Fourth Horseman

I've been getting around just fine this winter with four Michelin Pilot Alpine PA2 tires (235/55) on the stock 17" wheels. Of course, I still need to be careful and I break rear traction now and then, but it's nothing unusual for driving in the winter. In my opinion the Mustang GT handles snow reasonably well. If the roads are icy or worse yet ice covered with new snow no car is going to do well.

imyy4u

uhhh did you not read my post? i DID put snow tires on it, this car just sucks. whether you can learn to drive it in the snow or not is irrelevant. compared to 4x4s and FWD cars, RWD cars, especially sport cars, will ALWAYS suck in the snow, period. i don't know how anyone can debate that. maybe more fun to drive (sometimes), but not as good of handling. period.

imyy4u

sure, you can modify your driving style, or learn to drive better in the snow, etc., but i can't stand the fact that RWD sport cars suck in the snow, even with snow tires. you would think that with all the technology that we have, someone could make a RWD sports car (especially one as heavy as the mustang) that could handle like a FWD or 4x4 vehicle in the snow...

ckyguy68

Its even worse trying to drive my fox in Michigan winters. I would LOVE to be in a S197

Tracedaddy

Milwaukee, WI here. GT with a 5 Spd. We've had the same snow you guys have had and I haven't had any problems. And I'm still running my stock Pirelli P-Zeros. But then again, I've seen how you flatlanders generally drive. You have trouble staying on the road in the middle of August!

PennState

my v6 is like that when we have even 1cm of snow!

Centurion96

Everything above is partially true. If your conclusions are based on driving your Mustang around with only snow tires on the rear axle then understand you made the driving characteristics of your car worse and not better. If you only can afford 2 snow tires put them up front. Snow tires in the rear only allows you the advantage of moving in snowy conditions, like the FWD and the 4X4. With all these vehicles operating with summer tires the 4X4, the FWD will have an advantage in being able to move in snowy conditions, but just like your Mustang all these other vehicles only have 4 wheeled brakes. None of these vehicles are going to stop any better than the next one unless they have snow tires up front. Snow tires in the front give you an advantage in steering and stopping. By putting snow tires only on the rear, you've turned your Mustang into a projectile. You've increased your ability to go but you have done nothing to increase your ability to stop or steer. There is a myth that 4X4s are better in snow and a whole lot of people who own these vehicles are rudely awakened when they discover that once they easily start moving they cannot stop or steer any better than a 2X4 car. So instead of sliding down the street in a 4000 lb. missle they are sliding in a 6000 lb. missle.

Either put another pair of snow tires up front or rotate your snow tires to the front and it wouldn't hurt to add a few pounds over the rear axle. The only advantage to FWD is that there is added weight over the drive wheels, AKA its motor.

Tracedaddy

Damn! One can only wonder how those poor state troopers are able to make it around in those high performance Crown Vic's they drive.

Fourth Horseman

It couldn't be the driver and not the car, could it? Naaaaaah!

I've made it to work with my Marauder in conditions that had FWD and AWD cars off the road and in ditches, and that is without having snow tires. Does that mean my Marauder is better in the snow than those cars? I doubt it. Frankly, I'm a little tired of all the "My mustang sucks in the snow" threads. It's always somebody or something else that is at fault, never ourselves.

bighoodci

whos the idiot that sold you two snow tires? You must be an old schooler. Do you want to steer and brake. then get 4 of them. I have the same snow tires, $ of them and my car has been wonderful here so far.