I say we have a NE Ohio Cobalt Sno-ball race.

Or have a winter scavenger hunt. That'd be pretty pimp.

 

that doesnt sound remotely fun haha. i like to stay inside in the winter unless im snowboarding or blowing some snow haha. scavenger hunt when its nice out would be legit

 

Cobalts with Blizzaks in 1ft of snow is fun as hell. =P

 

my car wont see snow or salt, unless its snowing now like some of my friends on facebook are posting lol

 

Yup. Lake effect snow advisory FTL

 

haha we could race but wouldnt our cars' ESC take over and make it less fun? i cant ever drift in turns cus it kicks in.. its soo damn smart

 

When it snows, I need to take you for a drive in the Cobalt lol

 

what is the ESC you speak of


What year did TC and/or ESC become standard? or was it an option?

 

I believe it started in 08, especally on the TC models.

In the TC you can turn it off, turn on Competitive mode, or turn off everything (Traction Control and Stability Control). The bad thing is that it leaves a light lit on the dash while you drive that way.

There should be a button to turn this off, mine is on the right side of the wheel near the key.

 

sooo how bout that snow haha. i have snow/slush on my grass and car and its still going. thanks lake effect snow shove it up your ass haha.

 

yeah i have a button that shuts off TC but ESC is still in effect... haha theres a sharp banked turn on my way to town i take, it kicks in when i take the turn going like 35 lol. prolly senses a small amount of g's in the turn maybe?

 

ok, there is a trick to turning it off. After you turn the TC off, press the button again and hold it for 10 seconds. The DIC should flash saying the ESC is off.

Well, this is how it works in my 09 SS, I am not sure if the other models are that way.

And yes, I have snow on my car now, the snow tires are in the basement with the new wheels in the garage. It will be a fun drive to Akron soon for work, unless I take the truck. The truck is a gas pig and needs gas too.

 

yeah its sad to look outside and see that white stuff on my cobalt lol. and this is my first winter with the balt and sadly i cant afford a winter beater so im buying new tires. could anyone help me out and tell me what a decent set of all season tires are? would like to stay around the $500 dollar range.

 

Not sure about all seasons. I'd just buy 2 sets of wheels and tires, but that's just me. Tirerack.com is your best friend.

 

That's what I did last year before I bought a winter at. Makes it much easier to swap out, plus I didn't want to run my stock 18s in the snow, the larger sidewalks of 17s are better for snow.

 

I run my stockers as snow wheels. The gunmetals are junk and just chip too much.

About a year ago, Tirerack was still selling LM22 Blizzaks, and they were only about 120 a piece at the time. They're not selling them any more though =(

They work amazing. Last year when we got hit hard with snow, I had no problem whatsoever. Blizzaks = Driving a Cobalt with Cheat Codes on.

 

totally goign to try this lol id like to seeand feel my car drift in the mcdonalds parking lot

 

get some trays and put them under your rear tires. *will destroy the trays*

 

You hear about Mike, Tom? Traded in the balt finally.

 

i use my stock rims and tires for winter. although im in texas now ill be back in january so hello snow lol

 

What up! Another ne Ohio thread! I am not looking forward to snow. I have not bought my beater yet....

 

The biggest problem with getting the snow tires for the 18" TC wheels are the price. I also bought the LM60 Blizzaks, which are even higher. Another thing that sucked with the snow was when it would pack into the wheels. It made if feel like a really bad balance job and it would really bounce. I would then have to stop and clear the wheels of that nasty road snow.

With all of the snow that we had last winter, I drove my car in all of them except for 2 or 3. Then I took my truck due to the amount of snow. I know the Cobalt would have made it, but the intercooler would have been full of snow due to the amount we did have.

Ya Wambo, you will need that in Warren. I know that they don't always clean the roads that good. Oh wait, that is for all of NE Ohio. The roads down here in Medina don't get that good unless it the main ones.

 

I can join thread? I'm from Columbus and our thread sucks

 

The more the merrier! Haha.

I've thinking about setting up a Nelson's Ledges meet with Dirty25RS this coming spring.

For those of you not familiar, Nelson's Ledges is kind of a cheap road course in Garretsville. They, unlike a place like Mid-Ohio, have open track days and it's actually relatively affordable.

Might start gauging interest in that come around Feb.

 

That sounds like fun to me! I'm in, just need to get new tires and blank rotors