240sx + Snow?

[elemento1991]

Well, me and my parents have been having this arguement for months now. They want me to look for an AWD car, like a WRX which I can't afford so I would have to settle for the slow 2.5rs.

I am well aware that RWD is more difficult to drive in the snow but I do not see it being impossible to drive with some studded tires and weight in the trunk. I just drove home from work today in 4 inches of snow and I didn't use 4wd just for fun. A truck has less weight on the rear wheels and I don't have snow tires I have all seasons. I work at a ski resort and it's a pretty rough trip and I made it fine. I figure a car would go as good or better in the snow as long as its not dragging but once again I am no pro. All the RW traction used for accel and the FW used for cornering. It seems more efficient to me other than the weight being more over the front wheels.

If you guys HAD to get around in the winter, could you get it done? If I have to use the truck for a few days here and there that's fine, but if they can't get around at all then I may have to settle for a slow ass car.

[PoorMans180SX]

I've been through 3 winters with coilovers, a welded diff, and all season tires. Never got in an accident and only gotten stuck twice (not going off the road, I got snowed in).

[s13 drifta]

I drive my 240 in the snow, it sucks. I have all season tires and the car doesn't have much traction. If I were to switch them out to studded tires when it snows it would be fine. I could throw some weight in my trunk, but the exhaust would be on the ground.

I would love to have a Subaru for winter.

[Corbic]

Snow Tires /thread

[BradGriffith1]

I live in northern Colorado, It has been snowing for about a week straight, roads completely covered and icy and I can still take my car out for a quick drive no problem even without studded snow tires, just straight gangster stretch and -5* camber. It's just about being smart and watching further ahead. Drive slow homie!

[nissan240syan]

you're pretty much fucked going up hills. I live in PA too and my 240s havnt done too well in the snow with coilovers wide wheels and boost

[sidewayz240]

Been daily driving in Canadian winters for 3 years with the 240. If you get any real accumulation where you live, DEFINATLY have snow tires. I love it, but you have to know how to drive rwd in the snow, it does take practice.

Embrace the Slide.

[Perfect Balance]

This was with a stock 240 on snow tires. Dragging the frame on the snow but it just keeps going.





Obviously if it's lowered the amount of snow you can plow though will be less, but snow tires are the key.

BTW I drove it out of there the next day with another 3 inches or so of snow on top of what's already there.

[whitey240]

240? snow? in PA? You are nuts to even consider it. It would be fun to take it out every once and a while to goof off but daily driving just seems stupid and dangerous. Last year during our February snow when everyone was stuck and leaving there cars stranded I was putzing right along in my AWD and loving it. Get the AWD from the daily, save and build a 240 for play.

[93nismo]

ive driven my s13 in the snow on all seasons for 2 years now. and i drove a z32 the other 2 years ive driven. i don't think ive ever actually driven a fwd or awd car in snow aside of at work... i don't have a problem at all. just takes a little longer to get to places. ive never used snow tires but i have been told by multiple people its a night and day difference.

[Ceepo]

Whats wrong with the 2.5rs? if you really wanted to you can do a motor swap on it to turbo it(kinda pricey sometimes) but yeah 2.5rs is the best looking subaru ever...

As for 240 in the snow, my car does awesome in the snow just gotta know how to drive, i have a VLSD, Coilovers, 17x9, 225/45/17's and i do just fine... but i dont get a foot of snow lol we get about 8inches max here(rare)

[ChicagoS14]

My 1995 S14 with 5 spd and VLSD was my first car @ 17 years old and my first stick shift car. I daily drove it through 2 x Chicago winters. Had all season tires and stock suspension. If your a good driver and be careful you will be able to drive it. Tires and driver make the car.

[grimdad1522]

Ive deffinetly wintered in my 240 a couple of times here in the detroit area. like everybody else has said it takes practice and good tires. never had snow tires personaly. but knowing how the car acts is key too.
I only got my car stuck twice the last winter i drove it (have a 93 f150 for winter duty now) that was on all seasons, coilovers, and a 2-way. once becuase i got into deep hard slush trying to pass somebody going waaayyy to slow. and once on the side of the road in my nieghborhood while having some fun practicing.
And as for mountains i took my 240 to nc to visit a friend. kentucky had just got a fresh couple of inches as i was driving through on I-77. i white knuckled all the way through doing 70 with the truckers. the best advice i can give is dont go faster than whats comfortable.

[h2v7]

it can be done.


up hills are hard.


it WORKS but not well, would not suggest it for a sub par driver.

kinda like light weight drift practice

[BoostSlideWayz]

Why do you have to have a wrx... A pick up truck that is cheap and 4x4 is perfectly fine.. my uncle got a 4x4 ford ranger for 900 bucks and runs good and 4x4 gets us around when ever we need to borrow the truck for when it snows heavily..

[Flicktitty]

LOL @ all the people who are getting fucked with snow this year for the first real time.

Tires Tires Tires.

Blizzacks or some other snow tire and drive like a grown up and you'll be fine.

[Imarvin240]

i never drive my 240 in the snow, 04' F-150 crew cab

[240sxrb25]

i drove mt pignose 2 winters in a row before i repainted. it was slammes on the steelies with fatty tires lol. i plowed snoweverywhere but i got around. as long as you look ahead and prepare, brake, lose control, slide, get traction again and get luccky enough to hit all green lights, your be ok. freezing rain....just go back in your house. 240s are fun if your willing to be twice as careful as everyone else. im also in nebraska where you could have 60 degree weather then 2ft of snow the next day.

[landins13]

i would drive my 240 in the snow but it doesnt have heat and my 2010 wrx does just fine

[Pblesh85]

Here is mine is thw snow...





I am not sure how these got here....

[HS13KLS]

I got new feds. and a welded diff, Ka and it sucks dick. Im not driving the car.

[RPS13-604]

i had no choice but to drive in the snow the other day with around -5 camber and on summer tires. let me tell you it was such a bitch to drive the car would literally go sideways while driving straight.

[CMFD13coupe]

i have low tread on bfg gforce super sports in the rear and some winter tires on the front. pretty much been messin around the entire time in parking lots during the day and the roads at night (its kinda nice bein on vacation :P) s14 is stock.

If you have the option of driving something else during the winter, i would highly recommend doing so. you can get stuck very easily. especially in parking lots lol. The Subaru must be awesome in the snow... you should keep that and just buy a 240 too. you can find one pretty cheap.

[s13dan]

I just the front lip off my car and drive slow. 240 is prolly one of the worst vehicles to drive in the snow but its totally doable. And I am on coilovers.

[Patrick Bowering]

I live in Kamloops bc and drive mine all winter it makes 350whp on 16psi with a welded diff and coils .I used to live even further north. Good winter tires are key aswell as a good diff vlsd or 1.5 would be great welded might make some people nervous. My lip is about 3.5 inchs from the ground and aslong as you keep momentum your fine. I take mine over the mtn passes and the coquihalla highway aswell as ski resorts and never have any issues.

[elemento1991]

Originally Posted by BoostSlideWayz

Why do you have to have a wrx... A pick up truck that is cheap and 4x4 is perfectly fine.. my uncle got a 4x4 ford ranger for 900 bucks and runs good and 4x4 gets us around when ever we need to borrow the truck for when it snows heavily..

Kus I love cars, Don't have the money to insure two vehicles, and I also don't really have the money for a WRX. I've found a few but I would just rather have a 240. Everyone in my town is getting Subaru's and they all go on and on about how it's the best car in the world, I'd love to blow by them in my RB25 240 It's been my dream car since I was like twelve.

Granted Subaru's are great cars, the 240's are rare around here and I would like to have something different. Plus I can make it go faster for cheaper, put more power through the RB block without getting into internals, and handle better.

[rwdaccordswtf]

Fiberglass everywhere she sits there I dare not chance it

[PoorMans180SX]

Originally Posted by whitey240

240? snow? in PA? You are nuts to even consider it. It would be fun to take it out every once and a while to goof off but daily driving just seems stupid and dangerous. Last year during our February snow when everyone was stuck and leaving there cars stranded I was putzing right along in my AWD and loving it. Get the AWD from the daily, save and build a 240 for play.

Hahah, I love people that think snow magically makes a RWD car not able to stay on the road. It's not that big of a deal.

Originally Posted by Flicktitty

Tires Tires Tires.

Blizzacks or some other snow tire and drive like a grown up and you'll be fine.

Yes, this is the answer. I would love winter tires. They do make a huge difference. Probably by the time I get money the snow will be gone...doh!

[OBEEWON]

All my cars have been rwd except one and Ive never been stranded in the snow. The 240 has done the best second only to my stock Cressida.

[smoked240]

Originally Posted by elemento1991

Granted Subaru's are great cars.

I don't believe this. After what both my friends went threw on there wrx's(one is an 02, the other is an 05) I would never buy a Subaru.

Look into another awd. Some will be a lot cheaper then the price tag of a subaru.

I don't drive in the winter with mine. My tires are not snow tires. I got stuck in my plowed yard moving my car. I had to have my dad push me out. I do take it out a couple times. just to drive for like an hour in town.