Wish me luck!

 

Good luck with that. There is going to be way to much salt on the roads for mine to even leave the garage.

Perfect weather for a WRX though. I wish I had one of those.

 

I just did that... and luckily I checked my tire pressure because not one of my tires were over 11psi.

Oh well, I'm getting rid of it soon for an F250 or 350 anyway... I've had enough already.

 

I live in michigan and my truck has only see snow once!

That was 2 years ago at a MILOC track rental, I was nearing the end of my run and "stuff" started hitting my windshield. Then I realized it was sleet/hale. I thought to myself, well this can't be good as I'm over 100mph and I have slicks on the back of the truck. It didn't "SNOW" on the way home, but it was that cold rainy starting to turn to icy cr@p.

This is the 3rd vehicle I've owned that "never" saw snow.

 

enough of what?

 

Enough of not being able to drive it anytime, anywhere. I don't have another car or truck besides my L... it's my daily driver. I'm not saying a lifted diesel truck is any more practical to have than a Lightning is, but at least I can drive it anytime.

 

why cant you drive it?

 

I can't drive it in the snow obviously... and it's a major pain in the azz when I need to get to work and I have to beg someone for a ride.

 

I drove mine in the ice and snow w/o issues.

I ran the Toyo Proxes on the back, and put about 300# of sand bags in the bed. Passed FWD/4WD people on the highway who were spun out.

 

I drove mine last winter in CO where it snows like every day. And I only had one problem going up an icy hill. It is a TRUCK it can take a little abuse, as long as its maintained well.
Just my .02 cents.

 

instead of going and getting a different ride, why not get some cheap steel wheels and some snow tires (or my personal favorite BFG All Terrain T/A) and throw a little weight in the bed. you'll be good to go.

Remember our trucks a have a "quasi-posi" rear end. Meaning that both tires turn/spin. 99% of the rear wheel drive vehicles out there have a limited slip, meaning only one tire will spin.
So you'll do much better than them with different tires.

Also, get skinny tires, more lbs/sq inch on a skinny tire than a wide tire = more traction in snow.


remember, after all it is a truck. Haul some lumber or cinder blocks in it a few times!

 

As well you should remember the big bad 250/2500/4wheeldrives in the videos on this page before just giving up on a truck you have that much invested in.

http://www.richmondgear.com/02powertrax.html

 

hehe... I was j/k about playing in the snow...lol. I had a hard enough time backing it of my parking space for the plow man. I don't plan to drive any of my vehicles in the snow/salt but I think next year I'm going to get some rims and tires special for the winter because I almost hit a car backing out of my parking space, lol.

I think SlowSVT should just get a good set of winter tires and rims and throw some sand bags in the bed for the winter because come summer and everyone is stylin' up in their sleek hotrods, she's going to be a hurtin' unit then, lol.

I know everyone said these things stock are bad in the snow... I gotta say it's suicide to try and drive one in the snow. I couldn't even back out my parking space, lol....

 

L's have limited slip rears. And obviously will spin both rear wheels. My Ranger has limited slip and will do the same.

--Joe

 

Drove mine home from the train station (about 20 miles) in 5 inches of snow last night without issues. I have about 300lbs of weight in the bed and I am running the Goodyear F1's.

It was fine....go figure.

Shaummy