Syonyk Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 So... this past week, the weather sucked (or was awesome, depending on your point of view). Lots of snow, cold, icy, more snow, colder, etc. I pulled my '87 GL (D/R 5 speed) out of a junkyard last February, after the bulk of the snow season was over. So, I never really got to play with it in the snow. I've had a good bit of time to play with it in the snow now, and I think I'm ruined for life. :-/ I'll never be happy with a 2WD car in the winter ever again. I understand now why people use these things for trans-Canada trips & such. Right now, I have cheap all season tires on it, so not even good winter tires. I've spent a good bit of time playing in the snow, and it's simply amazing. When I want to keep it going straight, it goes straight. It just sticks to the road in 4WD. And in FWD, it handles like every other FWD car I've driven (except without the torque steer) - crappy. Yet, if I want, I can throw it sideways, and it's the most well behaved car I've ever had sideways. Even from 60-70 degrees off angle, I can recover it, and it just won't snap. I did manage to run off a park road into a ditch while basically perpendicular to the road (the road curved out from under me), and all I had to do was put it in 4WD-Lo & zip right back out (totally blowing my friend away, who figured I was going to be stuck there until we could get a tow truck). A quote on another board from said friend: I was simply amazed at Russ' little Subaru's traction. Even with more or less worn out tires, all it did was go. I think I see the draw of 4wd now. The heater rules, the cargo space rules, the handling in the snow is insane (with good snow/ice tires, I think it would be basically unstoppable), and... damn. The guys at the junkyard thought I was kind of nuts for spending the better part of a day rigging up enough of a fuel pump to get it home (as I was actually buying it, one of the guys said, "Man, you really wanted that thing, didn't you?"). I don't regret it at all - best car I've ever owned, hands down. </gushing> -=Russ=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Yup, nothing will touch a soobie in the snow as far as I'm concerned. Well, okay, my snowmobile does a little better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 I agree, my subie is UNSTOPPABLE!!! A friend across the hall as an Audi A4 1.8T and I would go so far as to say that even with hardly enough tread to be legal, my car was better in the snow than his car. He had studded snows on, but with the same on my car I know, I could keep up. Can't wait to get my rear limited slip installed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterD Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 since it first snowed here in good ol cheney i have ahd the chance to drive a few cars inte snow. my friends 90 volvo 240 and a honda. I to am a beliver. now since my dad got his 98 outback all up and running he had the chance to hit the snow and he was very very happy. like you i will not be happy with a 2wd car in the snow... nothing like a controled drift around the bends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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