Your Blackwing in the snow

[T.O.Blackwing]

Take a pic of the car covered in dirty slush and salt. You know........ for a more realistic picture of this season.

How’s this, my ‘22 after getting home to T.O. after the same trip 2 years ago:

(first posted on vnet back then)

 

[DonD]

I like all these pictures of BWs in the snow. Having said that, I'll try to avoid driving mine in the rare snow events in the San Antonio area.

 

[bybcous]

Last year

 

[DonD]

Last year

ICK if you're driving. If you're going skiing or other mountain sports or staying at home then it's beautiful.

 

[bybcous]

ICK if you're driving. If you're going skiing or other mountain sports or staying at home then it's beautiful.

Ill be dead in 50 years, I will drive all my vehicles whenever, ill let the restorer in 50 years deal with the issues when im gone.

 

[DonD]

Ill be dead in 50 years, I will drive all my vehicles whenever, ill let the restorer in 50 years deal with the issues when im gone.

Where did I say anything about 50 yrs? Keep on subject.

Go ahead and drive in the snow and ice and let some incompetent or drunk fool destroy your car and raise your insurance rates.

 

[Throat Yogurt]

Go ahead and drive in the snow and ice and let some incompetent or drunk fool destroy your car and raise your insurance rates.

Ok I will. Driving in the snow is just about the most fun you can have behind the wheel.

 

[DonD]

Ok I will. Driving in the snow is just about the most fun you can have behind the wheel.

I agree it would be fun on an empty shopping center parking lot.

 

[CB34]

Merry Christmas from the Eastern Townships of Quebec!
Going down to -22C/-8F tonight.
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Where did you get those center caps?

 

[T.O.Blackwing]

Where did you get those center caps?

Cadillac Blackwing "Wings" Logo Gloss Black Center Wheel Caps

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[hawk02]

I’m one of those pearl-clutching old ladies (actually an old man) whose Blackwing’s tires will never experience snow as long as I own it.

I once made the mistake of driving a 2013 Camaro ZL1 home from a performance shop in the snow. It was less “exhilarating” and more “slow-motion insurance claim.” That experience permanently cured me of the idea that high-horsepower, rear-wheel-drive cars belong anywhere near winter conditions.

Lesson learned. The Blackwing stays parked until the roads are dry and the laws of physics are back on my side.

 

[doublethebass]

I’m one of those pearl-clutching old ladies (actually an old man) whose Blackwing’s tires will never experience snow as long as I own it.

I once made the mistake of driving a 2013 Camaro ZL1 home from a performance shop in the snow. It was less “exhilarating” and more “slow-motion insurance claim.” That experience permanently cured me of the idea that high-horsepower, rear-wheel-drive cars belong anywhere near winter conditions.

Lesson learned. The Blackwing stays parked until the roads are dry and the laws of physics are back on my side.

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Summer tires that day?

 

[hawk02]

Summer tires that day?

Nope. Several weeks earlier I had swapped the Goodyears for Pirelli Sottozeros. The Sottozeros were the Camaro team’s recommended winter tire for the ZL1.

 

[doublethebass]

Nope. Several weeks earlier I had swapped the Goodyears for Pirelli Sottozeros. The Sottozeros were the Camaro team’s recommended winter tire for the ZL1.

Wow wouldn’t have expected that

 

[CB34]

Nope. Several weeks earlier I had swapped the Goodyears for Pirelli Sottozeros. The Sottozeros were the Camaro team’s recommended winter tire for the ZL1.

The sottozeros were a horrible snow tire in my experience. Ran fine in the extreme cold and the "cold wet" (ie. wet between 30-40) but as soon as you got any sort of snow accumulation (3"+), it was a crap shoot.

 

[hawk02]

The sottozeros were a horrible snow tire in my experience. Ran fine in the extreme cold and the "cold wet" (ie. wet between 30-40) but as soon as you got any sort of snow accumulation (3"+), it was a crap shoot.

This was exactly my experience with the Sottozeros. Okay when temps dropped below 40 degrees, not much better than a summer tire in the snow.

 

[Throat Yogurt]

This was exactly my experience with the Sottozeros. Okay when temps dropped below 40 degrees, not much better than a summer tire in the snow.

Agreed, I also hated the Pirelli snows I ran on my last car. The Conti all seasons on my Blackwing are way better in all conditions, including snow.

 

[KnightI2]

and there are more Blackwings out there.

Made me chuckle as I recalled. This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this ONE is mine...... Insert BW where appropriate.

 

[Kawman]

Here's the result of Friday nights storm here in CT.

Let's see who first notices the unusual thing in the close up picture.