Don't drive your Audi sports car in the winter?!

Welcome to another episode in the Audi RS5 series, is it crazy to drive your sports car in the winter? It’s cold, dark, batteries die, plastics get brittle, fluids turn to sludge, roads get slippery, better off to put your sports car in hibernation I guess, but not if you have an Audi RS.

In part one of this story we are diving in to how you can properly prepared and enjoy driving your sports car in the winter. Part two gets a little scary. Early access part 2 here   / shop  

00:00 Audi RS5 in the winter intro
01:33 Should you winter drive your sports car?
06:40 Winter tires make all the difference
15:24 Might be impossible but you can try
22:18 RS5 V8 cold start
22:16 Bye bye RS5
27:08 Extras & Outtakes

There’s gravel, sand, corrosive sprays they put on the roads to melt ice, but, if you could be prepared for it, and you can mitigate the pain from those little things, wouldn’t you want fun sports car to play in the snow?

Yeah, of course you would, and in my opinion it’s worth it, winter driving is a lot more fun than driving in the summer. So what are the things you can do to make your winter drive a little more safe while your still having fun?

Let’s start with winter tires. Now, I’ve already gone to great lengths to talk about summer tires so if you’d like to brush up on that, just watch episode 2 of the RS5 series here    • How to pick the best summer tire for ...  

Quickly swap your winter tires at home? you can get access to the episode exclusives here   / exclusive-change-100186495  

It’s impressive what winter tires can do, especially these ones from Finland, the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R’s, they are by far the best winter tire I’ve ever driven on. Believe me, I’ve put these tires through every possible condition you can imagine. Whether it’s raining and slush on the road, sheer ice with absolutely nothing to grip, and deep packed snow with ice layered on the bottom. Going from clean highways to all sorts of slush and ice, plus 10 to minus 30 degress, these tires have held up very well.

Ok, now lets talk about how painful and annoying it is to try and keep your sports car clean during these months. If you don’t know, I take car detailing very seriously, and despite my best efforts, the winter always brings all sorts of road grime.

The main one, is this brine or sludge they use on the highway to help the chemicals stick.

I don’t know what it is, but it gets everywhere, and it always dries on like a crust. Virtually impossible to rinse off.

Still, If I can help it, my car doesn’t stay like this for more than a day or two.

Mainly because this spray they put on the roads is corrosive, it builds up over time, and it can be unsafe. Think about driving when it’s dark, it layers over your windshield and headlights, limits your visibility, people can’t see your taillights, it just creates a hazard.

So what do you do to keep your car clean?

I hate to say it, but a hot pressurized wand wash is the best thing IF you can’t do a bucket hand wash. But wait! doesn’t that high pressure push the grit into the paint? Yup

But if you’re a little proactive earlier in the season, and you decontaminate and then seal your clearcoat with a silica spray, paint sealant, or a ceramic coating, this stuff comes off much easier.

In fact, you’ll find even a garden hose with ice cold water will still remove a lot of the surface deposits without agitation. So try and do that a couple times a year. If you aren’t sure how, check out the Car Wash Series on WhyBuy and learn, it’s not that difficult and might take you a full day to do properly.

Watch it here    • Car wash series  

So another thing you might be dreading is going to a freezing car that was left out in the cold and if you drive an Audi from this era, they don’t have remote start.

That’s right, and if you are thinking it’s a simple module to wire in the car and voila you have remote start, think again. With these cars You not only have to buy the remote starter module, but you also have to sacrifice a $1,000 key fob because it needs to be hardwired into the car so that the remote starter will work. Times like this I miss how cheap the honda fit was to run haha

So what are some other winter driving tips you should know, It might sound obvious but bring an emergency kit, some matches, flashlight, quart of oil, couple tools, gloves, granola bars, road flare. Oh, and speaking of being prepared, if you are unlucky enough, and I found this out the hard way, you might need some dryer sheets, or peppermint oil.

Find out why in part 2 here   / shop  

Read the Part one full article here https://www.whybuyglb.com/project/194...

Thanks for watching!