lance350 Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 I encountered my first patch of ice on my commute to work today. I have 15 min duel carriage way commute followed by 10 minutes of country lane. The duel carriage way was fine but as soon as I hit my first country bend the back end swung out on me , luckily due to my driving talent (the TC coming on) and the coffee I had before work I just about managed to catch it. it shook me up though. I think I am going to be it bit more careful for the next couple of months. 2 Quote
brillomaster Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 stay safe out there, zeds are not designed for cold weather! 1 Quote
zebedy Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 cant wait to do my first drift in our works car park. let the freeze begin. lol 5 Quote
ioneabee Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 My Coilovers set to full soft my right foot set to full soft 4 Quote
370Ad Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Same thing happened to me this morning, my new commute is all back roads now so I am going to be super careful! Quote
davey_83 Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 not used my Zed in the last fortnight, second car deployed Quote
Rock_Steady Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 I've been caught out a couple of times already, luckily in a straight line pulling away. I never give the zed any welly in cold wet whether. Quote
Rock_Steady Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) Turbo lag + 4WD for the win I never got caught out in my GT-Four. Full time 4 wheel drive always made me feel safe in the worst of weather. I kinda miss that. Edited January 14, 2016 by Rock_Steady 2 Quote
Ekona Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Slidey car weather time, yay! :D This is kind of weather that sorts the men from the boys. I love it, I really do. There is nothing like the challenge of keeping a good pace in changeable conditions, it's so much more fun than flat out in the dry. It's not about driving like a knob though, it's about control. 1 Quote
Rock_Steady Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Slidey car weather time, yay! :D This is kind of weather that sorts the men from the boys. I love it, I really do. There is nothing like the challenge of keeping a good pace in changeable conditions, it's so much more fun than flat out in the dry. It's not about driving like a knob though, it's about control. yeah, and when you lose control the person behind you thinks "knob" Quote
Ekona Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 One man's lack of control is another man's perfectly executed four wheel slide But yeah, don't be a knob around other drivers. That's just silly. 1 Quote
lance350 Posted January 14, 2016 Author Posted January 14, 2016 The 350z is no worse than any other RWD semi powerful in the snow/ice TBF you just have to go very easy on the loud pedal. saying that it still catches me out at least once every year 1 Quote
Bodyboarder81 Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) All hail king ekona ( driving God and not ashamed to say so )! Edited January 14, 2016 by Bodyboarder81 Quote
Ekona Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 I'll end up in a ditch next week now, you wait and see. 4 Quote
coldel Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 I'll end up in a ditch next week now, you wait and see. But will you tell us if you did...?! 2 Quote
Ekona Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Do driving gods normally bin Porsches?! *nods wisely* 3 Quote
GeorgeW Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) my daily commute is a blessing and a curse, its only 10 minutes to the office, so nice and slow, and good on fuel - and little chance of skidding or loosing control in this weather, but not enough room to open 'er up Edited January 14, 2016 by GeorgeW Quote
Exec Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 I had tc light flickering yesterday morning on work commute. I might borrow the suzuki swift if it gets worse. I thought I had executed a perfect rwd slide in a BMW once.. Then ended up in a ditch. A shallow ditch, luckily. Quote
The Trouser Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) I encountered my first patch of ice on my commute to work today. I have 15 min duel carriage way commute followed by 10 minutes of country lane. The duel carriage way was fine but as soon as I hit my first country bend the back end swung out on me , luckily due to my driving talent (the TC coming on) and the coffee I had before work I just about managed to catch it. it shook me up though. I think I am going to be it bit more careful for the next couple of months. I had just this in my first few months of Zed onwership. Know this - the Zed is a brute. It may look smooth and refined on the outside - but given the chance to mis-behave it will glady shake its tail when the opportunity arises. Learned this early on when I pulled out of a T-junction on a rainy day after seeing no-one in either direction and decided to floor it to see what happened. All I can say is that since then, I respect the power of the Zed, Edited January 14, 2016 by The Trouser Quote
Juggalo Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 RWD/Snow virgin right here. And I live in Wales. I'm staying the hell away from country lanes if there's even a hint of snow in the area. Quote
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