the 18" Pirellis are pretty bad in the snow - they're meant to be a summer tire, so not only do they get poor traction in the snow but the tread compound becomes much less pliable.

The best option (IMHO) if you don't intend to buy a beater is to get a set of 16" wheels (not necessarily steelies - you can get decent looking painted wheels for just a couple bucks more than steelies) and winter rubber. www.tirerack.com is a great source for wheel and tire packages starting at less than $700.

wingnut

nope, Redline is in a heated storage until end of macrh, got a $200 beater for winter, yay

plyboy-illest

as long as you have a good pair of winter tires on its fine!!....