What is the worst stock road-legal car for snow?

"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant) 02/24/2015 at 11:52 • Filed to: None

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School let out at 11. Snow was comin down and sticking. A junior's '96 Mustang GT spun out in a patch of snow at about 5 mph (straight pipes made it easy to tell haha)

He was probably just showing off, It inspired me to ask this question.

I nominate the 1970 Chevelle SS 454.

450hp (the most of its kind),

Front heavy with RWD

No traction or stability control, or ABS

djmt1 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 11:55

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Older AMGs.

Stupid amount of power.

Even stupider amount of torque.

Ultra low profile tyres.

And gonna cost a shit ton and a half to fix the damage from when you inevitably go flying off the road and slam into a tree.

TheJWT > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 11:56

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Go big or go home

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 11:56

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Counterpoint: El Camino SS 454. Everything you just said, with even goonier weight distribution.

Sweet Trav > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 11:56

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1986 Monte Carlo SS.

Lighter than the Chevelle, Auto Trans Only, RWD. very little weight over the rear tires. 3.73 rear gears.

Cherry_man1 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 11:59

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Boss 429.

Milky > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:01

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Uhh any new super car? At least that Chevelle had some tread on it.

(viper for example)

MonkeePuzzle > TheJWT 02/24/2015 at 12:04

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deadly in the dry right? :P

472CID > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:05

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Take that Chevelle and remove most of the weight off the rear wheels...

Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:09

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Apparently a Corvette is.

jariten1781 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:09

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Worst I ever tried was a early 70s ish flatbed on the farm. Worn mismatched tires along with too much torques/not enough weight meant I had to walk back in which got me reamed for both being late and leaving the truck in the field. Grandpa then dragged me back out to show me how to 'fucking drive'. Two hours later we walked back in again...my fingers were barely functioning.

TheJWT > MonkeePuzzle 02/24/2015 at 12:10

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Deadly before you even turn it on

Textured Soy Protein > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:12

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That Chevelle with a manual transmission, posi rear end and some snow tires would be just fine and dandy in the snow.

ST8OMND > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:13

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I nominate 2 cars. G35 coupe with stock rubber. Unable to crack 25 mph with traction control on, and just plain uncontrollable at any speed without tcs. With the same 3 inches of snow, the Mazda protege 5 with the stock Dunlap tyres, surprisingly useless. Counterpoint, a 1982 bmw 320 is (not at all fast) some of the best driving in snow EVAR!

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD 02/24/2015 at 12:13

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Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:13

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Not THAT Corvette! Burn that one, please!

nermal > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:17

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2WD pickup with a Viper engine.

It will do a 720 if you look at the accelerator funny on a snowy road.

Probably.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:23

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I'm going to say the Suzuki Esteem. It's probably (in relative terms) one of the worst cars ever made in general. It's FWD, but if it can find a way to be more terrible at something than it reasonably should be, it will.

benchslap > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:25

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My E60 M5 was truly atrocious in snow. The E39 M5 wasn't much better.

OPPOsaurus WRX > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/24/2015 at 12:26

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exactly what I was thinking

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:30

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That Vette is all

Twism > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 12:48

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the convertible must be especially shitty, but any Venom will do.

Justin Hughes > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 13:07

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The answer is always Miata - on summer tires.

My first one came with Dunlop SP8000s, and we took it for a cruise right after we got it - in January. We briefly stopped in a plowed parking lot with a light layer of well packed snow. Discount all-seasons would've gripped well enough for us to roll out slowly. These tires just spun and spun and spun, even at idle, with absolutely no grip at all.

What's worse - getting moving and then crashing, or not being able to move at all?

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 13:36

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Pontiac Fiero. Pre traction control, pre ABS, low weight. Now plenty of it's weight is over the rear tires, so you'll have traction, but the front end is relatively light, which leads to easy front brake lockups.

This is actually true of plenty of mid-rear cars though.

crowmolly > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/24/2015 at 14:30

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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > nermal 02/24/2015 at 14:57

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Even the V6 models of this truck are bad in just the rain.

Milky > Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD 02/26/2015 at 09:22

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Bahaha when he turns the camera around at 1:05! But I actually regularly saw C6 vert last winter in Michigan. Assuming he had winters on it.