Smokin_LaLa

Well I drive a beater for the winter. Last fri. the temp dipped below -10, so I wake up on sat. mor to go to get my haircut and guess what my beater won't start, there is power but it won't crank, even tapping the starter with a hammer didn't work. So i take my sister's car which is a 2004 mazda 3 and on bayview/major mac guess what I see a dude driving a Shinka, just wished at the moment that I had one of those boot hooked up to a pulley with a rope so I can kick myself in the butt

army_rx8

^hehe you need one of those boot hooked to a pulley machines...i'll sell you one

$500usd obo

Skiptomylue

yeah, ive seen a couiple rx8s still out here, a couple vettes, my buddy is still driving his G35,
The vettes i saw when we didnt have any snow.... so im sure they still arnt being driven

Rasper

Well....I'm lovin the 8 in the winter. Not much snow down here but was in TO on Sunday and had a great ride down and back!
Gotta drive it!!! Too much fun

DarkBrew

I'm driving mine as well (2nd winter) and still lovin' it

-=drift=-

Im still on stock tires with 3 inches of snow, i dont have the greatest traction, but im not going anywhere fast

climacus

6 more weeks of winter.. The RX-8 handles the snow like a champ. I'm surprised that the cabin doesn't get all that warm, considering the heatsoak issue in the summer.

Here's a little montage of summer..

spd frk

I still drive my 8 everyday in the winter. I have an 80km commute to the office (when not at clients) so I put hte mileage on. NEver any toruble up in Stouffville which is just inside the snowbelt region.

Love that winter!

Juergen

boffam

iTrader: (1)

hahahaha I was thinking the same thing, after hearing the horror stories (I have not experienced summer in the RX-8 yet). Not a problem for me...I set the auto climate control in our other car to 16.5C...

BTW how does the RX-8 handle Corner 2??

mrobert55

I used my car everyday and it s now -20 today in ste-therese(near montreal)
No problem of heating, defrost work great on mirror and window...
Dont only pointy thing is that i find the heated seat that take too much time to heat!...my other mazda3 was very fast and my friend VW are going faster also to heat up my ***...:O)

Davut

it's -20 or less here in Toronto today, and I'm still seeing Porsche 911s. All dirty and ****.

mrobert55
I find the RX-8's ***-warmers pretty good/fast already =)

Justarius

Maybe you have less padding than he does. That's what I tell my GF when she complains that it takes too long or isn't hot enough

Shuts her up, even though her *** is a nice, healthy size.

That was probably me the original poster saw in the Shinka. I snagged the winter tire kit (17" rims with Toyo Garit HTs) and this is my second winter and so far, so good. I will say though that this year I have to park outdoors and that is making me grit my teeth in worry every morning when I have to carve the car out of an ice block.

Thankfully I'm in the GTA. My 1st RX8 winter was in London (ON) which is in the snow belt and let's just say there were days that scoop at the front was fricking plowing my street. It got damaged too but the dealer fixed it under warranty. If it wasn't for the relative lowness of the car however, no problem!

50/50 weight differential, Stability/Traction Control, Limited Slip Diff, Heated Seats, RWD (yes I actually prefer RWD in the winter. Something to do with intuitively controlling/countering skids better) and some excellent snow tires... What more can you want? Ok, ok more height (to avoid the snow plow effect) and AWD or 4x4 would be nice, but certainly not required, especially in the GTA.

Justarius

Smokin_LaLa

Cool, if it was you I saw then man you got a nice ride, it was nice and shiny that sunny morning all other cars were dirty and your car stood out the most because it was very clean............

do you guys notice sometimes that north of highway 7 always gets hit with a blizzard, the moment you go south of 7 it stops like there is some kind of invisible wall or GOD hates us 905ers

rotten42

This is my 3rd winter with my 8. It is a hoot to drive on the snow.