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I've driven mine in the snow. Put a good set of all season tires on it, and as long as it's got clearance, it does just fine. The car didn't melt, blow up, crumble into a rust pile or anything. That being said, I have a cheap 4x4 winter beater that takes on the snow days now.
You would think so....HOWEVER, after Jeep installed a rather complicated shifter for their 2012-2015 Grand Cherokees, they had to do a "safety recall", after some dipstick THOUGHT he put it in park position, but hit reverse instead. He not only managed to NOT realize the Jeep was rolling backward, as he got out of it, but he also walked behind it, getting crushed by a wall. Yeah, feel kind of bad for the guy, but that was pretty stupid of him. And now Jeep saddled all of us GC owners with an electrical override that puts the vehicle in Park, if you open the door. Know how many times I don't fully close the door, when I just want to move my Jeep 3-4 feet forward or backward.....
Everybody has to play "CYA" these days, and more and more, the public is demanding a "nanny state".
Like the hot MacDonald's coffee in the lap or the guy who used his LAWNMOWER as a hedge trimmer and cut his fingers off! That's why they won't run if you let go of the handle now. Hardly anybody will accept responsibility for their own stupidity and lots of you know whats more than willing to help them place the blame elsewhere... and get rewarded for said stupidity. What a country!
Like the hot MacDonald's coffee in the lap or the guy who used his LAWNMOWER as a hedge trimmer and cut his fingers off! That's why they won't run if you let go of the handle now. Hardly anybody will accept responsibility for their own stupidity and lots of you know whats more than willing to help them place the blame elsewhere... and get rewarded for said stupidity. What a country!
My Dad daily drove all his corvettes. When we lived in jersey he drove his 87 coupe, then new 91 convertible rain, sleet, snow. No traction control and never had an issue. It isnt that complicated.
when I picked my 99 FRC up in Pierre, SD April 2017 - it decided to snow. Drove from Pierre to Sioux Falls in this. Just kept it slow, steady and in the grove. No issues. But wouldn't do it again
We got caught in blizzard conditions on our way back from Bowling Green. The Corvette managed it like a champ (I credit good tires and many years of winter driving experience). Ironically we saw several SUVs in the ditch. My wife took the photo, both my hands on the wheel!
The first years I owned it I drove it in snow. I used to take the front air dams off late each fall and put them back on before summer. The weight distribution made the car handle pretty well for a super car.
Just another engineering goof by the GM ‘brains’ that decided to put Air Drams on the C5 that act as plows in snow over 2 inches. I had a ’72 4 speed that had no problems climbing hills with snow. The C5 is not a Winter snow weather vehicle.
C5 designers probably figured the vast majority of C5 owners would probably not drive their cars in the snow...
My Dad daily drove all his corvettes. When we lived in jersey he drove his 87 coupe, then new 91 convertible rain, sleet, snow. No traction control and never had an issue. It isnt that complicated.
It isn't about if a person can, it's about whether a person should...
It isn't about if a person can, it's about whether a person should...
And yes, I'm old enough to remember when Corvettes (C-1s, C-2s, and C-3s) were regularly driven in the winter, as I live in the "snow belt". But natural evolution, as well as specialization, has made sports cars more of a "summer car" sort of thing. As I've said in earlier posts, just the wide tires alone, that grip SO well in the summer, are a total disaster in the snow, and I don't mean because the rubber compound gets "brick like" in the cold. And the low ride height can make unplowed streets impassible. I've had several "muscle cars", as well as my Corvette, over the years, and since the late 70s, my "hot rods" goes in the garage sometime in November, and stays there, generally, until late March.
And yes, I'm old enough to remember when Corvettes (C-1s, C-2s, and C-3s) were regularly driven in the winter, as I live in the "snow belt". But natural evolution, as well as specialization, has made sports cars more of a "summer car" sort of thing. As I've said in earlier posts, just the wide tires alone, that grip SO well in the summer, are a total disaster in the snow, and I don't mean because the rubber compound gets "brick like" in the cold. And the low ride height can make unplowed streets impassible. I've had several "muscle cars", as well as my Corvette, over the years, and since the late 70s, my "hot rods" goes in the garage sometime in November, and stays there, generally, until late March.
The only good thing the C5 has going for it as far as driving it in the snow is the weight distribution. Other than that, I would think it would be a terrible car to drive in the snow. Even if the roads weren't salted where I live, I would still be afraid of other drivers crashing into me...
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