Nick_X

I was wondering if it would be bad to drive my rex in the winter, and if it would be practical, cuz its a sports car....i dont think i can go 5 months without driving it.....i just wanna make sure it wouldn't be bad for my car, if it would drive pretty smooth, would grip........i was wondering this now, before i sell my honda civic, and my rex has never been winter driven, one winter couldn't be that bad though.......could it...

Tron

I drove mine one winter, it was fine (and fun actually)...I don't think I would do it again though in a 16 year old car that I'm totally hooked on...but as long as you keep it out of the slush and salty brine crap it'll be fine...

Where is Thunder bay?

RexRyder

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rx7 likes cold.

Tron

True, RX-7 does like cold

Nick_X

thunder bay is in ontario, the northwestern part, and this stupid city puts salt all over the road.....but i dont see how it would like cold, even if it did, i was wondering if its ok to drive its in snow cuz its so low, and cuz its rear wheel drive/..........

mazdamanda

I just bought another FC today to drive for the winter. Just throw on some big *** knobby snow tires and you'll be fine.

RexRyder

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since rotary throw off more heat than a piston engine with same power, i'd imagine that a rotary would benefit more from cold. ESPECIALLY Tii

adamlewis

I see where youre coming from, but youre wrong.


An engine is more efficient at higher temps...
For good power, ideal conditions would be a warm engine + cold air.


Only thing about really cold winter days is sometimes my friend and I could never get his T2 to get above 180°

Funklord

my car is REALLY hard to start in the winter. plus you should let it warm up before you drive it, and sometimes that takes 15 minutes. no problem, just get a command start right? well thats no good, cuz most of the time you gotta press the throttle to keep it holding an idle when you first start it. even plugged in all night, sometimes my car would not start. it owuld drain the battery, and i'd have to charge it, and try again, until it would start. but then thats up in saskatoon, where it gets to -40

Nick_X

it doesn't really matter if my rex would perform better in the winter........im not racing the thing or messing around in the snow, where i could wreck my baby, i doubt it would have trouble starting, everything in that car is brand spanking new.....like the battery, alternator, even the engine only has 40000km, put in by the mazda dealership.........i was wondering if it would be practical, would it drive just as good as a regular car........that would suck letting that car warm up for 15 minutes, those cars are terrible on gas....

zelgadiss-san

I would think that letting it sit unused for 5 months would be worse for it than driving through a bit of snow.

BoostedRotors

Turbos like cold air!

gold87na

Where i live we get a few months of snow and i drove mine with my regular tires and was fine.. Very fun youll definatly want to bring it to a few parking lots that havnt been plowed (well if only 3 or so inches) it's soo fun

NZConvertible

Dunno why people think sports cars can't be driven in the winter. It's just a car! Like any other car, they're designed by the manufacturer to operate in a very wide range of conditions. They have to, because they have no control over how you'll operate your car.
My 'vert is a daily driver, and is used nearly every day of the year.

Mr. ImportGuy

When I get my rex it will see all seasons. Just put a couple bags of sand over the rear wheels and you'll be fine.

Nick_X

Oh yeah.....the guy i bought it from said if i end up driving it in the winter, to put sand bags above the rear wheels, but if someone could tell me how much weight on both sides is good, then that would be cool.........i think ive basically decided to drive her this winter, i cant go 5 months............dont u just hate stupid people that try to tell u that cuz its a rear wheel drive sports car youll slide all over the place...............

Mr. ImportGuy

I'd say put a 50 pound bag over each wheel. So you got 100lbs evenly distributed.

RexRyder

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well duh? thas what i meant. Hot engine in cold temps would benefit the rotary. Not cold engine in cold temps.
Also if its really hard to start i was seeing something in JC whitney where u could wire up 2 batteries via PARALLEL, after starting the car (using cranking power of 2 batts) it would then go back to using 1 batt, but both would be charged up thru alt