T2 daily driver?
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T2 daily driver?
hi guys,
just curious. can an S5 T2 (or any T2 for that matter) be a daily driver?
i live in vancouver, canada...its sometimes snows, rains abit....etc.
being that its a good sound car...can it be a daily driver? if so, who does this in the forum?
just curious. can an S5 T2 (or any T2 for that matter) be a daily driver?
i live in vancouver, canada...its sometimes snows, rains abit....etc.
being that its a good sound car...can it be a daily driver? if so, who does this in the forum?
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Originally posted by 1987RX7guy
Does it look like an alcohol dragster? If it does then no. Otherwise they are mass produced sports cars meant for driving. What do you think?
Does it look like an alcohol dragster? If it does then no. Otherwise they are mass produced sports cars meant for driving. What do you think?
lemme ask you, smarty, would u drive ur T2 in -5 with wet-snow falling?
i think its a valid question, ur sarcasm, unfortunately isn't.
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Ha, I bet 1987rx7 has never drivin a car in snow. Esspecially a Turbo II, I live in washington and I tried taking my car out in the snow and nothing, The damn thing was way to uncontrolable to safely drive in the snow... But thats just my opionion..
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I drove stock S4 TII whole winter, i really enjoyed it, almost 3000 miles, lots of them in snow/freezing condition. No problems as long as u have good winter tires and some experience
Even had to make few events on snow/ice
http://rx7cz.net/photos/winter1/
http://rx7cz.net/photos/letiste/
Even had to make few events on snow/ice
http://rx7cz.net/photos/winter1/
http://rx7cz.net/photos/letiste/
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I don't see why a TII would be any worse they a N/A. Just stay off the boost. I have driven an N/A in the snow/rain, and it did fine (just have to be a little more careful) I haven't driven my TII in the snow, but I think its even better in the rain (must be because of the new all season radials on my TII, where as I had almost bald summer tires on my -se)
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keep the r's low and throttle semi closed. i live in wisconsin and i thought my last tII was one of the best cars i ever drove in the winter. my current one was good but i had a winter beater that i drove the better half of the time. very predictable and well balanced. drive with caution like u should in bad weather and with good tires shouldnt be a problem. you may want to disable the sub zero start assist if it isnt already though. seems to cause more problems than not.
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Originally posted by n4ji
Evil... your white fc and fb look awesome, I think my car wants to have babies with them. Oh yeah... my AE is my daily driver... she likes the snow!
Evil... your white fc and fb look awesome, I think my car wants to have babies with them. Oh yeah... my AE is my daily driver... she likes the snow!
Your AE with my TII, or your AE with the FB?
I thing the AE/FB offspring might be intersting
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i live in BC too and drove my car in the snow. it was a little hairy on the highway with the snow but just stay light on the go pedal and you'll be fine. when it snows in the winter i suggest going to an empty parking lot and finding out exactly what you can and can't do
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Canadians will, next time
Originally posted by 1987RX7guy
Does it look like an alcohol dragster? If it does then no. Otherwise they are mass produced sports cars meant for driving. What do you think?
Does it look like an alcohol dragster? If it does then no. Otherwise they are mass produced sports cars meant for driving. What do you think?
As a group, Canadians generally appear to be well educated and not too slow. But, culturally they'll research something until there's no lifetime remaining to actually create product from the research, having to defer into the next generation of Canadians. The slogan, "Where'd I park my car?"
I'm just kidding.
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I can understand why the question is being asked. A brief look at the forum would be enough to convince most people that TIIs are timebombs. If your car is half decent then you'll be fine.
It was the coldest winter I remember and mine never had a problem. Full TB mod in -10C (14F) it was fine too.
Originally posted by eViLRotor
RX-7's don't necessarily like Canadian winters too much. But then again, you are in Vancouver, where it doesn't get to -40 all that often, unlike here.
RX-7's don't necessarily like Canadian winters too much. But then again, you are in Vancouver, where it doesn't get to -40 all that often, unlike here.
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drove my TII ever day since I got it including 1 michigan winter. While I am not going to drive it in the winter again (salt=rust!) I didn't have any problems driving in relatively deep snow on directional kumho ecsta supra 712's, and if you've seen those tires, you know they are not made for the snow
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My TII was previously in Minnesota. A lot of rust covering heat shields and stuff on the bottom but with sandpaper that is all coming off easily.
It apparently did just fine.
It apparently did just fine.
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hmm... i've spent one winter with my TII... we get a good foot to 2 ft of snow... and i drove my rx7 just fine with about 20% tread remaining. It'll drive fine if u know how to drive in the winter, and it'll slide when u want it to slide. That's all.