I know most of you live where it never get 40deg or lower but for the otheres that live where the average temp can be "0". Just some thought on what we could do to make our cars work better!?!

To make the car warm up faster do any of you put something(cardboard/ full coverd bra) infront of the radiator? and does it help from the car getting hot then cold while in traffic.

Also to maybe reduce cold starts would u put the stock air box on/ also maybe help with warming up the car ??

For fwd would u recoment putting some weight in the back end? Maybe keep the back end from whipping around?

 

good battery - good coolant mixture - cold weather windshield wiper fluid -
I ran my car in negative temp and the engine temp kept itself in normal operating range even with the moisture in the air freezing a shell around the car as i drove so I wouldnt worry about the cardboard I would make sure you have the factory skid plate installed or an aftermarket one since snow will cling in wheel wells on other cars/trucks and fall off in the form of an ice block which can damage your car

 

Yeah I hate tho's f*ckin ice bolders.. Had one fall off a truck bounced and smashed my hood cracked the hell outta the windsheild.. (Grand am) cheep fix!!!

We are spose to get 2inches of snow tonite! Kinda excited!!

Yeah I have the under body plate things.

 

^^^ yeah pretty much wat he said.
also weight (sandbags?) helps on snow/ice

 

I know weight in the back helps in RWD vehicles I would be worried about the times u accidently slide off road and have to get back on having to much weight planting the rear so the tires just spin with FWD I think going to walmart and getting some cheap tire chains would be smarter as long as you dont end up using them at end of season return for refund but if you do end up needing them the 30 dollars they cost will be worth it

 

my bad lol
i've never had a FWD car (THANKFULY) so i was just guessing

 

Yeah I was thinking about the weight in the back and was thinking it might make it worse !!! (Driving on an icy road let off the gas momentum of the that extra weight in the back will just bring the car around). So I'd pry scratch that idea

 

I went with the walmart chain route just because I was driving on ice with bald tires ended up not needing them but I kept them anywayz its nice to know I have them in the back just in case also depending on the population of where you live a small emergency kit with food water and a survival blanket might be nice when I lived in oregon and went snowboarding alot the roads would be almost abandoned in the morning/night hours when I would be traveling to/from the mountains and I got hit by an avalanche and had to camp out for a night in my truck waiting for my dad to bring a shovel and those items came in handy

 

No need to put any weight in the rear. With good all season or snow tires the fwd plateform is very capable. My car handled like a champ in over a foot of snow and more coming down fast a couple years back and my car has Khumo ASX tires which were the best i ever had in the snow. Just keep an eye on the ASR/ESP since mine flashed like crazy trying to got up a hill and i had to turn it off to make it go. If you are worried about stuff like this, just get some VW 2.0 gti/jetta steelies with some 195/15 snow tires for atleast the fronts. And please dont put anything in front of your radiator, thats just crazy. As long as you use enough coolant in the cooling system and the correct gas and wwf, you will be fine.

 

YOU will be plenty fine in FWD. AWD(I assume) will kick a little more arss but as stated, do not put weight in the back, you want the weight over you drive wheels, which is already there in the front (engine). If you think about it most Americans drove RWD cars all the time through winters in places up north like Cleveland, where we have lake effect and can get 1 foot/hr. and had minimal problems. The biggest problem for our cars will be ground clearance, but once the snow is too deep that you float, pretty much nobody will be on the roads except huge trucks. FWD is like great, AWD is like cheating.

With a fuel injected car you should almost never have any problems with starting in the winter.

As far as the snow I'm not ready for winter yet