On GRD's dyno in Chicago my car hit 550 hp and 575 tq.... Tom's G will be around 450-475. his motor should be here in a week or so and we should have his heads back from the machine shop within a couple weeks and then it's time to hit it hard.

 

while I appreciate those in the military.... it is your job. Nobody feels bad for me and the hours I work nor would I expect them to.

 

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

 

Yeah. Definately easy to clean it up like new when it's got 5-600+ paint chips with a little dab of touch up paint on each one! Modern paint sucks!!! Still looks great from 3 feet away though so I just keep up with it the best I can with not much effort. I seem to get little or no chips in the winter acutally. The sunniest, dryest days are the worst for paint chips. Go figure. Depending how I feel this spring maybe I'll take some time to buff all my touchups and see if any clearcoat will help like I did with the first 3 or 4 chips I ever got.

 

That is the biggest difference for most of us here. Half of us bought the car as a toy and the rest of us bought it as our only means of transportation. If I was in your situation I would not store it but if there was snow or leftover crap from the snow I would just leave it in the garage and not bother with another set of tires, etc. It is a fair weather car as it comes from the factory but with the right tires it keeps up with many many other cars in the snow. Another vehicle or TWO. Eveyone should be as lucky as you!

 

I drive my redhead day and night and if i could id sleep in it.

 

Well, it’s all relative. When I learned to drive, all cars were rear-wheel drive and there was no such thing as SUV’s. We didn’t have radial tires, and mounted snows on the rear only. Those cars were a lot trickier to drive than a modern Z. In fact my Z Performance model equipped with VDC and ABS is very safe on frozen roadways.

With modern snow tires on all four corners, driving the Z on ice and snow is perfectly safe. I don’t understand why you mention clearance since it isn’t an issue at all. Of course if there is twelve inches of snow or drifting (happens a few days during winter), I don’t drive the Z. But, those conditions challenge my Jeep.

As far as the paint and chips are concerned, I get more rock hits and chipping in the warmer months than when driving in winter months. The DOT in my area no longer spreads sand on the roadway, but instead has gone to chemical treatments. And, during the warmer months driving in rural areas at night, I get about a thousand bug spatters (that are horrible for car’s the paint).

I've driven the Z in the winter, and never have a problem.

--Spike

 

You understand.

I'm wondering the same thing you mention that Zivman states: "Another vehicle or TWO."

WT_? Hopefully he will explain this.

--Spike

 

To those who drive your Z in the winter mad props to you, I could never do it, especially this winter since we finally got some snow this year!! But those months i dont drive my Z I have it under storage insurance so it saves me some money instead of insuring it all year and saving me some money to get other things for the Z come spring time. But my Z is just a weekend warrior come summer time i dont take it much out during the week days especially since i work 3rd shift i wouldnt trust leaving my car in the parking lot unattended. It helps keep the milage off the car too, i think i only put on 4500 miles on it last year. My daily driver is a 98 Chev 4X4 blazer. One other good thing about keeping my car in storage is that it makes me appreaciate it more when it comes time to take it out cause i get old with cars very fast so by keeping it in storage it kind of makes me think i'm driving a new car again..

 

I live in the NW and I daily mine.

 

got 2 beater's for SNOW and RAIN. . .Z only comes out on crisp clear sunny days and amazing nights!!!. . .

But when i drive it i dont baby it. .

 

I drive mine in the winter, the only time I dont is when they salt the roads, or its snowing.

 

snow i really dont mind that much..just hate when it stick to the rear flaps. .but when they SALT the roads. .thats what rots eats and kills the drive all together. .other night in NJ snowed for like 10 minutes. .and next day all the roads were WHITE as hell. .i was like damn. .someone went to town with the salt!!!

 

An alchemist (DraGonAlchemist) should understand this. (Just kidding, of course.)

Many communities are abandoning throwing down tons of sand and going to a chemical-treatment only instead. The reasons:

1) Spring cleanup using street sweepers is expensive.
2) Running dump-trucks throwing sand during a winter storm is dangerous.

The premise of using chemicals (and not sanding) on the roadway is only as good as the meteorologists’ accuracy reporting impending snowfalls. The idea is you spread chemicals on the roadway before the storm hits. When it works, the chemicals are applied before it snows, and the snowfall never puts a freezing layer of ice down on the roadway. Spreading sand is now an emergency measure used in extreme subzero situations or when the chemicals aren’t working (the chemicals were not applied soon enough or it's too cold for them to work).

Of course, the chemical solution is why you see all the “white” film everywhere (on the street, in the parking lot, on your car, etc.).

--Spike

 

ahhh. .I see spike. .thanx. .i always thought the white was the salt drying out after melting the ice into water. .

 

Caribbean! 365-day-a-year fun, fun fun--till my daddy takes the Z-beazt away!!!

 

my Z's my daily driver as well, and i am moving to state college, pa this school year. i am not sure what to expect yet but i am sure its not going to be good. i am glad i'm not the only one though. i figure as long as i power wash the undercarriage a couple of days a week i should be fine. and if it snows i am just using my gf's car lol.