Silly Miata.

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
01/15/2018 at 12:52 • Filed to: None

Fiancee + completely inappropriate tires + light car + ice = lol. Car’s fine, everyone’s fine, got it yanked out.

RE71R snow rating is not great. Can’t find any tires whatsoever in town that will fit my wheels, or used wheels that will fit my car. So that’s fun. Might drive 2 hours to buy some Mini cooper wheels with snow tires on them but I’m not sure if they’ll fit over my brakes :/

The jaaaaaaaag is fantastic in the snow. Stopped for donuts on the way to work. Good times.

DISCUSSION (20)

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/15/2018 at 13:05

Is there a reason why she’s driving the car with summers in the snow?

I feel like you know that the car isn’t it’s safest and you sent your gf out there

Shouldn’t you be the one risking it with summers in the snow?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/15/2018 at 13:12

I just got done test driving a Veloster Turbo R-spec and was reminded just how important tires are. It had the factory R-spec tires and they were JUNK in the snow. I couldn’t accelerate at all, and the back end kicked out turning left at an intersection. I got back in the Fit and drove home feeling safe with my snow tires.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/15/2018 at 13:12

Glad it’s fine and you’re okay! It happens to everyone, I got beached and needed a pull last week when I was out for a blizzard hoonage session. I tried turning around in what looked like a 100% tarmac cul-de-sac that had a sneaky unplowed green space in the middle (no curb). That trashed my fender liner and ripped off another piece of plastic under the car. Just a flesh wound!

You’re a legend for driving the Jag in the snow (one of my bucket list cars).

MonkeePuzzle > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/15/2018 at 13:17

I have done some dum things in life, like lots of them, but RARELY do I do the same dummby fing twice.

Learn from this lesson. Better to not go, or be late, than never arrive.

TeamPunkassRacing > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/15/2018 at 13:22

nothing local, then Tire Rack is the bomb-diggity.

As a younger guy, I had Azenis on my ‘00 Miata and tried to drive to work after a snowfall. At 45mph in 5th on a slushy highway, any amount of throttle caused them to spin. I ended up turning around and going home.

My current ND on Pirelli Snowcontrol 3s had 0 issue this morning. I bought the car at the end of December, and in the cold (30s) the summers were having issues. No way I’d try to do snow on summer tires again.

BigBlock440 > MonkeePuzzle
01/15/2018 at 13:26

Learn from this lesson. Better to not go , or be late, than never arrive .

Aren’t those the same things? If you don’t go, you never get there...

/yes, I know what you meant.

MonkeePuzzle > BigBlock440
01/15/2018 at 13:32

see, I TOLD you I make a lot of mistakes in life

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/15/2018 at 13:38

As far as ways this could’ve gone, you got damn lucky. Sending her out in that car on those tires when you’ve got access to a FWD Buick that’s not on used AutoX tires is downright irresponsible. I can’t tell whether she crossed the center line and went off or did a 180, but either way this could’ve ended so much worse. It would’ve been dumb if you’d been the one in the Miata, but it’s frustrating as hell that you put somebody else in that situation.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered
01/15/2018 at 14:15

I mean the choice was NB Miata on summer tires with airbags, ABS, an comprehensive insurance, or V8 40 year old Jaguar on 5 year old all seasons with no abs, power steering, or real safety measures whatsoever.
The third option would have been to creep 10 miles south to my dad’s house in the Miata to pick up the Buick but that didn’t occur to us.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
01/15/2018 at 14:17

The Buick didn’t even occur to us. I didn’t know about the snow until my mom texted me at 10 last night to warn me about it. So unless we got the Buick last night we would have had to tip-toe the Miata 10 miles south and back to get the thing before work, which didn’t occur to either of us.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TeamPunkassRacing
01/15/2018 at 14:17

Cheapest thing on Tire rack is gonna be $400 for a set of all-seasons, before installation.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > MonkeePuzzle
01/15/2018 at 14:18

For sure. I had no idea how bad the roads were until we had both left.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Noah - Now with more boost.
01/15/2018 at 14:20

Yeah. RE71Rs in the snow is dumb. I didn’t realize how nasty things were until we both left for work.

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/15/2018 at 14:25

All o can tell you is that the third option Should have been the only option, I get it but obviously summers aren’t meant to go below like 40° F so you driving them in the snow was obviously risky to begin with.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/15/2018 at 14:36

Same issue here, still rocking all seasons from the previous owner. I bet I wouldn’t have been stuck on snows.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/16/2018 at 09:41

You’re very fortunate she’s okay.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/16/2018 at 09:45

This happened to us one time, in a RWD Xterra towing a nearly-empty UHaul trailer. Ended up jack-knifing it once on a small highway, got it going again, had to decided whether to spend a day or two at a gas station in blizzard conditions or forge on to the interstate. The next six hours were the some of the scariest of my life... We made it, with my nerves completely burnt, and my shoulders sore from being tense the entire time...

ateamfan42 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/16/2018 at 09:48

RE71R snow rating is not great.

I would argue RE-71R snow rating is just plain “NOT”. They must be terrifying in the snow.

Can’t find any tires whatsoever in town that will fit my wheels, or used wheels that will fit my car. So that’s fun. Might drive 2 hours to buy some Mini cooper wheels with snow tires on them but I’m not sure if they’ll fit over my brakes :/

Pretty much any 15" wheels should fit over the “sport” brakes. I’m using Koing Dial-In 15x7 that I bought as part of a winter package from Discount Tire Direct a few years ago. With real winter tires, the Miata is excellent.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > ateamfan42
01/16/2018 at 10:43

Honestly not awful in the snow. Ice is another matter entirely.

ateamfan42 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/16/2018 at 11:37

That does make sense. Ice is always another level of challenge, even with winter tires.