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Originally Posted by Lith1um
No offense to you man, but you just dont seem to get it.
The people who do have experience say its a headache.
You, who admittedly has no direct experience, seem to have your mind made up. Doesnt appear reason will sway you.
Good luck, but you'll only find out your mother was right. No amount of wishfull thinking will change it. Corvettes can barely move in 2-3 inches of snow.
It's a serious hassle just to move 3 inches, the traction just isnt available unless you put on some serious redneck style snow tires. Traction control doesnt help the situation because there is no traction to control. In fact, with traction control on you often dont get enough wheel speed to even move the car in snow.
Every rut will try to spin the car violently. Getting stuck is a matter of when, not if. It's a serious hassle.
If the snow is a light intermittent coating you might be ok. If it gets a chance to get packed hard you will slide sideways off the crown of a road due to the low surface pressure of the wide tires.
It's not a matter of keeping the car pretty and salt free, it's a traction issue.
It's a serious pain in the arse, but I wish you luck.
Don't take this the wrong way but you seem to be young, I guess you may have to experience it for yourself.
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Just to let you know where I am coming from I'm pretty aggressive, I love driving in the snow, I love getting a car into a serious drift. It's a blast. So I'm not saying this from the typical pussified corvetter owner who doesnt want to get his car dirty point of view.
I know you said only one vehicle, but I would highly suggest getting an old s10 or something just for snow use. It would problably make your insurance go down a little as a benefit.
Just my 2 cents, hope I didnt offend you.
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Nah I had fun reading your post. Just the point of view and INFO I was looking for. I'm 21 but still just understanding the limitations of any cars. Lol you might have pissed off some vette owners though.
L1thium, I understand that it doesn't perform well in bad weather, mostly because it's lower to the ground than I thought, but It's been said to be THE WORST car for the snow, would you agree or disagree to that?