Winter Driving Nice Cars

[Nismoist]

Now that the warmer weather is here and Skylines are coming out (making us all sane again) I thought it was a good time to discuss some of the nice cars I saw driving this winter. Here in no particular order is a list:

Lamborghini Gallardo (on not too bad of a day)
3 Bentley Continental GTs (one with 20 or 22" rims)
Ferrari 360 Modena
More than 6 (I lost count) Porsche 911s (Carrera, 4S, Cabriolet, Turbo)
Several Porsche Boxters and Caymans
C4 Corvette that looked and sounded modded (in 10cm of snow)
Only 1 Skyline
300ZX TT
A bunch of new Camaros, Mustangs (including a Shelby), & Chargers
There are probably a few more that I cant remember right now.

So the question is does this list make any of you think differently about putting your Skyline away for the winter? Discuss

(Before I get flamed, yes I did keep my Skyline parked in a secured and heated garage for the winter)

[louis110]

I drove my car all winter, and it's still in great shape. But I probably won't do it again.

[GTS-James]

my car slept outside this winter...

[johnnyjohnny]

I drove my during the winter as well. Really no issues at all, and I don't see what the big deal is. Porsche recommends that owners drive their cars in the winter; hell, they even hold seminars and special events around winter driving in a new Porsche!

[S13Jordie]

3 Bentley Continental GTs (one with 20 or 22" rims)

i think theyre standard 20 if not 22

[Manny-u*nit]

my friends dad drives a supercharged black with cf r8...V10

[nelsonmxmarc]

The fact of the matter is, we simply choose not to, not because they're "Nice or rare" vehicles, but because in the event of an accident, they're relatively expensive to repair for what they're worth. If you can afford any of those above cars, well quite simply put, I wouldn't hesitate to drive them in the winter either. The only difference is that when those go back on lease, they get something else; our cars continue to depreciate, all we can do is attempt to retain their value by daily driving something else.

Also.. When you put as much work and time into these cars as some of us do, then more often than not the possibility of winter driving is ruled out. When my car was stock, i really didn't care whether or not i drove it in the winter.. However when that time came, i opted not to based on all the work and maintenance i had done to it to keep it in pristine condition.

[MarusGTR]

My GTR was cradled in it's storage all winter and the engine bay turned to magnesium oxide sh*t with last october's humidity.

That's not going to be fun to scrub off. The original disks had also rotten in dry storage, before I had bought her. I don't even want to think the shape she'd get into with snow added to the mix.

You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't.

[GTS-James]

drove mine and it did quite well, left her parked for 2 months in nb drove it the rest of the time in Massachusetts... car did well didnt have too many issues.

[quadracer111]

Here in Sk the roads are snow and ice free 95% of the time anyways, some sand, but that is delt with with a)undercarriage coating b) steam wash after the winter.

[Nismoist]

3 Bentley Continental GTs (one with 20 or 22" rims)

i think theyre standard 20 if not 22

It was definately larger than stock, black rims with a chrome lip, I didnt even think you would be able to get a winter/all season tire to fit a 22" rim.

my friends dad drives a supercharged black with cf r8...V10

Wow, nice car. Did he say why he chose to drive it over the winter?

I drove my car all winter, and it's still in great shape. But I probably won't do it again.

JUst curious, why wouldnt you do it again?

[Shane_Sawatzki]

I drove mine all winter on shitty 10% tread all season rear tires...the fronts are good. Gotta love Victoria winters, the couple days of snow we did see.. the GTR stayed in the garage

[belontay_type-m]

I always end up driving a nice car for the winter. I have had 2 different GTIRs, 2 differend GTSTs and a GTR with no problem at all. Slap some winter tires on and drive the piss out of it. Gtst on winter tires is a blast to drive.

[Rainey94]

I always end up driving a nice car for the winter. I have had 2 different GTIRs, 2 differend GTSTs and a GTR with no problem at all. Slap some winter tires on and drive the piss out of it. Gtst on winter tires is a blast to drive.

GTIRS are perfect for the winter, i'm trying to decide between the GTIR and R32 GTR right now.. but thats a whole different thread :P

[Manny-u*nit]

well he drives the r8 in the winter because he has a TTz06 vette for the summer and a really really sick GNX, he was driving a transam for the winter but i believe they sold it.