DocSnickers

Or just do what I do when it snows don't take a Mustang out. I just make people pick me up in the winter if snow is bad lucky we don't get much snow so its never really and issue.

CPTCO

Find yourself a 200 pound homeless man. Let him live in the trunk. Then you've got your weight AND someone to push if you get stuck. He'll be happy for a place to sleep.

Seriously though, I'd say snow tires is your best bet.

jimkaray

The v6 has better weight balance than the v8 but it is still far from ideal, especially when you add the open rear to the equation. Any Pony car owner will tell you that. Snow tires are a must and a couple hundred pounds in the trunk is the best way to go. I always fill up the gas tank as well to add weight and for added safety in case you get stuck and need to run the heat for an extended period of time. Snows will knock off a couple mpg on the highway, not so much around town.

darcane

Extra weight also increases moment of inertia, especially when placed at the extreme ends of the car, requiring more traction to turn the car. I'd rather have a little more difficulty accelerating, but that's just me.

Limited slip is a double edged sword. It can help you get going, but it's easier to get the tail end loose when it's really slippery. Using the E-Brake can help reduce wheel spin with an open diff.

I still contend that a Mustang is well balanced enough that it can get around just fine in snow and ice with decent tires, even with an open diff. I haven't driven mine in snow, but I've driven plenty of vehicles that are signifacntly worse.

Daehawk

Never had a problem. But man in my 85 Trans-Am we used to have that thing would not stick in the rain never mind snow. Theres a little tiny country bridge over a creek near me that in that TA when it rained would slide your *** off the road even going super slow. If you didn't hit it straight on you were gone. And the bridge was only about 10' long. They've done a lot to it over the years.

But I drive in the rain a lot in the Mustang and has been in snow at least twice. No problem..even if I try to slide it a bit.

red racer 03

I never have needed weight in the trunk i bought chrome wheels for summer and put snow tires on my stock rims (general Altimax Arctic) and it gets around as well as any front wheel drive car.