Winter Driving A Skyline?

[JDMwhat]

Now before you all jump off the wall on me I am simply asking for personal experiences with winter driving in your Skyline. Has anyone done it? Reccomended? Obviously with good snow tires.

[bellis_GTR]

If your car is lowered its gonna be more like a snow plow then a car. But the car is AWD. Interested on what people will say.

[Shane_Sawatzki]

If your car is lowered its gonna be more like a snow plow then a car. But the car is AWD. Interested on what people will say.

im lucky i dont live where there is alot of snow ... if any snow all winter, but if there happened to be even a small amount of snow i wouldnt be able to go anywhere without being a snow plow.. my front lip bottoms out on steep driveways. im lowered on tein coilovers

[frankiman]

it wouldn't drive my current GTR in the snow, not even below 10deg
but i'd winter drive a stock GTR no problem

i'd make sure to have oem suspension, for height, i'd remove the front lip and brake ducts, then use 195~205 wide really good snow tires,
make sure you to use the right coolant and oils for cold weather, and the stock air box

i've seen 2 GTRs driving everyday during winter around where i live

[JDMwhat]

Thanks everyone for the prompt reply!

[dah_hunter]

its that time of year again.. when everyone asks about winter drving..

I winter drive.. but then 1" of snow is all we get most of the time..

[quadracer111]

^^ lucky bugger..


My car has to go in hiding for the winter time.

[Velders]

Drove my GTR for two winters before I started by build, wont do it anymore once its done. One winter was in Ft. McMurray and one winter in Saskatoon. An AWD skyline is awesome in the snow, great traction, easy to drive, and I'm sure if I had my torque split controller then it would've been better. I did what frankiman suggested and went with a narrower than stock 205 width winter tire.

I think I make this same post every year hahaha.

[quadracer111]

^^ dang, I would be worried about rust with all the salt they pour here in Stoon.

[Velders]

Well I was pretty worried about it at first but then I was having to much fun to care haha. I won't be doing it anymore though. I would love to have a GTS4 four door to use as a winter driver.

[quadracer111]

So the non-full time awd worked fine for winter use?

Im trying to choose between a subaru wrx or a gts-4 for a winter car.

[Velders]

Well the Subaru, I would think, would be a little more tailored to winter driving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWTF24979D8


But the AWD skyline is easy to drive in the snow. I found it liked to understeer in corners, so a little stab of the loud pedal would help you rotate. And if the car oversteers the front torque made it very easy to correct. Just dont cheap out on snow tires. I got caught out in a snow storm and was stopping to help people in 4X4 trucks with all seasons get unstuck, and then just drive away easily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y6Otg0rPZQ

[Nismo_line]

i would go with a subie for a winter ride

[Wrath]

I've got a 98 Legacy. There is someone else on the board that has one as well, and like he said a while back "It takes no prisoners". I'd hate to see a Skyline go through the pain of rust.

[kengeroo]

that's one reason I would park the skyline during winter,,, salt on the roads,,,
also the other idiots on the road,,,
...it still makes me laugh when people in a 4 x 4 's think they can go really fast and stop that much better,, just because they have all wheel/ 4 wheel drive,,, all cars stop the same...
I have a 83 audi ur quattro ,, it's a joy to drive in the snow... I used to take it to West van during the big dumps,,, nothing more satisfying locking the centre and rear diff, and sporting around like it was summer...