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Anyone have experience driving a RWD roadster in really bad winter weather? (miata,s2000 etc). I'm seriously considering trading in the civic for a Pontiac Solstice when they become available, but I live in Minnesota and I'm not sure if it would be able to handle somewhat heavy snow and ice. For some reason I am absolutely in love with the design of this car. It is a huge step in the right direction for GM. Just wondering if these types of cars work well with a good set of snow tires, or if there is absolutely no hope for them.

 
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Isn't it based off the Opel Speedster?

 
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you should be able to drive it in the winter. i've seen M3 cabs driving around in 3" high snow that I had trouble driving around in.

 
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driving rwd in less then perfect conditions can get scary, just drive slowly and remember to turn slowly and don't accelerate suddenly.

 
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I wouldnt recommend anyone drive in ice.... but rear drives are great! until it gets stuck in snow.

 
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i too live in Minnesota and everyone i know that has a RWD has an extra car for the winter. They drive like M3s and Lexus GS and alot of other RWD cars, so they just buy a junky for winter. you can do it but why would you want to take a chance of wrecking your car?

 
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Well do people get an extra car because they just assume that the RWD car will not work in winter? I've heard of lots of people with BMW's who claim to have excellent traction in the winter. Come to think of it, I've driven a chevy truck in the winter quite a bit and it really doesn't do all that bad in 2 wheel RWD mode with no added weights in the back. You would think this would be almost worst because you have so little of the vehicles weight over the rear tires. Keep the feedback coming....

 
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Don't think so, but I'm not really sure. Could be. Looks like a pretty cool car for the price though.

 
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i've heard everyone of them saying that going uphill is a bitch. i have a friend told me that she almost sold her lexus gs when you first bought it because she couldn't go uphill with it. she used to drive a celica and she said it was so much better then the GS during the winter time. if you gonna drive a RWD in winter, you better spend some bucks for good winter tires.

 
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Mak sure your tires & driving is up to par for the weather your driving in, & dont do anything stupid & you should be fine. Actually it can be quite fun...ask me how I know

The real thing to worry about is not you, but others. Dosent matter what car your in, theres always an idiot in winter weather, so yea, if your in a brand new car, dont go far.

Buy a cheap *** miata as a beater, youll probably end up selling the solstice though

 
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driving a miata in the winter is impossible almost if there are bad snow conditions. you would need chains and sanders (personal experience with girlfriends miata RIP)

 
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Try driving your civic with bald tires in the snow. Now thats twice as good as a BMW will be! RWD s()cks!!
Don't get me wrong, rwd in snow are lots of fun! (not for daily transportation)

 
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i only got stuck in 1 snow storm in my s2000 and it sucked. it was an unexpected storm so i had my stock wheels on so of course i was goona be screwed. but according to everyone on the s2k boards if u throw on some good snow tires the car is extremly wheel in the snow

 
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Just ask s2000man, the right tires and safe driving make all the difference.

 
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Yup. just get a really good set of winter tires like WS50's or Hakka II's, and you'll be fine. i drive my S2000 year round in wisconsin.

 
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rwd is just as good as fwd...its just that most cars built today come with fwd so most people learn to drive with the predictable nature of fwd....

and feel rwd sucks because they are not use to it

 
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i like my civic's handling. it oversteers when i want it to oversteer, understeers when i don't want it to oversteer. hope that makes sense...