You know, I see these guys (and girls) on motorcycles, dressed in what looks like black space suits, bikes strapped with gear, blithely motoring in the winter rain. Driving a roadster with the top up with the heater on can't be that bad.

Then again, I live in Texas.

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..Then again, I could be (f)lying.

I can't get my S2000 out of my driveway in the winter, the snow and ice is just too thick.

I drove a CTS yesterday in a major snowfall and it was a real pain, I like my subaru for the winter AWD is so nice to have.

I just looked at the results for this poll. What caught my eye wasn't the results themselves but rather the ads at the bottom. One of the ads was advertizing low prices for the 2005 Solstice.

Luc, I went and clicked the add after you mentioned that.
Look what I found;
http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/s...ad.php?p=20910

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I will be driving it all year around... Since I am selling my all year around car " 92 Civic hb with 99 Sir motor etc" and buying the solstice... What would you do??? Drive a 68 Firebird and ah Yamaha YZF R1 and put the solstice away, or drive the solstice all year...hahahahaha

If so you're going to have to post on here how it holds up.

Im first in line for a Sky and I am planning on driving it year round. Will need some feedback on how these cars handle the snow.

Thanks in advance.

Minimal ground clearance, performance tires and rear wheel drive will all conspire to make this car marginal or bad as a winter daily driver. I wouldn't advise it if you can afford a winter beater. You may be hoping against hope that folks will say it will be fine to drive in the snow, but I can't see it. How many folks drive their Corvettes in the snow?

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Solstice GXP Coupe
You still don't need a trunk to haul ass...
even at Red Rock Canyon in Las Vegas!

This doesnt have the power of a vette though.

I compare it more to the Miata which has a ground clearance of 4" and you see in the winter all the time. Obviously it will require winter tires though.

I will be driving mine year round--except on the worst snow and ice days. Those days will be so bad that my wife will have to stay home, so I will drive her front wheel drive minivan to work.

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Enjoying my retirement and soaking up the sun!

2007 Mean GXP purchased 4/27/07
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I'll be driving mine all year round. I've been driving my '79 Camaro all year for 6 years now and I would much rather have a RWD car instead of a FWD in the snow. It's all a matter of what you get used to I guess. I just throw some sand bags in the trunk over each wheel and I'm good to go. On the really bad days I'll throw an extra bag lengthways over the rear axle. Of course in the Sol they're going to have to be pretty small sand bags...lol I prefer the TubeSand from Lowes. I believe they're 40 lb (might be 60 lb) bags that are about 6" in diameter and about 2.5 feet long. Only about $3-$4. Could probably let half of the sand out to fit in the Sol's trunk easier.

Summer only. Alright, spring as soon as the salt is washed off the roads until the first snow in November. Since I have 2 4x4 pickup for winter and hauling the Solstice will sit otherwise. Will save miles and matinence on both!

This will become my main car - no weekend driver. With 2 teen drivers in the house come summer, all other cars will be taken, but on the worst days ( there are VERY few in N. AL), I'll be driving my son's Grand Prix (my son = ). I'm looking forward to good gas mileage from my sol, and hubby will be parking his full size pick up (our only non Pontiac) to my Firebird, when he can get the keys from the kids .

This discussion has already taken place at Solstice in the winter, yes or no?

Nice part about Florida is riding my bike year round and I believe my wife will be enjoying her car the same way. She only puts about 50-60,000 miles on a car a year so I will report on any thing that does not hold up to mileage. I don't expect weather to be a problem unless the roof leaks during our little rainstorms.

Looks like you're right,LUC, we can expect to be moved. I guess as the thread falls to another page, I forget to look.

I drove my Fie