All the horsepower and sports car engineering in the world doesn’t mean diddly-squat if the four rubber tires that sit between the car and the asphalt aren’t getting traction. High performance cars like the Camaro ZL1, and its less-powerful sibling the Camaro 1LE, are equipped with some of the stickiest street-legal tires there are, Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar tires. These tires are great on the track and the street, especially when warmed up, but as the temperature drops so does their performance.

In fact, GM has announced that it is suspending orders for both the Camaro ZL1 and 1LE, from now until February 11th due to the high-performance tires both cars wear.

These tires are the reason ordering for the ZL1 and 1LE has been put on hiatus.

The three-month respite is meant to wait-out the worst of the winter weather, with none of these hi-po Camaros being built from January through most of March. The super-sticky Goodyears would be all-but worthless in the often-freezing temperatures of the Oshawa, Ontario assembly plant where the Camaro is built, and most of the northern U.S. will be in a deep freeze too. It just wouldn’t be responsible to sell these cars right now.

That said, everyone who already put their orders in will still get their car, and Camaros ordered before the November 21st deadline will still be produced and delivered in December. Three months is a long time to wait for a fast supercar, especially if you live in a sunnier region of America. But the Camaro ZL1 and 1LE is well-worth the wait, and it would suck mightily to get into your new car, only to find the traction you expected to not be there. It’d be an awful waste to crash your new Camaro 100 feet from the dealership entrance, wouldn’t it?