best place for s2000 in winter is in the garage that is where mine is from Oct 31 to April 15th

 

why?

 

The answer to your question is: terrible. Horrible, unsafe, dangerous. Most folks who have put snows on say they are a big help, but you're better off not driving an S2000 in the Chicago snow.

 

Not having ever even driven an S2000, let alone in the snow, personal experience can't come into play, from me.

However.

The car is a RWD roadster. Not made for snow in the least. However, a nice set of snow/ice tires (Nokian Hakkapeliitta 1 or Q models are about the best there is, subjectively speaking) can make just about ANY car workable in the snow.

Acceptable or even good in the snow? Not compared to a FWD or more sedan-like RWD car, and certainly nowhere near an AWD car, no. But it might get you by.

I would still suggest having a second car for the winter, though. Something cheap. Sayyyyy... oh.... a nice used Subaru Impreza L sedan/coupe/wagon or a Legacy....

 

Have you ever seen the disney movie Bambi? Imagine Bambi is the S2000 when he is chasing thumper around on the frozen pond.

-B

 

It works OK

 

"RT", some of these people will never understand how driveable and how much fun an S2000 is in winter. In Calgary, the vast majority of taxicabs and police cars are RWD. They are on the roads when most of the FWD cars are stuck at home after a big snow fall. But then, we don't have "magic" snow like they do in Chicago. It's not the car or which end the drive wheels are on. It's the way people perceive how horrendous it must be to drive one all winter. How did people ever get by before FWD came along? They musta walked everywhere, huh?

 

LOL ..... pu$$ies I tell ya ...... pu$$ies

 

LMAO. Give me the control of RWD any day. FWD sucks because when you lose traction, you lose steering, and ALL systems go down. All you can do is start dialing your insurance agent.

When I was a kid, we'd just keep throwing bags of salt in the trunk until we got traction. Some cars needed 100lb, others 500lb. I'd say the S2K would be a 120 lb'er. <g>

My truck works great with 350lb and Nokian WRs. Just stay out of boost!

 

Whatever you do, don't try driving on ice/snow with the Potenza S02's (the stock tires). If you are expecting snow/ice, get snow tires.

I don't think this is a driver experience issue when it comes to the S02's. My experience has been that the car will simply not go straight with S02's on packed snow. The couple times I tried it, I did get out of my driveway, and as softly as I could feather the clutch, the car still slid sideways towards the curb. I was lucky to make it back to my garage.

I think it would be drivable with snow tires of some sort, but FWD vehicles will be easier to drive.

Byron