how bad is IS350 in snow
12-19-08, 08:39 PM
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damn global warming is creating irregular weather patterns ha. but yea, dunno about RWD, Summer Low Profile tires, in the snow.....its like Michael Phelps trying to swim in a large sandbox
12-19-08, 09:31 PM
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I just got home from work. When I walked out to the parking lot, my IS350 was covered in thick snow, about 20cm of snow came down today. The lot was hardly shoveled, so I thought I can back out of my spot quickly if I give some gas. Boy was I wrong! The car didn't go anywhere! So I put on the snow mode and thought that should do it, right? Wrong again! The throttle wouldn't even go. Finally, when everything seemed to have failed, I decided to turn my VDIM off, just to see what would happen. So the car finally started to rev hard, and I was able to swerve in reverse out of my spot diagonally. All this happened with Bridgestone Blizzak LM-25 winter tires on!
Lesson: Don't go anywhere in the snow with your IS350 if you don't have to. Take another car if you can.
Lesson: Don't go anywhere in the snow with your IS350 if you don't have to. Take another car if you can.
I had my 06 IS350 with the stock dunlops, I slowed down going up a 10 degree incline... Trying to accelerate up the hill, my car would just cut the gas and I would roll backwards 2 feet to the bottom of the "Hill".
The car was pathetic in the snow. My 07 with the stock summer bridgestones are a little more competant, but carry an extra pair of pants in the snow.... just incase you cant control your bowel.
12-20-08, 12:12 AM
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Vegas no problem. The snow is off the main roads.
Big Bear is also no problem, so as long as there have been no recent storms, are no storms while you are there, and the roads are completely free of snow and ice. Once a storm in Big Bear hits, the roads get covered. But they plow them fast and usually within two days, there is nothing left covering the parts where the tires would be on. Just watch the news reports about the weather before you go. Snow predicted? Don't go. No snow predicted, you are fine.
Big Bear is also no problem, so as long as there have been no recent storms, are no storms while you are there, and the roads are completely free of snow and ice. Once a storm in Big Bear hits, the roads get covered. But they plow them fast and usually within two days, there is nothing left covering the parts where the tires would be on. Just watch the news reports about the weather before you go. Snow predicted? Don't go. No snow predicted, you are fine.
09-25-12, 01:49 PM
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I sold my IS350 because of the snow. Horrendous and dangerous. The slightest sprinkling and you're screwed. Good tires and slow, v careful driving - still didn't work.
09-25-12, 02:38 PM
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There are plenty of IS350s not to mention IS-F's drive can drive drive in the area over here which can drive perfectly fine with the proper tires.
09-25-12, 05:25 PM
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I live in Seattle. I missed one day of work each of the last two years because of snow. That means I drove another 5 or 6 days in the snow - with summer tires! Turn off traction control and put it in snow mode. When I lived in MA, I remember them doing a 10x's better job of plowing the roads than they do here in Seattle, not to mention, it was much flatter there. I don't recommend driving in the snow on summer tires but it can be done (I've had plenty of experience driving in snow so that helps). With winter tires it would be a breeze.
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