RWD car in snow?

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But to answer your question, It depends. If you have winter tires that will make a difference. And it depends on how bad the winters are where you live.
 
SOOO much fun, do it. well no dont. i have 3 cars. i just bought a 1986 toyota corolla gts as a fun beater. i usually use the wrx in the winter though. and the integra is my show car hehe.

but yeah the corolla is sooo fucking fun to drive in the snow, get no traction, but so easy to slide around.
 
its a 96 lexus gs300 with 111000 miles for $5500, it would be my first car. i live in NY amd cant afford to pay extra money for snow tires. i would also need to install a roof rack because it doesnt have a passthrough to the trunk. so i dont even know if this is the right car for me anyway
 
FWD is better then rear wheel drive in snow . no shit

but you have a chance of recovering with RWD is you were to lose control. forget about it with FWD.
 
my bmw is rear wheel and i live in like hilly new york. if ur good at driving its not bad, just get some decent snow tires in the back
 
I live in ny and for a while i would take my brothers oldsmobile cutlass over whiteface to get to the mtn. (shitty back road windy and it goes halfway up the mtn.) I never had any real problem, unless your trying to go to fast on shitty roads you should be fine. Get all weel drive if you can, my forester is great in the snow but if that car is your best option it wont be that bad.
 
snow tires for all four are gonna cost you around 400-600 depending on how much you want to spend.

I'd also say get AWD you can find some cars that are cheap and AWD. If you can't get that I'd say go FWD for the snow but RWD is much more fun to drive.
 
i love my rwd in the snow , but i know how to drive and love to slide when ever i get the chance. with a rwd you just have to accept the fact you are going to slide some times
 
it takes some getting used to if it is snowy out, btu if you take your time and arent a dumbass, youll be fine.
 
Find an empty parking lot on a snowy/icey night and just go driving. That is the only way you can learn. In my down you have to know how to drive in the snow since you don't see any tarmac untill april.

To get out of any situation, just stay calm, look where you are going, do not press on the brakes, and drive. When most people slide, the first thing they do is slam the breaks. That is the last thing you want to do, the reason being you already lost traction, thus the brakeing will have no effect at all. Just stay calm, look to where you want the vehicle to go, and give her a fair amount of gas. This will bring you into a drift situation.

To counter the slide/drift just steer the car into the slide and feather the gas ( reving the engine from 2000 to 4000 RPM). This will keep you in the drift. To come out of the drift slowly let off the gas, and prepare for the kickback/faint. The kickback/faint is when your vehicle will gain full traction again. This will throw the car's body from one side to another. This is the most dangerous part. If you have a vehicle with a high centre of gravity ( jeep, truck) this is where you would roll it.

After alot of pratice, and alot of time in bad weather your gonna learn how to have fun with RWD vehicles in the snow. You will know how to make the drifts, how to control them, the right inputs into the steering, and how to use the faint/kickback to make more drifts.
 
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