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don't know where in MI you are, but in Metro Detroit it's happened the past two years.
I can only think of super bowl sunday where we got ****ted on pretty hard but compared to the crazy **** in the northeast I dont remember of another big day like that one.
I'm in Michigan and we don't usually get snowstorms that can drop 12+ inches in a day.
I do have wheels from an early SN95 GT (16 inch by 7 I think). Would that size wheel clear the front calipers on the newer S197 GT's?
Originally Posted by jz78817
don't know where in MI you are, but in Metro Detroit it's happened the past two years.
Originally Posted by 99GTvert
I can only think of super bowl sunday where we got ****ted on pretty hard but compared to the crazy **** in the northeast I dont remember of another big day like that one.
With my commute I can tell you there have been lots of days with big drops of snow the last 2 seasons! I drive from Port Huron to Grosse Pointe every day, and used to go downtown; drove from Port Huron to Bloomfield Hills for a year before that and Port Huron to Flint for 2 years. Took me over 2 hours to get home several times, but never got the Mustang stuck even on the all season tires.
But after next week I won't be doing that commute - decided to take my retirement and leave. Next Thursday, May 21 is my last day. Then I am opening my own office only 2 miles from home.
The 16" wheels won't clear the calipers on the front brakes on any S197 GT. The smallest that you can go with is a 17" (maybe an 18" on the 2011+ since they have bigger rotors than the 2005-10 GT).
I'm considering an S197 GT for year round use. I figure with snow tires these things are just fine in the wintery conditions but with the stock tires (all seasons) are these cars basically awful in the snow, meaning you're the car that takes a lot longer than most others to get moving from a stoplight?
The all-seasons all around are pretty awful. In AZ, on 100* streets, I can spin through 2nd and going into 3rd. I seriously still need to replace mine.
If they can't stick in the heat, they sure as hell won't stick in the snow.
They get pretty squirrelly in the rain (I've definitely gotten sideways more than once).
I made it thru the jersey winter just fine on all season conti extremes. A little common sense has to come into play. People are talking about 12 inches of snow. That much snow will stop just about anything short of a 4x4 in its tracks.