asangamnerkar

I am in Chicago land area and a week awat from buying a S2K. Haven't yet finalized the dealer yet but Jacobs Twin seems to have enough reputation to try...

Anyway, How does this car behave in snow and cold, wet weather? Is hard top option something I can add later?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Mookie

It handles like shit in the snow, I imagine that if you had snow tires then it may not be so bad. I have S02's and it's not a snow tire by any means, got caught in a snow storm last year and didn't think I was going to make it home. A bit on the stressful side. Other than snow absolutely no complaints.

snoopy

You absolutely must have winter or snow tires. Look for the RMA "Snowflake on the Mountain" symbol. The common "M+S" doesn't mean anything useful in this context. Winter tires are almost as good as snow tires, but trade a little snow/ice traction for improved dry/wet performance. Many people in the Chicagoland 'burbs prefer winter tires since the metro area does a pretty good job clearing the roads.

Good winter tires: Nokian Hakkapellitta NRW, Dunlop Winter Sport M2, Pirelli Snowsports, Birdgestone Blizzak LM-22, Michelin Pilot Alpins, etc.

Good snow tires: Nokian Hakkapellitta Q, Bridgestone Blizzak MZ-01/02, Bridgestone Blizzak WS-50, Goodyear Winter Ice, Michelin Arctic Alpin, Dunlop Graspic, etc.

Another comment: the limited slip differential will both help and hurt the snow performance. This has also been discussed at length. In essence, like low profile tires, it sharpens the transition between being in control and being out of control. You get less warning of impending 'nonlinear behavior'. You will have more initial control with both rear tires being powered, but when they lose traction you lose the rear end. This doesn't mean the car is unsafe, but that the limits are both higher and sharper.

xviper

Here are some "advanced search" results that may be of interest to you. These are some of the results I picked out of the first 10 pages of returns that are the more recent. Happy reading.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=75047
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=73356
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=75026
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=73860
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=68700
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=71708
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=70083
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=63867
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=63527
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=62805

Flyin Wedge

Viper
When I saw the title of this thread I would have bet money I'd see that pic of your car plowing the street (you know the pic I mean)....LOL.

xviper

The city only plows the main streets here. Somebody has to plow the side streets!

Flyin Wedge

That's the one.....maybe someone can photo play with it and add a plow on the front end.

moor deybe

You can add the hardtop later, but it requires that you hand your car over to a dealer for some brackets to be fitted and the wiring for the heated rear window to be added. They remove the seats to do this.

Here's a link with some pictures that someone added about my recent hardtop installation. hardtop

I'd recommend having a hardtop from the offset if you're going to get one, then you don't have to trust in the workmanship of the dealer's mechanics as its done at the factory, I was lucky they did a great job.

xviper

[QUOTE]Originally posted by moor deybe
[B]You can add the hardtop later, but it requires that you hand your car over to a dealer for some brackets to be fitted and the wiring for the heated rear window to be added. They remove the seats to do this.

Here's a link with some pictures that someone added about my recent hardtop installation. hardtop

vmoul

The car sucks big time in the snow our IROC Z28 is better. I bought a huyndai to drive in rain/snow.