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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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Can you drive GTR in winter/snow?
Can you drive a GTR in winter/snow?
Is there a "snow mode" for diffs/TC?
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 09:09 AM
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yea it has a snow mode
 
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 06:29 AM
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It's quite uneventful in the snow (unless you floor it or something).
 
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 12:48 PM
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Sure, AWD mated with good snow tires from me = good, sure-footed traction. I have 255/40 285 35 20 snows in stock and wheels to put them on me.

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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 11:56 PM
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It's quite uneventful in the snow (unless you floor it or something).
There is snow...and then there is SNOW. I spent this winter with my neighbors GT-R and found that both my 911 and his GT-R were very good winter cars with appropriate tires. However, AWD can't defeat physics, and if the snow is beyond a few inches or unplowed, your ground clearance will limit to how much your GT-R will be able to "plow" before you get into trouble.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 06:07 AM
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^ Agreed. I guess I was referring to snow... And not SNOW. lol!

I don't know what SNOW is like anymore.

(I liked your emphasis to differentiate the two)
 
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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Here in Ohio, we get snow, SNOW, ice, and ICE! I'm sure you know what I'm talking about bbywu...
 
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Here in Ohio, we get snow, SNOW, ice, and ICE! I'm sure you know what I'm talking about bbywu...
LOL...absolutely!

Not to mention winter potholes...
 
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LOL!

You never know what lurks under the snow around here.. Sometimes I think the plow truck drivers here are just as bad as the weather!
 
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Old Nov 10, 2009 | 10:11 PM
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But, IMO, for the price of the GTR, one should be able to buy a "beater" truck with some real ground clearance to forge through the winter months.

But, I still think it would be fun to cruise around in the GTR all 12 months of the year
 
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Hell Yeah! They even made a button for it! It is call the "VDC" Button. Owners can finally turn off their VDC to get them out of snow!
 
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But, IMO, for the price of the GTR, one should be able to buy a "beater" truck with some real ground clearance to forge through the winter months.

But, I still think it would be fun to cruise around in the GTR all 12 months of the year
Why? The car is designed to be all weather all season...I drive 997TT with a much lower ground clearance in winter just fine...just use common sense...and wait for the plow when it SNOWs.
 
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Someone drove one round the 'ring in the snow in a mag. Sport Auto maybe???
 
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Someone drove one round the 'ring in the snow in a mag. Sport Auto maybe???
German auto mag...test car was not stock, KW coilovers if I remember correctly, and Blizzaks. Note - closed track -...

Real fun happens in traffic and when the snow plows give you 3-4 foot snow banks...
 
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