3rdgenUAW

Im in appleton, but drive to berlin for work! we are moving in the spring so my drive isnt so nuts, and the blizzaks are the new ws70, 235/55/17, on the stock 06 alloys. A new update, I took them up to 100mph today passing a semi and they were rock solid, as the temps drop, at least on dry pavement they are getting better! also it seems traffic likes to hang around 80mph on the freeway and the car feels nice and solid not squirmy at that speed.

jw2010

That sounds better than my 1st gen Blizzaks--they got a little soft and squirrely above 65 or so. Of course, they were also a -1, 215-65R15's, down from the stock 16's. Low-profile snows were hard to find then. Hang on for tonight and tomorrow--more snow coming. And of course 36 hours from now I'm on a plane northbound--74 in TX today, projected 4 in WI Sunday!!

JW

pdonket

I'm considering picking up a pair of either blizzaks or x-ice tires for my stang, down here in Illinois we have about 8 inches on the ground and it seems like the snow plows are absent lol.

I was having some tire spinning on my way to drop a friend off and decided that I should learn how to control it a little more, went out to an empty round near here and tried to cut my tires loose to learn to play with the car a little better. The stock pirellis aren't half bad considering how bad these conditions are, but I can't help but wonder how much better some winter tires would feel.

mbyers

I bought Blizzak LM-60. Haven't had snow yet, but on dry and slightly wet roads they have been very good. Opted for those over the WS-60 because of the "softness" I had read about and the wear isn't as good and some said wet was not good.

wingless

Remember that the traction control burns up the rear brakes when driving in slippery conditions.

It is very easy to go through rear brakes in no time flat from using the traction control and the stability control.

3rdgenUAW

wingless, I did not know that about the brakes? I was under the impression that the power is cut and allows for more traction to be gained by applying less torque? I have read in depth about the system and that is what I came away with.

I wanted to update on my experience with the snows and the mustang with this last blizzard we had here in wisconsin. we received about 12 to 18 inches (depending on location) of snow and did have to drive through the worse of it to get to and from work. The traction control works great in combination with snows and some weight. The technique I learned to use was to basically drive normal, allow the wheels to begin to slip and let the electronics do their thing. I was able to get around and seemingly have more traction than a large percentage of the vehicles that were out in the weather. If anyone has specific questions let me know.

wingless

According to the FSM, the power and the rear brakes are modulated to traction control and for stability control.

My last vehicle also had these systems. It was a New England vehicle w/ Blizzak tires and appropriate driving.

My experience was shorter rear pad life.

I got 85K miles on the rear and 110K miles on the front.

Many owners got under 10K miles on the rear using wrong tires and poor driving.

HazardSports

I've driven my Mustang in the snow many times but I don't think she is going anywhere today ! Here is a quick 1min video clip or how deep she sits in the blizzard snow (NJ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHgB2_u049I