Driving in the snow coming home

[Roy B.]

Just got home from Big Bear, Southern Ca. Seeing friends, Saturday was in the 60's a nice day but Sunday morning at 9am we're going down the back way (desert) the hill on hwy18 the steepest hill in all of Ca.at 18 degrees with many pin 180 turns . And it was snowing like crazy in our 06 Corvette going home. Doing 10mph all the way down was nerve racking 30 minutes, but the Corvette did well , good to be home in Northern Ca. Now!!!

[Stuart F.]

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Roy;

Glad you made it home ok. Those kinds of situations are harder and harder to handle with age. I avoid them at all costs - even night driving.

Stu Fox

[Michael J.]

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The weather has been crazy in SoCal this year. This snow storm caught me in my new Camaro 2SS/RS with the 6 speed manual and factory Pirelli PZero tires. I stopped at the bottom of a hill on a flat spot, in about 3 inches of snow. Then tried to get up the hill, no go not even from the spot and could not move even a few inches spinning those tires. Those tires have zero traction in snow (guess that's why they call them PZeroes?) , amazing, so I wonder what they are like in rain. I am glad the tires wear fast, as I am getting all season tires before next winter. I wonder if GM knows how little traction these stock Pirellis give you in fast, high HP cars?

[Kenneth B.]

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The weather has been crazy in SoCal this year. This snow storm caught me in my new Camaro 2SS/RS with the 6 speed manual and factory Pirelli PZero tires. I stopped at the bottom of a hill on a flat spot, in about 3 inches of snow. Then tried to get up the hill, no go not even from the spot and could not move even a few inches spinning those tires. Those tires have zero traction in snow (guess that's why they call them PZeroes?) , amazing, so I wonder what they are like in rain. I am glad the tires wear fast, as I am getting all season tires before next winter. I wonder if GM knows how little traction these stock Pirellis give you in fast, high HP cars?

The 07 Soloists GXP I bought my wife said in the owners manual not to drive on the tires ever in the snow. No way I would take it out in the rain let alone snow.
KEN

[Paul L.]

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You have snow in CA in May?

Heck, it will be 92*F here in Canada tomorrow.

[Norm B.]

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Michael,

I don't want to start a debate here but as far as I am concerned if you live anywhere it is cold or likley to snow there is no such thing as ALL Season Tires. I put "Winter" tires on all my vehicles around the end of October and they stay on until around the end of April. It's not just the tread pattern, it's also the rubber compound that makes a difference in cold weather. If it doesn't have the snowflake on the sidewall I won't use them in winter.

[Richard M.]

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I't's a good thing you didn't take the copper colored one towing the trailer!

Rich
p.s. thanks for posting the pictures of the snow. I haven't seen the view of it from inside a car in a along time since moving to Florida! The other day it was so humid out it was snowing out of the A/C vents in the wife's E-Type.

[Roy B.]

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I't's a good thing you didn't take the copper colored one towing the trailer!

Rich
p.s. thanks for posting the pictures of the snow. I haven't seen the view of it from inside a car in a along time since moving to Florida! The other day it was so humid out it was snowing out of the A/C vents in the wife's E-Type.

I have been in the 55 many times in the snow pulling the trailer to Oregon ,Washington and Ca. Not planned but still it happened

[Michael J.]

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Michael,

I don't want to start a debate here but as far as I am concerned if you live anywhere it is cold or likley to snow there is no such thing as ALL Season Tires. I put "Winter" tires on all my vehicles around the end of October and they stay on until around the end of April. It's not just the tread pattern, it's also the rubber compound that makes a difference in cold weather. If it doesn't have the snowflake on the sidewall I won't use them in winter.

I agree, in fact I have Pirelli Scorpion ice and snows on my other cars year round, just never expected snow in Cali in May when I took the Camaro out for what started as a warm, springtime trip from New Mexico. I usually won't drive the Camaro or my '66 and '67 Vettes on anything but dry, warm pavement. Guess I need to check the weather forecasts much more closely no matter what time of year.