There are two different points being made in all these arguments. First there are people telling me that my BRZ has no power, and therefore isn’t at all the same as driving a Corvette, or other high horsepower vehicle in the snow. To them my reply is simple: even my underpowered car has more than enough power to spin…

You have LITERALLY no idea what you’re talking about. Even my BRZ in the snow will easily spin the rears with almost no throttle. No differently than a 2,000 HP car will. Modern traction control doesn’t care how much HP your car has. It will prevent wheelspin period. Or do you somehow think that higher HP cars are…

I LOL'd.

I mean, they could have been caught out in a freak storm too, but given the forecast, this storm wasn't a surprise, really. Even if it was, just stop and call a tow truck or something. It just isn't worth binning your car. If I'm driving on racing slicks, and it suddenly starts to POUR rain, I'll just pull over and…

I mean, I’m basing my assumption on the fact that I’ve literally seen TONS of idiots crash their cars while on summer tires. Hell, I literally saw a post earlier today from someone who wrecked, and when I asked what tires he was on, be said “summer tires, but they did fine last year.” Of COURSE it’s just an…

The sentence directly preceding my “too much power” statement was literally meant to ensure that people would understand that I was referring to much more powerful vehicles (such as the Corvette), and not my own car. I guess I should have known that there would be people in here who would completely ignore the context…

You sound smart. Wait... no you don't.

I don’t even understand what the purpose of your comment is? To demonstrate that your Challenger has the worst traction control system ever fitted to a modern car? Or to prove that your overweight vehicle can do donuts on shitty all-seasons, just like my BRZ can do on sticky summers? Seriously, what point are you…

I never claimed I was bad-ass. I merely was making a point that a low, RED vehicle isn't a problem to drive in the snow when properly equipped.

Thank you for COMPLETELY missing the point of my post.

Sorry if I offended you with my logic. I'm in enough car-related Facebook groups to know that a LOT of the people who wind up like this on the road are on summer tires. So... if that fact bothers you, there isn't much I can do to change it.

The company should have done it, then. This is like forcing your employee to fly a plane to another location in the middle of an ice storm... with a broken de-icing system.

It came that way from Subaru! :P

Yup. Summer tires turn into gripless hockey pucks at these temps. Hell, the ones I have (Pilot Sport 4S) can literally crack in below freezing temperatures.

That second statement was in reference to people who would inevitably claim that the Corvette has too much power to be driven in the snow, which simply isn't true.

All he needed to do was not be a Muppet and put the right tires on the car before driving in the winter. Summer tires should NEVER be driven in wintery conditions, period. They turn into ice skates. On the proper tires, this thing would have been just as controllable as any other vehicle - especially with modern-day…

“...unless properly equipped."

Well they have LESS grip when it’s warm out than summer tires. So that’s 50% of your driving time right there...

Let's just say the right turn from the Drillfield onto West Campus Drive never seemed to get plowed properly... :P

I used to drift these in the winter whenever there was snow on the ground. The combination of sitting over the front wheels, and the vast majority of the weight (and length) being behind you made for a VERY weird feeling when the rear started coming around, lol.