Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
WHAAAAAA!!! MY CAR HAS 300HP!!!!11!1!ONE
Put a little weight in the trunk and you'll be fine. Oh, and get some decent snow tires if you have performance tires on it now.
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
WHAAAAAA!!! MY CAR HAS 300HP!!!!11!1!ONE
Put a little weight in the trunk and you'll be fine. Oh, and get some decent snow tires if you have performance tires on it now.
Jesus I wish I knew how to drive. How did it take me 5 years to figure this out?
again.Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
WHAAAAAA!!! MY CAR HAS 300HP!!!!11!1!ONE
Put a little weight in the trunk and you'll be fine. Oh, and get some decent snow tires if you have performance tires on it now.
Jesus I wish I knew how to brag and moan. How did it take me 5 years to figure this out?
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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
WHAAAAAA!!! MY CAR HAS 300HP!!!!11!1!ONE
Put a little weight in the trunk and you'll be fine. Oh, and get some decent snow tires if you have performance tires on it now. Jeez, you'd think this would be common sense...what the hell do they teach kids in drivers ed these days? :roll:
The gearing will also make quite a bit of difference... shorter gearing for quick low speed acceleration in a car with less HP might find itself sliding around more easily than a car with more power but taller gearing for higher speed acceleration.
Originally posted by: Black88GTA
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
WHAAAAAA!!! MY CAR HAS 300HP!!!!11!1!ONE
Put a little weight in the trunk and you'll be fine. Oh, and get some decent snow tires if you have performance tires on it now. Jeez, you'd think this would be common sense...what the hell do they teach kids in drivers ed these days? :roll:
"get some decent snow tires" Right, says the guy in California who constantly talks about bicycling to work in the winter. :roll: Snow tires aren't exactly a good idea for many people - today was the ONLY day so far this year they would have done me any good. There were MAYBE 3 days last year where they would have come in handy - in my area at least. And guess what - they're good for maybe 3 seasons before they start to dry rot and become unsafe. Some people may keep them longer, but you're on borrowed time after ~3 years, IMO. And what the fvck do you do with them when they are not being used if you live in an apartment? Stack them in your bedroom?
Not to mention, unless you like getting up early to change tires every time it snows, you'll be riding on them for a couple months at least. Snows have crappy traction, high amounts of road noise, and handle terribly on dry / wet pavement - which is where you'd be using them 98% of the time, at least around here.
That said, it is MUCH easier to control a ~100 HP RWD car vs a ~300 HP RWD car when the road is frozen, regardless of weight in the trunk. My old 105 HP Mustang would run circles in the winter around either one of my V8 cars. I took my ~300 HP BMW to work this morning, and I don't care HOW lightly you feathered the throttle - the rear end would slide out regardless. And I grew up driving through Michigan winters - it's not like I'm some n00b visiting from Texas who's never seen snow in their lifetime.
Please, get a fvcking clue before you start attacking others.
Originally posted by: Black88GTA
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
WHAAAAAA!!! MY CAR HAS 300HP!!!!11!1!ONE
Put a little weight in the trunk and you'll be fine. Oh, and get some decent snow tires if you have performance tires on it now. Jeez, you'd think this would be common sense...what the hell do they teach kids in drivers ed these days? :roll:
"get some decent snow tires" Right, says the guy in California who constantly talks about bicycling to work in the winter. :roll: Snow tires aren't exactly a good idea for many people - today was the ONLY day so far this year they would have done me any good. There were MAYBE 3 days last year where they would have come in handy - in my area at least. And guess what - they're good for maybe 3 seasons before they start to dry rot and become unsafe. Some people may keep them longer, but you're on borrowed time after ~3 years, IMO. And what the fvck do you do with them when they are not being used if you live in an apartment? Stack them in your bedroom?
Not to mention, unless you like getting up early to change tires every time it snows, you'll be riding on them for a couple months at least. Snows have crappy traction, high amounts of road noise, and handle terribly on dry / wet pavement - which is where you'd be using them 98% of the time, at least around here.
That said, it is MUCH easier to control a ~100 HP RWD car vs a ~300 HP RWD car when the road is frozen, regardless of weight in the trunk. My old 105 HP Mustang would run circles in the winter around either one of my V8 cars. I took my ~300 HP BMW to work this morning, and I don't care HOW lightly you feathered the throttle - the rear end would slide out regardless. And I grew up driving through Michigan winters - it's not like I'm some n00b visiting from Texas who's never seen snow in their lifetime.
Please, get a fvcking clue before you start attacking others.
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Black88GTA
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
WHAAAAAA!!! MY CAR HAS 300HP!!!!11!1!ONE
Put a little weight in the trunk and you'll be fine. Oh, and get some decent snow tires if you have performance tires on it now. Jeez, you'd think this would be common sense...what the hell do they teach kids in drivers ed these days? :roll:
"get some decent snow tires" Right, says the guy in California who constantly talks about bicycling to work in the winter. :roll: Snow tires aren't exactly a good idea for many people - today was the ONLY day so far this year they would have done me any good. There were MAYBE 3 days last year where they would have come in handy - in my area at least. And guess what - they're good for maybe 3 seasons before they start to dry rot and become unsafe. Some people may keep them longer, but you're on borrowed time after ~3 years, IMO. And what the fvck do you do with them when they are not being used if you live in an apartment? Stack them in your bedroom?
Not to mention, unless you like getting up early to change tires every time it snows, you'll be riding on them for a couple months at least. Snows have crappy traction, high amounts of road noise, and handle terribly on dry / wet pavement - which is where you'd be using them 98% of the time, at least around here.
That said, it is MUCH easier to control a ~100 HP RWD car vs a ~300 HP RWD car when the road is frozen, regardless of weight in the trunk. My old 105 HP Mustang would run circles in the winter around either one of my V8 cars. I took my ~300 HP BMW to work this morning, and I don't care HOW lightly you feathered the throttle - the rear end would slide out regardless. And I grew up driving through Michigan winters - it's not like I'm some n00b visiting from Texas who's never seen snow in their lifetime.
Please, get a fvcking clue before you start attacking others.
FYI-I grew up driving in upstate NY. I was born there and lived there for 22 years.
I never said it wasn't more difficult to drive a RWD car with more hp in the snow.
No, not directly...however, it was implied when you said "It's just a meaningless bit of information he decided to add" in response to the poster who mentioned that he had a 300HP RWD car that he had to drive in the snow. Why would the "300HP" bit be meaningless?
However, there are things you can do to make it manageable. My second car was a '75 Pontiac LeMans GT with a 350CI engine and mag wheels. Believe me, snow tires made a huge difference in the way that car drove in the snow. I put the wheels on after the first snow and took them off again in the springtime. I guess if you don't have someplace to store an extra set of wheels then maybe you should have bought a different car...or just live with it and quit fvcking whinning about it.
I'm not whining about anything. I took issue with the fact that people on here seem to think that driving a powerful RWD car in the snow is just like any other. It most certainly is not. And you can do all you want to try to make it manageable - it still requires a much different mindset and greater care than driving a 150HP FWD or 4WD. And yes, snow tires make a huge difference, but they are just not practical for many people - as I pointed out.
I'm guessing you have performance tires on the BMW? If so, there's your problem right there. Talk about clueless...:roll:
I do...like I said, the only day I would have benefited from snow tires so far this entire winter was Wednesday. However, my Trans Am with all seasons on it is even worse in the snow.
Originally posted by: Black88GTA
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Black88GTA
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
WHAAAAAA!!! MY CAR HAS 300HP!!!!11!1!ONE
Put a little weight in the trunk and you'll be fine. Oh, and get some decent snow tires if you have performance tires on it now. Jeez, you'd think this would be common sense...what the hell do they teach kids in drivers ed these days? :roll:
"get some decent snow tires" Right, says the guy in California who constantly talks about bicycling to work in the winter. :roll: Snow tires aren't exactly a good idea for many people - today was the ONLY day so far this year they would have done me any good. There were MAYBE 3 days last year where they would have come in handy - in my area at least. And guess what - they're good for maybe 3 seasons before they start to dry rot and become unsafe. Some people may keep them longer, but you're on borrowed time after ~3 years, IMO. And what the fvck do you do with them when they are not being used if you live in an apartment? Stack them in your bedroom?
Not to mention, unless you like getting up early to change tires every time it snows, you'll be riding on them for a couple months at least. Snows have crappy traction, high amounts of road noise, and handle terribly on dry / wet pavement - which is where you'd be using them 98% of the time, at least around here.
That said, it is MUCH easier to control a ~100 HP RWD car vs a ~300 HP RWD car when the road is frozen, regardless of weight in the trunk. My old 105 HP Mustang would run circles in the winter around either one of my V8 cars. I took my ~300 HP BMW to work this morning, and I don't care HOW lightly you feathered the throttle - the rear end would slide out regardless. And I grew up driving through Michigan winters - it's not like I'm some n00b visiting from Texas who's never seen snow in their lifetime.
Please, get a fvcking clue before you start attacking others.
FYI-I grew up driving in upstate NY. I was born there and lived there for 22 years.
I never said it wasn't more difficult to drive a RWD car with more hp in the snow.
No, not directly...however, it was implied when you said "It's just a meaningless bit of information he decided to add" in response to the poster who mentioned that he had a 300HP RWD car that he had to drive in the snow. Why would the "300HP" bit be meaningless?
However, there are things you can do to make it manageable. My second car was a '75 Pontiac LeMans GT with a 350CI engine and mag wheels. Believe me, snow tires made a huge difference in the way that car drove in the snow. I put the wheels on after the first snow and took them off again in the springtime. I guess if you don't have someplace to store an extra set of wheels then maybe you should have bought a different car...or just live with it and quit fvcking whinning about it.
I'm not whining about anything. I took issue with the fact that people on here seem to think that driving a powerful RWD car in the snow is just like any other. It most certainly is not. And you can do all you want to try to make it manageable - it still requires a much different mindset and greater care than driving a 150HP FWD or 4WD. And yes, snow tires make a huge difference, but they are just not practical for many people - as I pointed out.
I'm guessing you have performance tires on the BMW? If so, there's your problem right there. Talk about clueless...:roll:
I do...like I said, the only day I would have benefited from snow tires so far this entire winter was Wednesday. However, my Trans Am with all seasons on it is even worse in the snow.
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