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Old 01-12-2003, 10:08 AM
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Cool RX-8 driving on snow!

Hello everyone. Here's a link to a video of a black and a white RX-8 driving on snow!
Great news to me as I'm living in northern norway, just the same condition as this video shows the RX-8 driving in. You can also get a sense of the car's size beside a gas pump. Hope the mazda guys puts a decent heater inside the RX-8 :D

Clik on the "View video:" link from this story: Sweeden winter test
Old 01-12-2003, 10:20 AM
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Re: RX-8 driving on snow!

Originally posted by xeos
Great news to me as I'm living in northern norway, just the same condition as this video shows the RX-8 driving in. You can also get a sense of the car's size beside a gas pump. Hope the mazda guys puts a decent heater inside the RX-8.
I'd love to give you my heated seats and heated mirrors since I won't need them in sunny Southern California.

I got cold just watching the video.
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Nice Video. As I remember on another thread their has been talk about the cold weather performance of the tires. I imagine they were not using the stock tires for those driving tests.
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No, for us living in scandinavia it's required to have special winter tires. With or without spikes! (Depends on how much ice you drive on).
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Hmmm.. so we already got the Rx8 in Sweden.. *s*

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It looks like the RX-8 does ok in the snow. I live in Phila and we do get some snow here so the car must run in the snow! Does anyone have any additional information about the car in the snow?
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to tell ya the truth, any car with the right tires can do well in snow.

I have an Opel GT, it's 2100 lbs and RWD. I have 4 snow tires on there, and the thing is a champ! I hardly ever spin out, and I come to stops easily, without locking up any wheels.
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