Darn This Car Didn't Come With Abs Antilock, It Skids Like Crazy, In Rain And Snow. I Already Spun Into A 360 Deg. Luckily No One Was Around, Any Suggestions To Really Improve Traction. My Old Car Was A 1993 Ford Taurus, At Least It Had Abs!!!

 

learn to drive better, slow down, pump the brakes, dont freak out, abs is nice though

my old max had no ABS and i handled it just fine. if you cant learn to drive in the snow....either

1. move to where no snow will come
2. dont drive in the snow, become a hermit

 

99's don't come standard with ABS??? I find that hard to believe

 

Nope they didnt, especially a GXE

 

join the club. its possible your brakes might be messed up and thats y u spin out. u also need to learn how to stop n drive like a person that doesnt have an abs saftey net.

 

oh and check your tires, if they are low on tread, they'll slip ALL OVER and your alignment

 

The right tire makes all the differance in the world. Your tires are what provides the traction, not the car. Most performance Z rated or summer only tires are not that good on wet roads. Z rubber is down right dangerous to run in the winter time. They have no traction at all, especially at low temperatures.

Run and all season M+S and the Maxima does very well in the snow. You can look up your tires performance ratings on dry, wet and snow covered roads on tire rack.

 

hey tom. like what u did to the front.

anyway, tires, yea change em. I have to change them too, but i'm a poor college student paying bills and too stubborn to ask the mom n pops for money. I have about 4/32 on mine and i was slipping all over a couple nights ago when it got really cold. Hopefully a good deal comes by on teh classifieds before the snow hits. *hint*hint*nudge*nudge*

recommendations??: most people like the falken ziex 512 for their superior wet handling, but there have been several complaints about treadlife. the new underdog seems to be toyo proxes4. A little more money than the falkens, but I have yet to read anything majorly negative about them. Good luck and hopefully we don't meet on the road DRIVE SLOW

 

You need snow tires but most important of all you need to know how to drive in those conditions. In snow I accelerate and brake at probably 10% the rate that I do in dry weather.

 

1999 GLE and SE had ABS right?

 

yes but ABS was an option throughout all 4th gens

 

luckly my 95 got ABS, and it proves itself worthy already just carefully slowing downa nd get good winter tires to cut through the snow. i got all season Copper Zeon ZPT's in 245/50/17 and they are awsome in snow. paids less then 100 each and the best bang for the buck i'd say, handle good and all which the aggressive tread pattern look aswell. good luck.

-rafal

 

wow sorry, ABS saved me 2 times already this season.

My 1990 maxima has ABS....WTF?

what kind of tires do you have? make/model?

 

The Sad thing is NISSAN was cheap with the 4th gen and options and apprently alot of people who bought MAXIMA's new were cheap because ABS seems to be an option that not many people opted for. None the less I have ABS


But back to my poin ABS is not going to save you in the snow, sensible driving is.Here are a couple tips
Don't stomp on the accelerator pedal just go easy.
Don't Slam on your brakes suddenly but gradually apply them.
Leave sufficent room for stopping and assume your braking distances will be much longer.

 

ABS, when you're driving in snow, actually INCREASES your stopping distance. The advantage of ABS in snow is that you can decide which object you're going to hit, since you'll be able to steer, whereas without ABS, you're going to keep moving in whatever direction you were moving when you're wheels locked up.

Again, it's tires and skill that make the difference, not the car.