Mustang + Snow = Zero Traction
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 19
From: IL
Nothing beats a great set of snow tires.. I had to drive through a blizzard the other day in the city and the highway, my GT handled better then my girls FWD Spentra. Without the right tires I'd be all over the place or stuck! I have had to drive through 8-10inches of snow and the Nokian hakka 2s I have are a godsend... not sure if it's what you want but they are the best imo ($1200)
edit: obviously it's always good to use sound judgement with the car lol, I am still very aware or it's nature (RWD) - understand it's limits and don't push it if you aren't sure of it's capabilities in the snow.
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edit: obviously it's always good to use sound judgement with the car lol, I am still very aware or it's nature (RWD) - understand it's limits and don't push it if you aren't sure of it's capabilities in the snow.
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If you have never driven your Stang in the snow, take it to an empty snow covered parking lot (where you can't hit anything) and practice. Give it too much gas and see what happens. Put yourself into a skid and try to recover. This way you can learn the limits. Practice makes perfect!
Last edited by ninohernes; Dec 1, 2009 at 10:14 PM.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 581
From: NY (Capital Region)
Just go easy on the gas and you will be just fine. If the back end starts to swing, you are giving it too much, just let off the gas and it will go right back. I grew up in upstate New York with RWD cars, so I feel very much in control when driving my Mustang in the snow. The secret to winter driving is not the car but the driver. If you know how to handle the car and what to expect, you will be just fine. Its all the other idiots out there who don't know how to drive in the snow that concern me.
If you have never driven your Stang in the snow, take it to an empty snow covered parking lot (where you can't hit anything) and practice. Give it too much gas and see what happens. Put yourself into a skid and try to recover. This way you can learn the limits. Practice makes perfect!
If you have never driven your Stang in the snow, take it to an empty snow covered parking lot (where you can't hit anything) and practice. Give it too much gas and see what happens. Put yourself into a skid and try to recover. This way you can learn the limits. Practice makes perfect!
Get out and practice some slides in an empty lot. It'll be tons of fun and you'll learn what to expect from you car.
I know I'm in the minority here, but if I had to choose between a FWD or a RWD for the winter, I'll take RWD any day. I know what RWD does in a slide, and I'm terrified of the understeer in a FWD. I had an '89 Buick LeSabre, and when that sumbich decided it liked a straight line better than a turn, there wasn't a thing I could do about it.
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 337
From: Massachusetts
Hey Taylor
That's one smokin' hot dogsled for sloshin in the snow!
I too live in the Bay State and this will be my first winter with my 2010 GT.
Dunlop snows on OEM 18" rims I bagged on evilbay should give me a fighting chance.
I prowl I-93 North; live in Tewksbury, work in Boston.
That's one smokin' hot dogsled for sloshin in the snow!
I too live in the Bay State and this will be my first winter with my 2010 GT.
Dunlop snows on OEM 18" rims I bagged on evilbay should give me a fighting chance.
I prowl I-93 North; live in Tewksbury, work in Boston.
6th Gear Member
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,635
From: state of confusion
Note that this technique also works with RWD.
(SE Massachusetts and South Jersey experience)
Norm
