For those of you who live in the north, what do you do when it snows? If you drive another car, what is your preferred car for snow driving? If you drive the stang, what tires do you use, and what other prep is necessary? Just moved to Indiana from North Carolina, and don't know what to expect for this winter.

 

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I personally drive mine, and have since I've owned an S197. I also have yet to use anything but the stock Pirellis. Simply put, it doesn't handle too well in the snow on the stock tires, so if you aren't used to driving at all in the snowand/or would rather not risk it, get a beater car to run around in for the winter. Every year I contemplate doing so (or getting a good set of snow tires), and every year it seems like I can't pull the trigger for one reason or another.

 

I don't tempt my faith, I park my GT from November to April. My DD is a '10 XC60 AWD, the best snow car I've ever had.

 

I drive my '06 'vert all year 'round, and yes, we have snow here in Ohio. I have a set of 4 winter tires. Never had a big problem.

 

In the winter the mustang stays in the garage and I drive my 02 F150 FX4..

 

Last winter, me and my dad drove his 09 GT through the snow. It did ok. I plan on driving my 06 v6 to school every day, and we do get a nice amount of snow and ice out here in Ohio.

 

I have always driven a RWD car year round since 1983 when I was 16. I used to just get studded snow tires and put 2 sand bags in the trunk. But last year I bought a full set of Blizzak snow tires for my 04 V6, 5 speed and they are great (kept the sand bags). I put about 7k miles on them and by the way they look, I MAY get 21k miles out of them. Braking is much improved over the all-season fronts/studded rears, but I gave up a little ice traction. One thing about the studless winter Blizzak's are they have a VERY soft sidewall and don't handle that great on dry pavement, but it is worth it for the 3 months I have them on.
I think this year I will just keep the OEM Pirellis on my 05 GT and see how that works out. Should be OK with the posi rear over the non-posi 04.

 

Another Ohioan checking in here. I drive my baby all year round. For winter I have a full set of Blizzaks put on, then I wax and polish the hell out of her to keep the paint nice and start counting down the days until we no longer have to see salt on everything! If you have good tires and common sense you'll be fine.

 

As you can see, opinions are varied

One thing I forgot to mention is: if you do end up driving in the snow with your stang, drop some additional weight in the trunk. It can help with the traction back there.

 

Driven mine since I got her back in 08. No studded tires that year because of the mild winter but have bought some Nokian Hakka 2s and they are great! Very confident in the snow but of course it's RWD /high trq. so I am always aware of it's limits. We get up to 22 inches of snow, black ice, -25 degree weather.. just comes with the territory! lulz I'd honestly rather drive a truck/suv but cannot afford one. I drive my moms 09 Ford Edge AWD when things get really ugly out there.