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Originally Posted by Vman455
On those tires, that thing probably doesn't even move in the snow. I pulled the Viper out of the garage in the snow once just to rearrange some things and it took me half an hour to get it back in.
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I have many similar stories.
I used to have super sticky summer blend Yokohama tires on my old 911 (
not good below 50 degrees), went to put gas in it for the winter at the nearby gas station. The temperature had dropped and there was a slight dusting of snow blowing across the road. I decided that a 3/4 full tank was good enough as I slid across the road sideways trying to make it back to my garage. I never left the side streets, never got the gas.
I don't think the McLaren people worried much about their cars being driven in the snow or in the rain for that matter with that intake design.
EDIT:
Vman thanks for bringing up the point of other inlets, lead me to discover this about the FL-A.
Dec 2011
2011 Tokyo: Lexus LFA Unclothed, and How it Was Built - Diorama Style
Dec 2011
https://www.motortrend.com/news/2011...-style-141375/
Apparently not all of the FL-A's cooling requirements are addressed at the rear, that makes much more sense to me now. A V-10 takes a lot of cooling, those tiny rear/side window inlets are not alone.