Sorry to see that and all but when i went to check out the IX 3 weeks ago, the first thing the salesman recommended if the car was gonna be driven year round was blizzaks for the snow. Why do people insist on driving on Advans. Its like a M/T on ice, it'll only stop if something stops it.

 

tough luck dude

it isn't totalled is it?

 

The 350z you have listed wouldnt fair any better.
snow tires on the evo and your golden..I love to drive my evo in the snow

 

Use the insurance money to fix it yourself and upgrade big time IMO.

 

[QUOTE=4TUN8]Use the insurance money to fix it yourself and upgrade big time IMO.[/QUOTE}


That's what I would do.. In the mean time try to find a beater.. Good luck man..

 

Bozeman, MT. i grew up in Missoula (other side of the state) and winters are harsh! but it helped me become a better snow driver. after digging your car out of a ditch in sub-zero weather you learn what you CAN & CAN'T do in snow & ice! good luck w/ the repairs and remember in the end you were able to walk away and thats the best thing in life!

 

i was drivin this morning in the snow and still have my advans on. i was goin like 15 down a slight hill. and i drifted sideways the whole way down. so as of the next time i have a chance i goin to buy some snow tire or at least some all weather tires so i can get these damn things off

 

I appriciate all the concern. Missoula is on the same side of the state 200 miles away. Little more detail: I was driving complely normal but there is a 2 inch deep trench in the road and the low profile pulled the car into the ditch, I'm sure snow tires would have helped but I dont know if they would have avoided it completely. The right side of the car took out a power poll support cable, it sliced into the fender a foot and a half. The left side hit a metal mail box post about 4 inches in diameter. Both headlights where pretty much chopped in half.

heres where it stopped:


I cried a little.

 

I can't believe with all the threads about the Advans in the snow people still don't get it

If you can't afford snow tires think about it this way. Wreck = thousands.. Snow tires = 5-800 bucks.

That really sux tho man.. hope you get it back together!

 

That sucks.

 

dude, you live in montana but you didn't plant to get snow tires??

 

sorry to hear. we had our first snowfall yesterday, about 3 inches, i was at work when it started snowing, im on stock advans.

I called my wife and said to pick me up, i left my car at work. its still there lol. but i will NOT drive the damn thing in snow after reading about horror stories here.

i have falken ziex 512 all seasons in the pipeline and the car will stay at work until they arrive.

again, another example not to use advans in the winter.

 

i was at my girl friends house, she lives on a hill its like 100 yards long and maby a 30, 35 degree angle I saw about 25 cars get stuck getting up it. an EVO was one of them all the rest but one (a grand am with a real bad driver) were RWD. The EVO never made it up, point of this reply, well I dont have one, good luck with your ride, good luck with your winter tires , your car will be in my prayers, sorry

 

 

oh yeah it is on the same side! i was thinking Billings! to me all 3 are the same! *L*

i too would cry!