BE CAREFUL OUT THERE THIS WINTER IN YOUR SS.

[Jakefeb3]

I just plowed through Montana/Idaho/Nevada/California while the snow was dumping. And it was around -10f when I was driving in Montana. No troubles for me. I'm have an SS. I bought one because I want to DRIVE it. Not to shove it in a garage. If your too scared to use it, why get it? You guys must be the kind of people who are afraid to get their hands dirty! Haha j/k

[OUR72GTO]

Tell that to the insurance adjuster when they find out you had summer only on a

" muscle car" .

[2010 SSRS]

Garaged for the winter, this is Jeep season for me

[myold88]

It's amazing to me how some people seem to know it all. I bet one or two on this thread will be back before winter is over crying about the damage to their SS.
Summer tires are worthless below 30-35 degrees period !.

[Black_2SS]

Originally Posted by Jakefeb3

... I'm have an SS. I bought one because I want to DRIVE it. Not to shove it in a garage. If your too scared to use it, why get it? You guys must be the kind of people who are afraid to get their hands dirty! Haha j/k

+1 on that! I drive a ton of miles and will drive my SS year round. Everyone tells me to get a beater. If I wanted to drive a piece of junk, I wouldn't have spent $35k to do it!!!

[Black_2SS]

Originally Posted by myold88

It's ... I bet one or two on this thread will be back before winter is over crying about the damage to their SS.
...

Winter or not, it can happen. I nailed a 10 point buck and mine is laid up in the shop w/ over $5,000 worth of damage right now. Weather was fine, roads were fine, everything was as good as can be. But when you come over a blind hill and find a deer, there is nothing you can do.

I'll drive it all winter though! I've got some 19" all-seasons from the LS to put on her though.

[tbarber87]

Spent all my money on the car. . .have nothing left for a beater or even a new set of tires. . .I'll just park my happy self at home when it snows (more like ice here in OK). . .find me a gentleman in a big truck to chaffeur me around

[diggermike62]

Well enjoy those during the winter, I put mine to bed for the winter paint doesn't like deicer so away she goes until spring time, now I get pamper her witha good wash-clay-rubout and waxing. maybe some paint being done.

[EMB135Driver]

Originally Posted by myold88

Summer tires are worthless below 30-35 degrees period !.

Worthless for what?

A soft summer tire like the P Zero is less sticky in the winter because it becomes harder due to cold temperatures. As long as you don't try to corner the same as you do in the summer you will be fine. In essence, the P-Zero just becomes a normal tire made of harder compound due to temperature...no longer ultra high performance but its still round and rolls just fine if you don't drive like a pinhead.

BUT....It doesn't channel road contaminants like slush and snow nearly as effectively as an all-season or snow tire...look at the tread design....there are no channels to go from the center of the tire outward.....so your car will in essence be on top of surface contaminants insead of on the road....you are kind of hydroplaning the whole time, and it gets worse with higher speed. I would definitely avoid driving in snow with these tires unless it's an emergency.

[myold88]

Worthless for what ?. Cold weather driving !.
black2_SS: Deer are everyhere here now in Ct also- Before dawn and at dusk they are crossing roads all over the place. Other than the cold, that's my biggest worry. The SS is mostly tucked away in the garage now.

[TheCaptain]

Originally Posted by EMB135Driver

Worthless for what?

A soft summer tire like the P Zero is less sticky in the winter because it becomes harder due to cold temperatures. ... In essence, the P-Zero just becomes a ...

worthless hockey puck not meant for driving on. Below 0*C anyway.

["prima"Donna]

Originally Posted by myold88

I have a friend in So. Florida who always tells me how great it is there. I think I'll pass on summers with 110 degree heat, 100% humidity and bugs the size of tuna cans in "Gods waiting room." At least not yet.

+1

I'll take the cold over the hot weather ANY DAY..at least you can add clothes to get warmer, but in the hot, humid summer 'oven', if you are not inside your house or car or store in the AC, you cannot ever get cooled off enough...

[The Black Stig]

Originally Posted by Speedfreak

I drive my car more in the winter than anytime else.


cruising with the T-Tops out in sunny 78 degress

Dude thats hot we have the top's down around here in the 40's LOL

[Captain Vlad]

Originally Posted by "prima"Donna

I'll take the cold over the hot weather ANY DAY..at least you can add clothes to get warmer, but in the hot, humid summer 'oven', if you are not inside your house or car or store in the AC, you cannot ever get cooled off enough...

I'd obviously rather be 'comfortable' all the time, but I'd rather be too hot than too cold, usually. I just seem to have an easier time dealing with sweating as opposed to shivering.