The Ultimate Snow Sedan, how would you build it?

Just a hypothetical thread in anticipation of the upcoming winter, what would you do to your sedan to make it the ultimate snow car? Height increasing suspension ala Audi Allroad? Roof rack with a thule box and rally lights? Pizza thin but tall studded snow tires? Heated steering wheel? Buy a wagon?

 

And...GO!

http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2009/11/ken-block-trax-subaru-wrx-sti-1.jpg

^^^THIS

weeeellllll..... aside from Chutrain's OBVIOUS winner.... I'll play.

 

Start with and Outback Sedan SUS with a 3.6 Tribeca motor. Put an air suspension capable of 3" of vertical lift for those big banks, along with some STEEL rims and dedicated snow tires with an active tire pressure monitoring system that allows you to increase/decrease tire pressure on demand (and actually give you an accurate reading) Heated seats with bottom and back heaters that are a little better controlled. A solar powered block heater (not sure if one exists, but you don't wanna drag an extension cord across 3 ft of snow ) Electric assisted heat for instant heat on those cold mornings and dual batteries for reserve if you happen to get stranded (by choice of course ) with your girl on a back country road.

 

Of course I'd put a nice rack in.... um on it too with a bull-bar on the front and some off road lights and some actually functional fog lights.

studded tires

full skidplates

roof rack w/ lights at all 4 corners

winch system on front & rear bumper

shovel, gloves & salt bags in the trunk

I seem to recall a simpler time. My 92 civic Si with all season tires never failed to get us north to VT every winter weekend until I bought the 98' GT wagon. Never missed one of my son's ski race team meets either. 34+mpg alway's helped too.

 

 

Auh the good old day's...

rallitec skidplate, 205-50-17 winter tires on dedicated rims, height adjustable coilovers for an extra inch of ground clearance in winter... wait, thats what i have... It works great. I take my landcruiser whenever the snow gets too deep, but nothing beats the subaru on ice.

Import an RS6. Done.

 

...although I'd rather it be an Avant....

RS6's are bomb. My mom had one for a few years.

 

Blizzaks are good enough for the winters around here. I don't go too crazy, just around town and up and down the canyon for snowboarding.

Assuming Heavy winter-long snows and most driving will be on roads (paved or otherwise)

 

LGT or Spec.B Sedan

Engine block heater

Battery warmer

1" Lift

Subaru 4-pot front calipers with WRX rotors

16x5" snow rally rims

Studded rally snow tires

Hella 500 FF Foglights with Amber filters aimed properly and independant of headlights.

Yakima roof basket with 2 spares

Dunebuggy safety whip with orange flag

 

If a lot of driving will be off-road, switch the 16" rims for Team Dynamics or BRAID 15" rims and get a set of good 27" M+S off-road tires with studs.

 

Regardless, every car in the winter should have an emergency kit:

First Aid Kit

Flashlight

Blanket

Cell charger

Shovel

Flares

Comealong

Tow Strap

2' long 1x6 board

 

And check the air pressure in your spare and that all of your tirechange tools (jack, jack handle, wrenches, etc) are in the car and functional.

Driving a Subaru in the snow? Ridiculous. They're summer cars.

Can anyone here hold their own tounge and say Cuthbertson?

 

http://www.4wdonline.com/LandRover/Series/Cuthbertson/PiCs37/LwbS.jpg

 

Early Land Rover cranberry picker works just as good in the snow!

 

http://www.4wdonline.com/LandRover/Series/Cuthbertson.html

 

Cheers!

 

Driving a Subaru in the snow? Ridiculous. They're summer cars.

 

I know, right! I wouldn't even drive mine in cloudy weather...too dangerous. I could get looked at funny then CHOW! New scratch...

Snow on a GT limited? Freezedry that supple Japanese leather? Ridiculous!

 

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/JRanmann/LegacyWagonSnow.png

I'd start with changing to a wagon to get a good vehicle for snow. That way you can load sufficient equipment for most cases.

my cavy ..

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vKSulcCunY]YouTube - mr plow z24[/ame]

Driving a Subaru in the snow? Ridiculous. They're summer cars.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeFp3tz95HQ]YouTube - legacy gt, wrx and z24 playing in the snow[/ame]

 

you mean this was wrong of me to do ?

Ok so she burns a bit of oil?

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9E9vsP2VU]YouTube - SAV 389 - Cuthbertson Tracked Land Rover[/ame]

 

She's paid for!

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im3LVWqlPEk]YouTube - SAV 389 - Cuthbertson Tracked Land Rover[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qrouph3410&p=98F54549C1228C1C&playnext=1&index=1]YouTube - Seattle drivers just don't know how to drive in the snow[/ame]

 

I am thinking a Forester with a roof rack will do the trick....

He even munched another Subaru.... how lame can one be?

Must be all that rainy weather, huh?

 

I'd keep it simple. Add a front diff, snow tires, and a team of snow plows at my beck and call.

He needed this:

http://www.bedug.com/pics/wintertire1.jpg

 

Driving a Subaru in the snow? Ridiculous. They're summer cars.

 

you mean this was wrong of me to do ?

 

Oh noes, you've done got snow on the Legacy! She's surely going to melt! No wonder you need to drop a new engine in her - tell the truth, the OEM just rusted out, didn't it?