Thread: yee haw. snow

Originally Posted by stocker

Putting snows on the front and not the rear is dangerous and I think anyone who knows tires and winter driving would tell you that. Based on your post it sounds like you've owned a total of 2 snow tires so have you owned a set? Stopping safely is the most important factor in this discussion; if you cant stop safely then im failing to see what the point of amazing acceleration is.

Here's what I'm hearing: "I bought a car that i claim 'sucks' in the snow and feel it requires snow tires - so I bought 2".... "now it goes real fast but can't stop"

Sounds like a whole lot of driver error going on here.

First of all, you incorrectly read my post. I was almost in an accident at no more that 10mph on 2 inches of snow because the car REFUSED to stop in a distance of atleast 40 ft with 3 day old all seasons on the front and 1 year old all seasons on the back. SO no this has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with have a mix of snow tires and all season tire on the car. It simply has to do with the fact that the piss poor ABS design essentially disables the brakes when there is no immediate traction available. Furthermore the car was perfectly "safe" to drive with snow tires on the front and all seasons on the rear.

Secondly, have I ever owned a car with snow tires on all four....lol.....yes. I have...and it was the best handling vehicle I have ever driven in winter conditions, it featured no suicidal ABS, low engine power and torque which did wonders for traction and a stick shift. Unlike the grand prix, when you stomped the brakes even on 2-4 inches of snow the front tires would lock up and dig into the snow and the car would stop very quickly. I could run the freeway in blizzard conditions in the unplowed fast lane and drive around most every 4wd truck on the road. It could also plow snow with the headlights. In comparison to all those features I stand in my opinion that w-bodys SUCK in the snow.


THIS is what i expect from snow tires

Do the disable abs mod and you will no longer have a suicidal car (I hate that, it's happened to me too, it literally disables the brakes). Mine does great in the snow even with bald all seasons, w-bodies always seemed to do great in the snow with their front heavy design. The back end will sometimes swing out with cheap tires.

Originally Posted by 02NavyBlue

Do the disable abs mod and you will no longer have a suicidal car (I hate that, it's happened to me too, it literally disables the brakes). Mine does great in the snow even with bald all seasons, w-bodies always seemed to do great in the snow with their front heavy design. The back end will sometimes swing out with cheap tires.

How would you disable abs on an 04+