hope everyone is doing well and so is thier z, so today i was walking along richmond street going towards yonge and saw this i think gray 350 dropped, with exhaust and some nice rims with a big lip (the rim) in the back. had its flashers on and was going like 20 km/h. So i was just curious to know if they are on this club and if they got home safely (i hopee)

 

that's very considerate of you to chime in

I hope he learned his lesson..

 

Lots of people drive their cars with rims in the winter in toronto. If you have an alternate means of transportation and need only drive when you want, then you could survive with a Z on 20's with summer cars in the winter just driving when it's clear.

I wouldn't do it as it would ruin the finish on the wheels etc. but it could be done. After my Z im gonna buy another Porsche, probably a 911 C4S and drive it all year round. I hate putting my car away in the winter.

 

But also most performance tires have serious decreases in grip when the temps fall below 0

 

+1,000,000

 

i have a summerbeater and a summer car. now how does that work? i just put up w/ it and drive the car a lot less. i see snow start to fall heavy i quickly drive home lol just like a vampire w/ sun. just run good winter tires w/o vdc(for the more experienced drivers) in winter and its gravy except when you stop.

 

I honestly think the stock tires do too. Drove to work today ( 24°F ) car was all over the road for the first few miles. This isnt the first time ive noticed this.

 

^Stock tires are the worse summer tires I've use in my life. Thumbs down to Bridgestone.

 

You mean thumbs down to Nissan for using a low level Bridgestone tire. Bridgestone's high end tires kick ***.

 

That's because you shouldn't be using summer tires or "no season" tires in freezing temperatures, period. It has nothing to do with brand names/stock/performance and has everything to do with the fact that snow tires are not made from the same rubber as summer tires.

Winter tires are made from a softer compound so they don't turn into stiff blocks when they are cold. Your summer rubber turns into summer plastic at freezing temp. Forget the snow on the ground. Pay attention to the temperature. It's dangerous and even more so in a 300hp rear wheel drive car.

 

Why would a 300hp RWD car with tires made from Lego on it be dangerous?

 

to be honest, i found the BS 040s n 050s are way better than the toyo t1r and falken 615s. and i will give a + on the re01r which i m using now

 

^You must be out of your mind. I had absolutely no traction with RE040 and RE050A when I went to a lapping event, even on street especially in rain it harmed my driving confidence. I had much better experience using the Falken FK451.

Tires are pumped to 36 psi cold for track and 38 psi for street.

 

38psi on the street? Isn't that a little high?

 

i hope so too,, and for traction with summer tires, forget about it. i have performance summer tiers and didnt have much traction when i put the car in the garage in november, and it wasnt even really cold yet. i remember pulling out of my drive way one morning and the car just slid and i was like what the heck was that, there is no snow or its not even raining. i was suprisedd and realized that i should let this car sit until summer.

 

40 psi is nominal for sidewall flex for spirited driving, on track the tire temp increase the psi a lot, but on street.. most of the time, nobody drives hard enough to get the temp up to increase the psi to 40. So I bump it up a bit.


I've gone down to 29psi for track before due to the significant increase in pressure, which was 40 psi hot.
Lowest I've gone for street was 34psi, even still it's not safe enough to push hard enough to get the psi past 40 hot.

 

Yeesh, I run on the street with 34psi or so lol.. I guess I need more tire pressure. Maybe I'll pump it up in the spring and see how it goes.

What is the stock pressure for the Z? My boxster was 32psi (though mid engined) and I just instinctively went to 32-34psi for my Z as well. I never really thought about it until this thread.

 

^35 or 36.

Try bumping up a bit, it makes a difference in handling.
Ask Reality, I believe I've proven it firsthand to him on a particular corner

 

Hellooo Boyz

I've driven my '06 GT for the 3rd year through the biggest snowstorms (I'm in sales - if I don't go out, I don't get paid), and haven't had a problem. I put Blizzak LM25's on 17 inch rims - zed drives like a John Deere tractor. Have even beat sport utes off the line.
My biggest fear on a snowy day is a soccer mom on her "all season" radials.

 

err that might have been me.. this is the first time i'm actually posting haha.. I havent had my Z for that long. If it was me, than thanks for the concern! =)