This may seem like a stupid question but this my first project car and learning experience. Im looking at buy an '84 Firebird, and my main question is "how does it handle in the snow?" I live in colorado, and I know how rear wheel drives are supposed to handle in the snow but I've gotten mixed reviews about the Firebirds performance. So thats why Im here asking all you owners out there. What are your thoughts?

 

I was able to get around in my Camaro but it wasn't easy in the type of snow we get here. If you absolutely must drive in it, get snow tires or a beater 4x4.

 

Get some quick fit tire cables / chains for the rear tires. I took my Firebird to Oregon last January and it snowed quite heavily while I was there. I drove around town to play in the snow and the car handles pretty well. You could slide it, but it was stable and easy to control in the slide. This was with an open diff and some lame a$$ bald tires. A set of chains on the back will make a night and day difference taking off from a stop and keeping the car moving in the right direction.

 

Best to avoid it altogether, if possible. From someone who lives in the snow/salt/rust belt.

Not only do ALOT more wrecks happen in that than in normal conditions, especially hitting curbs, trees, ditches, fences, and so forth; but also, they put salt down on it, which dissolves cars. Turns them into worthless, useless rust heaps, FAST.

Don't drive a car you care about in snow. Not worth it. Get a winter beater for that, or take the bus. If you absolutely MUST drive it, IMMEDIATELY take it to the kind of car wash that has the "undercariage wash" function, and get it cleaned off, before it gives the car the cancer.

Generally, these cars are TERRIBLE in the snow; they are low, and tend to scrape on it which makes it pretty hard to drive when it's trying to be a plow. Other than that, they're about the same as any other RWD car.