s2k in winter.... ok or bad?
10-01-2006, 04:35 PM
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Around here, the issues are sand, salt, the road sanders themselves, and worst of all other drivers.
Last winter was my first one where I never took Neb off the road. I needed to do this for personal reasons. Though I never took the car out in the kind of snow that XV showed, I did drive through a lot of wet stuff and occasional light snow.
The question you have to ask yourself is how badly will you worry about your car... How bad are the roads in your area, and how clueless are your fellow drivers?
Last winter was my first one where I never took Neb off the road. I needed to do this for personal reasons. Though I never took the car out in the kind of snow that XV showed, I did drive through a lot of wet stuff and occasional light snow.
The question you have to ask yourself is how badly will you worry about your car... How bad are the roads in your area, and how clueless are your fellow drivers?
10-02-2006, 06:25 AM
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Fellow drivers = #1 risk in winter. Especially women in suv's (not meant to be offensive to those in here as you can probably drive if you care about cars enough to look at these boards). They've almost hit all of my cars. 
10-02-2006, 07:45 AM
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STC1709,
I have driven my S through three Michigan winters without any issues. Our roads are very crappy and highly salted
. We regularly receive snow and the temperatures do fall below freezing. I use a second set of dedicated wheels with snow tires and have had no problems commuting. I should also comment that my vehicle is stock; reducing ride height with springs/shocks/coilovers would not be the best thing for winter. I've never spun out unless I did so on purpose/for fun. I couldn't imagine not driving my car in the winter....it would be so boring. Hope this helps.
Regards,
Christopher
I have driven my S through three Michigan winters without any issues. Our roads are very crappy and highly salted
. We regularly receive snow and the temperatures do fall below freezing. I use a second set of dedicated wheels with snow tires and have had no problems commuting. I should also comment that my vehicle is stock; reducing ride height with springs/shocks/coilovers would not be the best thing for winter. I've never spun out unless I did so on purpose/for fun. I couldn't imagine not driving my car in the winter....it would be so boring. Hope this helps.Regards,
Christopher
10-02-2006, 08:11 AM
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I live in CT and I drive My S2000 in the winter. It cuts right through deep snow, deep slush, ice, etc. Just get good snow tires, don't hit vtec, and you'll be fine.
10-02-2006, 11:39 AM
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thanks alot guys for the input so far, it sounds like the s2k is not bad in the snow.
most of my commute to work is via highway I-91 south, and highways are the first thing that are plowed, so it shouldnt be that much of a problem. I guess i can just buy a set of 00-03 wheels and wrap them in some really good snow tires
most of my commute to work is via highway I-91 south, and highways are the first thing that are plowed, so it shouldnt be that much of a problem. I guess i can just buy a set of 00-03 wheels and wrap them in some really good snow tires
10-02-2006, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by vtec9,Oct 2 2006, 12:11 PM
I live in CT and I drive My S2000 in the winter. It cuts right through deep snow, deep slush, ice, etc. Just get good snow tires, don't hit vtec, and you'll be fine.
Also in CT we get snow but not that much so its not really that much of an issue?
do you have a hardtop or do you sue the soft top in the winter? If you use a soft top is it always cold inside or can you stay warm?
10-02-2006, 12:06 PM
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You don't need much snow for the OEM tires to be quite useless. Even a little bit of snow cover or slush and you'll wish you had winter tires.
My first winter with this car was without HT. The heater on this car is quite remarkable. Even on days when we hit -25*C, it was able to warm the interior. Of course, the HT will help quicken this phase and keep the heat in better.
My first winter with this car was without HT. The heater on this car is quite remarkable. Even on days when we hit -25*C, it was able to warm the interior. Of course, the HT will help quicken this phase and keep the heat in better.
10-02-2006, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by xviper,Oct 1 2006, 05:39 PM
Snow being "jammed" into the nose and the undercarriage is only a problem because you perceive it as such. Like I indicated in that one photo, I drove out that day and granted, the streets were somewhat plowed. However, when I got to my destination, the parking lot was not plowed. I drove into it and completely stuffed the whole grill opening with snow till there was no grill opening. I'm not sure what you perceive the "problem" to be with this. The engine can get lots of air to breath and the radiator isn't going to over heat because of zero air flow.
Obviously I'm not equating an S2000 being driven to work to a WRC race car
but why do you say that packing snow into the radiator isn't a problem? I'm surprised you say overheating the radiator isn't a proble, is all.(Note that this is an academic question only for me, since I live in Dallas and do not have these conditions to worry about.
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10-02-2006, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by STC1709,Oct 2 2006, 03:41 PM
im pretty sure I have seen your car around CT. North Haven area?
Also in CT we get snow but not that much so its not really that much of an issue?
do you have a hardtop or do you sue the soft top in the winter? If you use a soft top is it always cold inside or can you stay warm?
Also in CT we get snow but not that much so its not really that much of an issue?
do you have a hardtop or do you sue the soft top in the winter? If you use a soft top is it always cold inside or can you stay warm?
The highways are generally not an issue. Yes they get plowed first, but whenever it snows, the morons here drive so ridiculously slow and there are such huge traffic jams that you can't get going fast enough to have a problem
I live in a hilly area and go out in fresh snow all the time and never get stuck. I had my summer S02s on last winter when we got our first snow though. The driveway was a bit icy. I literally could not move an inch! snow tires make 1000% difference. I've driven in heavy snow, packed down after plowed snow, deep slush, freezing rain/slush and never had a problem.. I've only lost the backend when I wanted to (s2k + snow = lots of fun
) and its amazingly easy to control when doing so.. I use soft top. The cabin is so small and the heater is so strong that you will never get cold. My plastic rear window gets defrosted in about 5 minutes just from heating up the cabin.
I would take my S with snow tires over any other vehicle with all-seasons to battle snowy roads.