impressed by my nismo

[mrbill65]

Tuesday night I drove almost 200 miles through a freezing rain / snow storm, with out a problem the roads had any where between a thin coating to 3 inches of slush on them. I switched the 4 wheel drive on and kept the speed between 40 and 50 miles an hour and averaged over 17 miles to the gallon. I was passing snow plows who were going along at 35 miles an hour. I didn't have the guts or lack of sense to try and keep up with the semis who thought they could do between 60 and 70 but I did pass two of them that had spun out further down the road after they had passed me. At one point my wipers stopped working so I pulled off the road and check the fuses they were all good. What I did find was there was so much ice on the hood and windshield where the wipers go down to that they could not complete theit downward swing and just stopped. I fixed them by removing all the ice from under them and between the hood and the windshield. When I got out the truck a large sheet of ice broke off the side of the truck . The whole front end of the truck was covered by a 3/4" sheet of protective ice. It was nice to drive such a stable truck on those types of roads. Tonight and tomorrow we are in blizzard watch, I am looking forward to playing in the snow in the morning. They are prediciting up to 20 inches over the weekend.

Best of advice I can give is slow down use the 4wheel drive and plan your moves and the moves of those around you.

Thanks and have fun

Mrbill65

[islanismo]

All I can say I'm lucky I live on the Islands were theres NO SNOW!!!
Well keep safe and have fun in the snow in the morning!!!

[jaf06se]

Where do you live at? I'm in Council Bluffs IA, across the river from Omaha. I love drivin in the snow, allways have even when I had a two wheel drive truck. Now that I have a 4x4 I have even more fun. I'm tired of snow though, ready to be able to keep my truck clean for a while.

[timbo13]

it is a good truck in the snow.

Originally Posted by jaf06se

I'm tired of snow though, ready to be able to keep my truck clean for a while.

I'm with you!

[2WD_NISMO]

I only have 2 WD and have made it through a rough winter with no problems. It is by far the best 2 WD traction wise I've ever owned and is quite stable driving down a snowy road. The only time I got stuck is when I backed into a snow bank and high-centered it. I dug it out with an ice scrapper becasue that's all I had with me.

[mrbill65]

Originally Posted by jaf06se

Where do you live at? I'm in Council Bluffs IA, across the river from Omaha. I love drivin in the snow, allways have even when I had a two wheel drive truck. Now that I have a 4x4 I have even more fun. I'm tired of snow though, ready to be able to keep my truck clean for a while.

I am about 40 miles east of cleveland Ohio. this morning I blew 8 inches out of the drive and before I was done there was a half inch where I had started. We are in blizzard watch until 4am sunday. should make for a fun weekend.

MrBill65

[Phil'sFrontier]

You want to be careful when passing a plow. Lots of accidents happen in this way. I usually just sit behind the plow, it's much safer.

[mudyfronty05]

This is a familiar story-I had the same thing happen to me around December and it was the first time I pulled someone out using my truck. He passed me because I was doing 40mph on a 70mph highway and I watched him spin into the median. It was a 90's model chevy 4x4 2500. Lots of ice that night and I couldn't have been happier with the performance of my truck.