bhop0073

Rental sounds better than not owning one at all, or talking friends into driving.. hah. For some reason, I didn't think about the salt on snowy roads and how easily these cars rust, only the handling. Thanks for the reminder though. Also, about it being my only car, I literally only drive 2 or 3 times a month. I ride my bicycle or public transportation for most errands and work commuting, which means it wouldn't be a daily driver in the usual sense, even if it is my only car, so not being able to drive it on a mountain isn't really a deal breaker.

I would prefer not to, but I only want to own one car.

I live in So-Cal. It never snows and rarely rains, perfect weather for a 240z. I do snowboard in the winter though... a lot.... I was recently at the japanese classic car show, and it looks like a snowboard would fit in the back of a 240z diagonally, but I'm wondering if the car would make it up a mountain if there's any snow on the road? (with tire chains most likely) Being rwd and lightweight and all... I should note that I am from N.C. originally and have driven in the snow quite a bit, although that was at least 10 years ago. I've always wanted a classic Z and now that I commute to work by other means (bicycle) and only drive my car on weekends, it seems like it'd be a good time to sell my old car and get one. Plus going to jccs made me catch the bug again. I suppose worst case, i could rent a 4wd for snowboard trips, but if the z works ok i wouldn't be opposed to driving it up there. Any thoughts?