[Goatracer1]

I drove these cars when they were only a couple of years old as daily drivers and they made great winter cars. Snow tires with a limited slip differential and some weight in the trunk worked great. Also back then the fad was to jack up your car a few inches for the gasser look. Great ground clearance. Today I will still drive my old cars if the roads are clear. There is not enough salt residue to worry about. Besides I am 76 years old and what am I saving the cars for? The next owner? Enjoy your car before it's too late.

[i82much]

Originally Posted by Goatracer1

I drove these cars when they were only a couple of years old as daily drivers and they made great winter cars. Snow tires with a limited slip differential and some weight in the trunk worked great. Also back then the fad was to jack up your car a few inches for the gasser look. Great ground clearance. Today I will still drive my old cars if the roads are clear. There is not enough salt residue to worry about. Besides I am 76 years old and what am I saving the cars for? The next owner? Enjoy your car before it's too late.

I'll be 49 this year. My GTO was my first car and I drove it in the snow all the time in the 90's without thinking twice about it.

It's a close call. I think it would be super cool for my kids to grow up with memories of me using the GTO as a daily driver and for road trips the same way my parents did. Considering the long winters in eastern WA, there's an awful lot of time we could spend in the car if i did snow tires where I wouldn't feel safe without them.

I run studded snows on my 2500HD all winter long. I wouldn't consider driving in snow or ice without them, especially in an old car like that.