your winter car...

[cfz2882]

my main winter beater is a 1989 Dodge Raider-have been using this one for about 10yrs and this might be it's last winter as frame and body are badly rusted,engine and tranny tired(248,000 Mi)and rear axle housing cracked With Russian-made "Nokian"snow tires mounted,it gets around very well in the snow.A Mitsubishi Montero in Dodge emblems,it's similar in size and shape to a ~1966-77 Ford Bronco.
When the Raider is finished,a 1998 4.3 v6 Chevy 1500 4x4 may get activated once I get to fixing the heater controls and doors.The 2003 Land Rover Discovery is very capable and super comfy,but gets used very little since I haven't fixed the cylinder liner problem yet.My first winter car was a 1971 SAAB 99 I bought from a junkyard and fixed-had Nokia "Haakapillita"tires on that one

 

[askolover]

2001 GMC Jimmy 4x4 when we are expecting ice or sleet/ice/snow mix.  Never had any trouble driving my 2001 Beetle TDI either but it sits quite low to the ground when there are ruts.  The Escalade AWD stays parked...don't want it damaged (by other drivers)!

 

[twintubdexter]

My winter car? Why a convertible of course...There is snow, but it thoughtfully keeps it's distance.

 

taken from my backyard

 

[petek]

Same as my spring summer and fall car

 

[brib68]

That is a beautiful shot, Twintubdexter!

We used to have a second-plus hand '98 Ford Expedition for the winter beater back when we had a Mustang convertible for the rest of the year. Still miss that truck (except the gas mileage). Eventually it was just too scary to contemplate what was going to suddenly fail. The brake lines rusted out while I was driving Thank God there was an open grassy area I could steer it into and roll to a stop! Now we have a summer beater (1999 Saab convertible) and drive our DDs all winter. The Audi A4 quattro is a no brainer, of course, and my Lexus CT200h (Prius in a Brioni suit) is pretty good in snow when I set the dial to Eco mode. Both are standard-height cars with front scoops, so they don't go through anything TOO deep, but we don't need to be out in anything that bad, so it's fine.

The pics are from a storm in January 2011 and preparing for another big storm in February 2011. That beast BARELY fit through the garage door.

PS, kinda weird to call something g a daily driver on here that ACTUALLY DRIVES.

 

[wayupnorth]

I have this one year round vehicle, and a Vette for nice days. And it had not been nice here, wished the weather was like this pix, not of the poor puppy with a satellite dish like what it is here. 4WD is a necesity here as the weather swings so bad, you have to be prepared. I envy you Joe, beautiful view and always nice weather

 

[joeypete]

Well being in NH I decided last time I got a new car, the next one would have AWD. So after my unfortunate t-bone experience with my 200 over the summer, I bought a 2016 Buick Regal Turbo AWD. After thinking about it I decided I wanted an SUV too...but didn't want to pay the horrible expense of one new, so I also bought a 2005 Mercury Mountaineer V8 AWD...so now I have 2 winter cars I guess LOL. I use the Mounty when there's more snow...though the Regal is a champ in the white stuff!

 

[firedome]

winter 4 x 4

and summer what grandson calls "up & down top car":

 

[petek]

Unless I've gone senile I can't ever remember riding in a convertible, with the top down anyways. Maybe I'm wrong.  Summer fun and a lot of my daily driving has always meant a bike for 40 odd years. Just no more long distance and she's parked when it rains. 

 

[xraytech]

Mine is a 2013 Cadillac XTS

 

[joeekaitis]

Sunny SoCal: One car, four seasons

 

 

 

2013 Subaru Impreza hatchback

 

[super32]

This is Gracie. I got her in 2014 with about 31xxx miles on her. Now she has 39xxx miles on her. Finally seen her first snow about a week ago. Climbed our driveway without any issue. Slid down the driveway without any problem either.....lol

 

[lorainfurniture]

My winter car is a 93 Mercedes 300te 4matic. This wagon is amazing in snow. Full set of dedicated snow tires installed

Summer beater is a 2010 e63 amg. Something is terribly wrong with it as i seem to go through rear tires monthly. Probably user error

 

[askolover]

"Something is terribly wrong with it as i seem to go through rear tires monthly. Probably user error "

 

or maybe it's leadfootitis!

 

[vacerator]

My car

was in the shop having some work done, so my step son sent a car from his job to take me home. He was in the driver seat, but not driving. The darn car was driving itself. It stopped at every light, and even parked itself.
I told him this will be a great car for people who text and drive, and stop or slow down in front of me for no reason, then I see them texting while driving.
Our son is very smart, graduated with highest honors from technical university.
He is in on his way and in tune for the future. We are very proud of him, and I even helped.

 

[cfz2882]

raider out of commision

the cracked axle tube cracked the rest of the way through and has moved out about 1"so parked for now since truck will be immobile if axle comes unsplined from the diff...'98 k1500 not ready,so going to see how 2WD GMC Canyon gets around with tire chains Next warm spell,will see about pulling the cracked axle housing and welding it back up.

 

[wayupnorth]

Warm spell, as we may get that before 3 months in northern US, doubtful. If you could get it in a warmer place you may be able to do that, I wouldnt bother. Whats going to rot out next. Been there done that with my old truck. Finally said enough.

 

[cfz2882]

winter "warm spells"

we get those sometimes here-will be 70* in january and people will be out riding motorcycles Ya,hearyou on the rusty winter truck situation-when I got the raider, both rear wheel wells were rusted out-made some new pieces and welded them in,got a good fix there then truck started rusting in other places...Got the chains on the GMC canyon and took it out for a test-does pretty good on ice and packed snow,but low clearance will be a problem when snow gets deep.

 

[vacerator]

One rough winter

back in February of 1979, we were dumped on with 19 inches of heavy wet snow within 8 hours overnight. The streets all had tire ruts and many cars were hanging up on them as they froze.
I had a Gremlin then which of course was useless, but my friend's moms '78 Olds Toronado just went through it all with no problem.