alright... heres the problem im faced with right now. Winter is coming and the only form of transportation i have right now is my supra... which i have read that winter driving with a supra should be avoided... but i have nothin else to drive and im debating wether to sell it..:icon_conf or get something 4x4 so i have that for going to college also or just try to stick out the winter with the supra because i really dont want to sell it...so any suggestions to this problem would be greatly appreciated... thanks....:1zhelp:
winters coming... decisions
- Thread starter peachtits
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do what i did. rough it and dont spend money, borrow or something, sell yourself just get like $1k and buy a 4x4 truck just to last another 10k miles or any 4wheel drive beeter,
just dont sell the car.
just dont sell the car.
I did snow for several years in my Supra. The drop throttle oversteer can be a bitch on a 5 speed, less on an auto.
Get a real set of 4 snow tires and some sandbags, then all you'll need to worry about is rust.
Get a real set of 4 snow tires and some sandbags, then all you'll need to worry about is rust.
Find a local auction. I went to one last week just to "look" and ended up buying a '96 Mazda 626 w/ v6, leather and s/roof or less than $2500. Best of all it still alows me to have the money for the supra overhaul and I can sell it next year for about $5000 and make money. Not only that but my money went to Canadian Diabeties.
Suprastic said:
which is different than regular diabetes, how?
i'm thinking canadian bacon v. bacon
yy sandbags and get your winter tires siped... ummm syped? (cut for traction).. abs is nice but traction is too squirly for me and i dont want some ass hitting me... if i could even get it out the driveway...so i park mine.
Park it man. Save the money and work on it over the winter if you have a garage to do so, or know someone who does have the extra space. This way you'll be driving the car more in the summer and spending less time (not none) pulling the wrenches when summer comes around.
get a slow car, somethign crappy, gonig 5 months without driving your supra makes you love it all over again, i was skipping when i was 2 days from getting it back and first time i drove it after 5 months of ford tempo it was just as awsome as the 1st time i ever drove it.
yea ill see what i can do, im in the process of saving up right now... and just about everytime i drive it i wanna keep it.. so i guess ill see what happens
I'm not sure if ill have enough for a winter beater but if not ill just have to try the whole winter thing cause i have sandbags and ill just have to get some good winter tires... thanks for the advice
I'm not sure if ill have enough for a winter beater but if not ill just have to try the whole winter thing cause i have sandbags and ill just have to get some good winter tires... thanks for the advice
I am more than likely going to have my supra all back together when the snow starts falling and I plan on driving the supra as much as possible. I have a wrangler as my second car, but I plan on selling it as soon as the supra is done(should wait untila fter winter so well see) She is going to have snow tires, sand bags and sit in a heated garage when it is really bad out. I just plan on keeping her in the garage if it is really snowy out, if not, I will drive her around because the roads are uaually fine as long as it didn't just snow.
Jon
Also, the car will go back to stock boost for the winter so hopefuy with less power it will handle a little better in the snow and not break free everytime I hit the gas.
Jon
Also, the car will go back to stock boost for the winter so hopefuy with less power it will handle a little better in the snow and not break free everytime I hit the gas.
yea another problem that im just figuring out is that my car really doesnt wanna start when its cold and takes along ass time for it to finally fire
so im not sure what im gonna do right now
so im not sure what im gonna do right now
nate, ya like blue dont ya.
my bet is that your using the supra blue setting to navigate this site.
my bet is that your using the supra blue setting to navigate this site.
Suprastic said:
They have almost identical dimensions, the chevy has an inline 5 instead of the frontiers v6, not as powerful as the frontier but looks nicer IMO. I'm a chevy guy so... but so far im very pleased, gets up and goes no problem and and its fully loaded! Only difference will be towing capacity and power, the frontier does better but doesn't look as good doing it :biglaugh: BUY AMERICAN!
Yes my favorite color is blueamericanjebus said:
Find the answer to your "winter driving blues" here.:biglaugh:
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9005
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9005