rx8 vs snow
 

Hey, living in MA where in winter there can be a lot of snow, slush, and just plain bad weather. Considering this...

Is an rx8, even with snow tires, a bad idea if it will be a year round car? like bad enough to make you not want to buy the car?

Manual and Automatic, is one worse or is it all dependent on the driver, in which case safe to say i drive slow and cautious. If manual it would be my first manual car and i would be learning it too.

I guess I'm looking for a sense of security in fact that I love this car but since it would be a year round car i don't want to regret it because an unavoidable accident in snow or get stuck/stranded.

With snow tires I read that it actually does fairly well in the snow. I haven't tried getting snow tires though since I have a beater for the snow. Without snow tires forget it.

Don't get the AT unless your prepared to be immasculated.

I use my car as a daily driver year round in Chicago. I use all season Ultra performance tires (Avons) and it allows me to get around in the snow with out having to switch tires. When it is time to switch the tires I plan to go with the Continentals ContiExtremeContact all season ultra performance tires. Consumer Report rated them as good as the snow tire used as a bench mark for their testing yet they performed as well in the dry and wet as most the other tires.

Do a little search on the site for answers/opinions you're looking for

And did you really need to start a new thread when you asked this question already in your other thread?

Ya, guess i did have to start another....

bird killer!...

Just kidding, same thing happened to me but bird was stuck in the grille. on the way to school and when i got to school some girls were like OOOOOOMGGGG and like thought i was evil....like i did it on purpose...But on the other hand some guys were like :rollingla

Oh no, not another "is the RX8 good in the snow" thread....

Isn't 4 enough?



///no snow in Houston..

Not everyone can afford a second car for snow. I wouldn't choose a car solely because it's good in the snow cause I'd be so disappointed when the roads were clear. Good snow tires, cautious driving, common sense and it's all good.

You should just speed up global warming so that you won't even need snow tires...you should get an amphibious car though :lol2:

If we burned all of the "Is the RX-8 good in the snow" threads, I think we'd get a useful increase in greenhouse gases.

Ken

Honestly, if you're a slow-and-cautious driver, you should look into a car that's designed more for that sort of application. You can get some really nice looking cars that will be significantly safer in bad weather situations. You should look at something that's FWD or, even better, AWD for superior poor-traction handling.

The RX-8 is a car that's designed to be driven at really high revs and performs best when driven hard. It's really built to have a manual transmission and the automatic limits your power output significantly.

Take a look at something like one of the new Accords - they're just as fast if not faster off the line than an RX-8, require less maintenance, and they will probably do a lot better in the snow (especially if you are planning to try to drive using all-season tires). If not one of those, you will do well with a Subaru, perhaps a Legacy or a newer Impreza.

If, however, you like the idea of coming into and out of corners faster than just about any other car in this class, and if you find the look of the 8 appealing, and like the idea of running an exotic engine, give it a shot.
A good idea might be to try the following course of action:

- Find a friend with a manual-transmission car who will teach you to drive stick. If you can borrow the car for a few days so much the better. Getting into first will be hard at the beginning but you will pick it up if you just keep trying.

- Go drive an 8 on a nice sunny day to get the basic feel for it. Give it a good hard push in each gear, make that little time-to-shift! buzzer go off.

- Pick a day when the weather is shitty and rainy to test drive the 8 again, and see how you feel about it in corners in the rain. Make the traction control kick in and see if you'd be comfortable with that.

After that it's up to you. You WILL need snow tires. I'm planning on getting some soon.

Just bought a set of ContiExtremeContacts, they've been good to me so far. I'm more worried about ground clearance than traction...

I run my 8 all year with zero problems.

man up, drive it in the snow. snow tires+brain=good to go.





Says the guy who has driven in snow once, and slid through redlights lol

This winter will be my FIFTH, daily driving, often at -30*.

S

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/fall-here-winter-coming-things-remember-about-your-rx-8-a-129198/

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-wheels-tires-brakes-suspension-55/winter-wheel-tire-pics-installed-28442/

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-wheels-tires-brakes-suspension-55/snow-45401/

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