Gunny Highway

And you guys told me I couldn't drive the Vette in the snow.







She didn't have a spot on her when I left work. Some of the pictures don't do this crap justice. 1hr 45 minutes to go 48 miles and it was horrendous . . . heavy rain, straight sleet piling up in piles, snow to the tune of 2" hour.

MSG C5

When I was younger I owned/drove an 86' IROC Z in that crap up in Chicago. I could not imagine trying to navigate a C5 Corvette in that mess!

Good job!

imavettegirl

every second you are driving in the snow your corvettes value is plummeting.

damilleniumboy

That's not a lot of snow. I have driven the vette in a similar snow fall. They do ok in snow.

Gunny Highway

Is this in jest?

Omaha02Z06

02*C5

it plummets the second is bought

csexton

Nasty weather

Chuck

0Double D Mods

Thats an average winter day here in Wisconsin

Only thing worse than snow on the roads here in Wisconsin is being a Bears fan in Wisconsin right now

tlc0706

Certainly glad we don't get that stuff down here.....Nice job of driving on your part...... Check around the exhaust, understand that's where it starts melting first(the car I mean).....

Kale

I love them on my DD.

It looks like you have them on stock sizes - but the front and rear have different speed ratings right?

Gunny Highway

Still coming down. Good stuff.

I'll tell you, outside of how much flex there is in the sidewall for hard cornering, these tires are awesome in every other category.

Tyteflows

You Sir, are braver than I think of it as God's version of a car cover.

...who cares about value plummeting if you never plan on selling her anyways

yours should clean up just fine



peace!

Cardinal Flyer

These are really great tires Gunny!
Every year I take them through high passes in Montana and Colorado, usually just before the snow depth hits the chains required depth, and handling is terrific.
Good grip and quiet at high speed---I love them on my DD!

o2bnkc

firefighter813x

lol but... Corvette's are known not to retain much value. Hell, look at everyone that bought a new C6Z and is now selling them for 35-45k. My C5Z with 19,000 miles was purchased for 3/8's of it's window sticker.


OP: I was 50/50 on the Vredestein Ultra Sessanta's or the Continental Extreme Contact DWS's. I went with the Vredestein's because they were about $50 cheaper and still had stellar reviews.

1fast97gsx

I have DWS tires on my summer wheels on my dd C5 and blizzak LM60s on my winter wheels. My car performed GREAT in the snow and I have had no issues driving it in 3 inches of snow. DWS tires are great!

jrose7004

I hate snow!

av8or

I replaced the tires on my wife's Acura with Continental Extreme DWS... just passed 5K miles.... terrific tires. Quiet, grippy, great in Nebraska snow.

I'm ready to replace my C5 original RF's...and looked at DWS but was spooked by Tire Rack's refusal to list them as Corvette replacements due to the difference in speed ratings between the front and rear sizes. I suspect they took that stance due to possible litigation. Obviously they work on a C5...any tire experts around to advise on mixing speed ratings??

firefighter813x

The guy a Tire Rack was telling me the same thing. He advised me not to buy them as well.