Rob XX 7

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it takes about 10 minutes to swap rims and put 2 sand bags in the car.
Some people cant afford another vehicle or cant store another vehicle at thier house.

Syckk

well luckly my job is pretty much one straight road.. make a right, then continue on route 9.. so there is little turning and bullshyt.. i feel imma be fine kuz if all else fails, my *** is gon turn on my hazards and go 5mph on route 9

clokker

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Lots of states- Colorado, for instance- don't use salt on the roads.

JSmith0101

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If it has drive wheels, it can run in the snow just fine.

danielson

it will not rust if you wash it once in a while during the winter, make sure to get the under carriage. thats the mistake people make is they dont wash thier cars in the winter. after driving a fc, fox body mustang, and now my lowered 240sx i can say is that rwd cars are just as easy to drive in the snow. be careful down shifting around corners though, its ok to drive slow if you have to.

the taurus station wagon i had last winter sucked in the snow so badly.

Turbo II

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Driving in the snow is a piece of cake...



Yeah I know, that pic is old as hell and been on here a dozen times...

A car is a car as far as I'm concerned. I use to drive a Dodge Challenger in the snow all the time. Just watch out for the other idiots on the road.

w00t

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My S13 has a welded diff and bald tires, try driving that in the snow.

88 Superfly

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The only advice you're getting from me is to learn how to counter-steer under oversteer. Once you get that _ piece o' cake. Also, keep your distance... you wont get cited if you get hit in the rear, but you will get cited if you hit the person in front of you from being hit.

Syckk

tru tru.. im plannin on findin an open parkin lot and learnin how to gain control when im sliding out of control, my plan is to actually be comfortable under bad conditions and by spring time im gonna have some one teach me to drift and shyt

daviddeep

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I drove my previous RX-7 through five fairly snowy Pittsburgh winters. I had a '90 GTU with an open diff, and it didn't have great traction over loose stuff. In other words, when the snow had just fallen and it was still kinda crunchy, I had no problems regardless of depth. But if there was a decent snowfall and the roads were salted, you'd end up with lots of loose, heavy slush. The 7 was utterly useless in that stuff if you were trying to climb a hill. There were times when I either had to miss work or showed up very late after I waited for the snowplows to clear some of the slush. Also, you get to know the routes where the grades are more gradual and/or the road crews show up faster.

Also, about 2 years ago after owning the car for 11+ years and washing it as much as possible, those salty winters came back to haunt me when I discovered that the floors and uniframe rails were totally rotten beyond repair. Now I'm driving a low mileage rust-free '88 GTU that I got from Florida. And I have a FWD Dodge Caravan to drive when there is snow.

Moral of the story: yes you can drive an RX-7 in the snow, but it may not be the best thing in the world for you or the car.

Black Knight RX7 FC3S

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ArtOfRuin

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I'm a little reluctant to do it, but have to keep my FC running this winter, so I can test my repairs and mods. This will be my first winter with my FC. However my first car was an S13, so I have experience driving RWD cars in the snow. Besides, I have my Subaru to handle daily driving.

I'm more concerned about corrosion. There isn't a single suspension component on my Subaru that doesn't have surface rust on it, and I don't want my FC to end up the same way. Someone suggested to me slathering the undersides of the car with used motor oil to help inhibit rust. It's messy and you have to reapply, but I hear it works. I'm thinking of getting the underside of my car coated with this stuff called Waxoyl. British car enthusiasts (MG, Triumph, etc) swear by it. Considering those cars started rusting the instant they left the assembly line, that's a pretty big endorsement! I don't see any listings in the N.J. area for people who apply this stuff, but if you live in New England or Anchorage, you're in luck.

whiteweazel21

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Hmm...currently storing my car for the winter, but undercoating does seem interesting, not just for salt but all weather conditions/corrossion. I did some reading on the topic about a year ago, there were a few different products.

Anyone have experience with waxoyl? Noticed they have an application center in MA : )

clokker

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Yes, when I worked with British cars I encountered it a lot.
It is- with typical British irony- exactly what it sounds like, a very thick, viscous waxy goo with (seemingly) motor oil mixed in.
It gets pumped into rocker panels and crevices after painting (I'm sure paint would not adhere).
It's the early precursor to today's undoubtedly more sophisticated bedliners/undercoating.

The problem with Waxoyl is that there doesn't seem to be any special etching/adherence between it and the metal. It just sits on the surface and any water that leeches underneath can spread widely.

Keep in mind my experience is now from 25 years ago...they may have changed the formulation since then.

Eriks85Rx7

I work at a ceramic tile shop and we had a real bad snow and I had to get around that night so I loaded 300lbs of tile into the back of the fc. It could go ANYWHERE up ANY hill haha. FC's are great in the snow except for salt but if you keep your car sprayed off you have no worries.

rxdrift7

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I drove my FC all last winter, and I had michelin pilot sports on it. Not a winter tire at all. I had to drive roughly 20 miles to work each way, every day. I hit some pretty bad storms in the FC but if you drive carefully and slowly you will be fine. I remember the first day of work that winter we had almost a foot of snow and that morning I went around a turn and slid into a 2 1/2 foot drift. Lets just say I was there for a while. Hahaha

Just make sure you hit up some back roads or a parking lot and learn how the rear slides because I am assuring you it will. But once you get a hang of it it's actually pretty fun.

I haven't been driving my FC this winter just cause I got a daily, but I took it out in the snow the other day just to have some fun.

My friend had a s13 hatch with a welded diff and stretched tires on some 17x9's. Last winter he got stuck on a tiny hill in his apartment complex and we had to push him up it with a station wagon. Lets just say that was the end of the s13 in the snow.

KompressorLOgic

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id say its true rwd has a bit less traction accelerating in the snow.

BUT keep in mind all cars brake about the same( ok abs can make it easier)

So someone in a fwd or awd could easily get more overlyconfident since they can pick up alot of speed, then find them selfs unable to stop!!

and yes Tires make quite a difference too. i switched to all 4 studded snow tires, and noticed very good gains in snow/ice traction. i could run laps around even awd vehicles who had summer tires on.

MadDuck

I live in Michigan and drive a GSL-SE all year. I have all-seasons and no weight in the rear. I enjoy sliding around....

toplessFC3Sman

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I'm in the same shape as MadDuck, and it can be a lot of fun, but I'm getting some winter tires just for the extra security. I havent had to add any weight over the rears yet, and with mostly bald tires have still made it up grades from a stand-still that had FWD cars spinning on the side of the road.

point-blank

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^QFT Michigan is rx-7 hell, so much salt! We got 10" of snow in the past 3 days.....
I have gotten stuck at least three times with my crap-tastic kumho all seasons :P
the low speed "drifting" is fun though.

JWteknix

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i just throw a few 50lb bags of salt in the back and stay out of boost it drives fine but my other 7 would be a differnet story thats why shes in the garage

ArtOfRuin

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From what I've heard, Waxoyl either hasn't changed since then or has changed very little. Do you (or anyone else) have any better suggestions for undercoatings?

clokker

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I know that Aaron Cake (and others) are fond of the POR family of coatings.

whiteweazel21

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Ah, well that doesn't sound too good. POR 15 was the other product I was looking at as you mentioned, although it seems more do-it-yourself. I don't really trust myself to apply that stuff heh. Definitely do want to invest in getting my car sealed for next winter. Guess I'll have to do some more research :p

LAN

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I live in the Jersey Shore.
I've had my car for close to a decade daily driven