dammitjim

[QUOTE=EVAN&MONICA,Oct 13 2009, 07:03 PM] Im honestly considering renting a car for the winter months though, I talked to a local S2ker and he made me kinda see the light on renting a winter car

mrmoon

theres no way id drive my ap1 in the snow, thats what i have my civic for, its my beater...when mother nature calls i drive the beater, but not everyone has that luxury i guess, personally if you have the cash to spend on winter tires, just buy an old subie or honda and get liablity insurance only on it.

Comanche5

There's always the debate about buying winter tires versus buying a beater. Here's my argument supporting winter tires. One, I want to drive MY car, not some beater. Two, weather is unpredictable. For example, it happens to be a nice sunny morning, so you take the S2000; however, while you're at work an inch or two of snow falls. Your beater can't help you now. Three, you'll likely need to purchase a new set of tires during the time you own the car. So why not drive on the appropriate rubber all year round.

ZDan

^^^
What he said.

I don't WANT to drive a beater for 3 months, I wanna drive my S!

The car is a HELL of a lot of fun in the snow, when on good dedicated Winter tires.

CKit

3 months? You're lucky! We've had snow on the ground all week...

In some parts of the States, Winter is 6 months long.

Back when the AP1 was the daily driver, I tried daily driving during the Winter. Quickly stopped that due to the OTHER people on the road. Picked up an old Land Rover as a Winter beater and that worked well. The S2000 only came out a few times during the Winter when I got restless.

Then we moved out of the city and I spent a few years with AWD daily drivers (still using snow tires).

This year, I'm trying RWD daily driving again with VSA and snow tires on the CR. If I can get through without more grey hairs or reaching for the SUV all the time, that opens up the door to perhaps trading in our AWD sedan for something RWD...

So I guess, YMMV. I've done it both ways and it works both ways. It'll depend on what your Winters and road conditions are like and whether or not you have access to something (even if public transportation) if ground clearance becomes an issue.

thebig33tuna

lil winter photo for the thread

JDR159

I have an '02, that I garaged for one winter. I missed the S too much, so now I DD all year. Snows and a hardtop for winter. I've taken the car into the Adirondacks (where I grew up), and Maine in the Winter. No sweat. Salt is harsh, but I wash 1x/week and it's holding up.

Biggest issue w/Winter is the snow/slush gunk that builds up on the drivers floormats then melts leaving soaked mats, and salt residue. I've tried various aftermarket floormats with no real success. This Fall I'm going to make a fiberglass 'mold' of the footwell, and use this to contain all this gunk so that I can pull out and dump as needed.

Comes down to personal choice: Can you drive in Winter? YES. Do you want to? You decide!!

CKit

I'm still surprised that nobody makes an all-season rubber floormat for the S (I haven't come across one).

EDIT: I just came across the "Hexomat" floor mat. I'm going to order one and try it out...

SheDrivesIt

Airgate (screen name) has some if I recall correctly.

dammitjim

Please post pics when you get them