[Shotimes] Pontiac unveils SHO successor?
Ron Porter
ronporter@prodigy.net
Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:53:15 -0500
As Garber also mentioned, the biggest problem I have is the lack of
simultaneous accelerating & steering abilities.
When I bought the first SHO, I had to make a left from my street unto a
crowned 2-lane road. Going a bit uphill was a real bitch. I could
accelerate, or I could turn, but not both at the same time. It was a 45 mph
road, and it was very dicey getting out in traffic.
I have also seemed to have uphill driveways over the years (this is probably
the only "flat" one I've had), and that has also been an adventure.
Ron Porter
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Nimz [mailto:pnimz@v8sho.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 1:14 PM
To: Donald Mallinson; shotimes@autox.team.net; 'V8List SHO'
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Pontiac unveils SHO successor?
My SHO with winter tires is the best car I have ever driven deep snow or on
ice. I did not have any winter tires for my RWD cars so I guess I am not so
sure of this. But with the FWD and the awareness that the front can't do
two things well it pulls through the snow tremendously. I do miss the rear
end steering that can be had on the RWDs.
I also don't live on a dirt road.....
Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; "'V8List SHO'" <v8sho@v8sho.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Pontiac unveils SHO successor?
> Like I said, I have had both, and RWD, even with winter tires still won't
> take you through snow as well as FWD. The right tires make a HUGE
> difference in compentency in any vehicle, but especially RWD. My Mustang
> with two winter tires on the back would go real well, but it wouldn't
> turn. With four winter tires, it would have been a lot better. But my SHO
> or any FWD with the same two winter tires (this tim on the front) will go
> AND turn better than the RWD Stang (or other RWD cars). With Four winter
> tires, a FWD SHO becomes the equal of snow plows in many ways!
>
> There is a reason there is no such thing as a rear drive horse drawn
> vehicle. :) The advantage of the "emissions" being in back beside, LOL,
> you just can't PUSH something through muck (snow/mud) as efficiently as
> you can pull it.
>
> That, flat out, is why FWD outperforms RWD in those situations.
>
> Oh, and you correctly brought up a fun point that with FWD you can "test"
> for ice/slick conditions easily without spinning out. I have been doing
> that for years.
>
> Don Mallinson
>
>
> Ron Porter wrote:
>
>> As I mentioned earlier, when my wife & I were living in Chicago, we
>> replaced
>> the useless Eagle GTs on her '89 GT 5.0 5-speed (and those tires were
>> even
>> bad in the wet in summer) with some good all-season tires, and that car
>> was
>> as good in the winter as the SHO.
>>
>> Years ago, I believe that much of the issue with RWD in winter were the
>> generally crappy tires available back then.
>>
>> Ron Porter
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net] Sent: Saturday,
>> October 30, 2004 11:08 PM
>> To: shotimes@autox.team.net; V8List SHO
>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Pontiac unveils SHO successor?
>>
>>
>> My Mustang without real winter tires was positively helpless in anything
>> over a dusting of snow. EVERY FWD car I have had, including the MTX SHO
>> is a huge leap forward in traction in those conditions.