Alero driving in winter.......

PrImEtImE · 09-20-2007, 05:50 PM

Winter is not too far away and all I have is my alero and not other ride as of yet. How will the alero be in winter for me with the AAS body kit and the stock 16" wheels?? will it be to low?? My car has never seen winter except one day so far. I have to make a decision on whether or not to drive it thru winter or get a second ride if I can find a good deal. How do Aleros usually drive overall in winter?

jayson_waltz · 09-20-2007, 05:58 PM

mines really good in the winter, and i have shitty tires. but i'm not lowered or kitted. Just a kiy shouldn't make a huge diff. tho.

PrImEtImE · 09-20-2007, 06:02 PM

right now I have 20's on it with a kit. That's the only thing I'm worried about is how low the the kit makes it with the stock wheels. Snowplowing isn't always the greatest in my area.

billytheman1188 · 09-20-2007, 06:03 PM

hmmmm.....i would say buy a shitty car.

alerored04 · 09-20-2007, 06:22 PM

or if the kit isnt molded on and you have stock bumpers swith em back. I would prob buy another shitty car.

misslindseysue · 09-20-2007, 06:29 PM

Buy my car, it's great in the snow!

But really... I drove the Alero all year for 7 years. 3 of those I spent up in Houghton, MI. I had all-seasons on it the first year, and snows the last two (and since then in the winter until I blew a 17" a few weeks ago and got new all-seasons). I never had a problem getting anywhere, but it's not lowered or kitted. Depends how deep snow will be, I plowed through 6"+ no problem.

cherrington17 · 09-20-2007, 06:35 PM

i've driving mine through nearly every snow condition that exists w/ stocks (that were slowly balding, to which i have snows now) and it takes a little bit of finese. don't go chirping your tires and you should be fine.

but i'm unmodified... so i don't really help here.

Redog · 09-20-2007, 06:44 PM

I'm lowered and mine starts to give my problems when the snow gets higher than 15 inches. The snow will stop the car! If I give it too much gas, the car will dig itself into the snow, but if I turn off traction control, I'll be good

With my old tires, the tail would slide out real easy, like RWD car

[ion] C2 · 09-20-2007, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by misslindseysue

Buy my car, it's great in the snow!

can I have your trunk lol, or better yet I could come over and swap a stock one (not my drilled one) and give you $100 since yours has the wing

OFF-TOPIC lol

Ryan from Ohio · 09-20-2007, 06:56 PM

I would get a beater for the winter.

Im sure you wouldnt be happy if you mess the front end up. Also the chances of an accident in the winter are fairly high compared to the summer (due to road conditions not idiocy).

pawzbear · 09-20-2007, 07:01 PM

lol i wish i could help but we are lucky to get an inch of snow around here ahhah. But my alero does well in that. Usually we just get ice.. which is a nightmare. and we have 4wd work trucks anyways so i drive one of those =D

01silveralero · 09-20-2007, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pawzbear

lol i wish i could help but we are lucky to get an inch of snow around here ahhah. But my alero does well in that. Usually we just get ice.. which is a nightmare. and we have 4wd work trucks anyways so i drive one of those =D

in jersey 4wd trucks are usually our usual

its so hard being the garden state

TheEdgeofSanity · 09-20-2007, 08:44 PM

if you invested in some good winter tires,and bags of kitty litter for trunk weight/ traction helper if you get stuck, then you would probabily be able to do 5 inches of snow. Being low to the ground isn't going to help you but at least the aleros are fwd and have the engine weight on the traction tires. its up to you if you want to drive the alero in the icy roads and get salt all over everything. my alero's a daily driver stock so i don't have any other choice. i'd say buy a clunker with a good heater and tires for those cold mornings if you have the money to.

SittinOnChrome · 09-20-2007, 09:27 PM

get a 500 dollar cavalier from autotrader.com

Redog · 09-20-2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by pawzbear

lol i wish i could help but we are lucky to get an inch of snow around here ahhah. But my alero does well in that. Usually we just get ice.. which is a nightmare. and we have 4wd work trucks anyways so i drive one of those =D

Yeah they don't stop either

pawzbear · 09-20-2007, 11:08 PM

who said anything about stopping? you just plow though everyone =D

jayson_waltz · 09-20-2007, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TheEdgeofSanity

if you invested in some good winter tires,and bags of kitty litter for trunk weight/ traction helper if you get stuck, then you would probabily be able to do 5 inches of snow.

one, how would weight in the trunk help for a FWD?

And, have you even drove in a considerable amount of snow before? I've gone thoughr two feet w\o getting stuck, and i have extremely bad tires. Just gotta keep moving and don't spin the tires unless you absolutely have to.

Cliff8928 · 09-21-2007, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jayson_waltz

one, how would weight in the trunk help for a FWD?

It evens out the weight distribution. The car can sometimes tend to oversteer otherwise.

steve-o · 09-21-2007, 06:42 AM

^^^it would also help to keep the ass end from sliding out.

alerocar01 · 09-21-2007, 08:25 AM

my car is ok in the snow but if my car was lowered i would have probably ripped off my front bumper. the roads up here can get bad.