2015 GT in the Snow???

[cush]

These are Continental DW summer tires BTW. I saw more AWD cars and SUV's crashed into curbs and ditches than RWD sporty cars. What that likely means is people weren't stupid enough to be driving cars like these in the snow(I know I am!), but that also meant those people felt their AWD made them impervious to the laws of physics. Regardless of what you are driving, you have to learn how to drive in the snow before you can actually handle it. Sure a RWD car is more likely to get stuck in the snow over which you have little control. But going too fast in even an AWD car will still lead to something bad. Take your time, get snow tires if you must drive, or better yet just stay home until the roads are clear.

You are absolutely correct about proper driving technique in the snow! 4WD will usually get you going in most cases but you still have to stop and steer, and if you're driving to fast in snowy or slick conditions it doesn't matter what your driving...

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[Dary]

Just wanted to share a few pics of my snow rider lol. Some people were saying stuff like "are you crazy driving this car in this weather!!" and I'm like hmmm this is my daily car and have school and stuff to do :shrug: Thankfully I survived so far. It's all about driving habits and common sense!

Third pic: I learned not to park in a sloped driveway if there is snow on it. I noticed the car, after a few horse, slid almost reaching the street! lol.

Some pics were taken in Kansas and some in Indiana..

 

[Patrick S]

Thanks Sasuketr. Living in the Omaha area and using the Mustang as a DD, I was very interested if the wet/snow mode had any real effect or was a gimmick. Very promising.

Complete lack of snow this winter would be great by me. but, in the event that there is snow, i have a Chevy Avalanche that i drive. Elvira will be safe and warm in the garage.

Mike - I am going to be at DJs Dugout for the Husker game on Cornhusker tomorrow - My car will be out front if you want to stop by and see it!

 

[Mike G]

Complete lack of snow this winter would be great by me. but, in the event that there is snow, i have a Chevy Avalanche that i drive. Elvira will be safe and warm in the garage.

Mike - I am going to be at DJs Dugout for the Husker game on Cornhusker tomorrow - My car will be out front if you want to stop by and see it!

Thanks Patrick. NU-Purdue won't keep me tied to my tv, so I'll probably stop by after the first half. I'd like to see the 50th AP up close.
Blizzaks work well with my current car, but an effective wet/snow mode would just make it that little bit easier to get around when the white stuff hits.

 

[tsunami]

Be careful of All-Season tires if you try to drive on ice-snow covered roads. The only trouble I have ever gotten into using All-Seasons was when I transitioned from snow covered to ice covered. In both cases the car did a full 360! There was no lateral grip at all. Using snow tires on the rear seems to give my 2010 considerable resistance against the rear tires sliding side ways. The car may fishtail but it never has completely broken away.

 

[Grandfunk]

Not sure if it has been mentioned but adding a couple hundred pounds in the trunk makes a pretty big difference I've found. Pretty standard practice for truck owners around here.
Sand bags are the normal method but I use old weight plates to avoid cleanup.

 

[RoryTate]

Not sure if it has been mentioned but adding a couple hundred pounds in the trunk makes a pretty big difference I've found. Pretty standard practice for truck owners around here.
Sand bags are the normal method but I use old weight plates to avoid cleanup.

The idea is to go 50/50 weight distribution front and rear. More weight is required for pickup trucks because their weight distribution is much worse than a passenger car's. Put too much weight in the rear and the front end doesn't have enough weight to do silly things like make it around corners.

 

[cush]

No siping = no grip. All-seasons are basically 'dry winter' and yard driving speed only in the real crap. In fact, it's almost a little con artist thing on Craigslist... you see people put up winters on Craigslist with 'great tread!' but if you look closely all the snow siping is already gone - sure there's a lot of DOT tread underneath that but the tire is basically worthless for snow driving. The unfortunate reality is that snow tires are really only effective for a few seasons at most despite manufacturer claims or tread wear ratings because they do not rate siping depth. But even still, it's always been worth the investment to me to junk winter tires after 12K-20K rather than total my car or waste hours and hours going 20 mph on the freeway with no confidence.

In case your interested, some tire shops offer a siping service if you still have enough tread.

 

[mustangirl]

We had some snow this morning in Chicago it was crazy, I still have the summer tires on and tried the snow/wet mode for the first time. The Blizzak LM32's are on the way and ordered by the way. Anyways the snow mode works amazing, it adjusted the throttle response and even though i push it down the car didn't accelerate like crazy. I m loving this car, they sure did a great job and made a DD 4 season fun ride. Hats off to Ford.

Great to hear, I am in the Chicagoland area, too! I've typically run on Continental Extreme DWS, but I am going to do a little more looking around. Not necessarily interested in getting snow tires, as it does not snow everyday. Heck sometimes it snows is June here lol

 

[CrazyOkie]

The only time I had the most trouble was on ice (I was using all-season tires) while going up a hill.

This is my concern with buying a '15 Mustang. I've got to go up to get out of my driveway. Any other area I'd be driving I'd have few concerns because the roads are typically kept in pretty good conditions and I consider myself a decent driver on snow/ice.

So, does anyone have any experience with a new Mustang (or even an 05-14) in relation to going up a hill to get out of a driveway? Do 'winter' tires really help that much?

 

[kz]

This is my concern with buying a '15 Mustang. I've got to go up to get out of my driveway. Any other area I'd be driving I'd have few concerns because the roads are typically kept in pretty good conditions and I consider myself a decent driver on snow/ice.

So, does anyone have any experience with a new Mustang (or even an 05-14) in relation to going up a hill to get out of a driveway? Do 'winter' tires really help that much?

On snow they make a _lot_ of difference. On ice - no tire will help...

 

[Mr Monte]

We put chains on our 2006 Mustang and it had no issues getting around.

 

[CrazyOkie]

We put chains on our 2006 Mustang and it had no issues getting around.

Which is great except that
1) with chains you can't go very fast (not that you would want to)
2) in some states chains are forbidden unless conditions are really bad, because of the damage they can do to the road

 

[CrazyOkie]

On snow they make a _lot_ of difference. On ice - no tire will help...

True, on ice it really wouldn't matter short of chains/studs. In the winter time around Pittsburgh I love to watch all the crazy idiots who think AWD = traction all the time. One little ice patch really ruins their day

 

[Dawg]

I'm a little late to this thread, but I grew up,in Chicago and drove rear wheel cars exclusively while living in Chicago. I gradually migrated out of the city into the suburbs and in 1983 bought my first ever front drive car. A 1983 Datsun/Nissan Sentra Diesel. Four speed manual and skinny tires. The thing was a torque monster and a snowmobile. I loved that little car. Over the years since, I've had a number of Mustangs, and I've never used any as daily drivers. I currently own a 2015 WRX and a 2015 Mustang GT Premium Vert. As heretical as it may seem, I have had the Subaru since April of 14 and all last winter and I never drove it in the snow. I'm inherently lazy and don't want to screw around with switching tires and wheels. Plus I'd rather use the storage space the extra tires and wheels take up for stacks of beer.
My winter daily driver is a Dodge Grand Caravan. The newer ones with the Fiat inspired V6 ain't half bad. We had a lot of snow last year and I got around just fine.

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