Driving in winter

[JimC]

The stock Pirelli are terrible tires and will slip. I never liked them on my Mustangs. I was reluctant to put the Pirelli snow tires on but that was all they could get for me without a long wait. They aren't bad, but the Blizzak is a better tire.

Even the summer Pirelli are terrible tires with little grip and wear quick. I was glad to get those off and put some Michelin summer tires on.

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[Austin1992]

I’ve only ever parked my car once due to snow and it was because the plows made it so high at the end of my driveway I was afraid of ripping the chin spoiler off. I run Michelin alpin 5’s 265/40 19 and they’ve been great. I feel better in my car than my gf’s awd Durango in the snow and mine is a base model without the fancy drive modes. I just wash it regularly when they start laying salt.

 

[Shawn2018GT]

My Blizzaks are EXCELLENT. Long lasting and TONS of grip. I will be driving nothing else now

 

[Gregdd]

Also, does snow mode really works?

It does. I drove in snow and ice 2x with my factory michlen summer ps4's. It was not fun, but i did not wreck. I have an older 03 gt that only has traction control. Its not even close to the same.

 

[rwp50]

My Blizzaks are EXCELLENT. Long lasting and TONS of grip. I will be driving nothing else now

Yes, excellent! You are right, good endurance.

 

[MexicanFiestaST]

I live in SE MI, drive the car year round. Get good snow tires, and have fun. Snow mode helps, but sometimes I leave it in Normal or sometimes even Sport and challenge myself(I have the six speed, so snow mode only affects the throttle map, which reduces torque demand for a given pedal position). Stay within your skill set, pay attention, and treat everyone else like they're idiots(obviously, that last bit applies no matter what car you drive). If you can afford it, get a snow tires/wheel package, so you don't have to change tires on the same rims.

 

[dottle]

I've never had a problem driving RWD performance cars all winter, and last winter with the Mustang on the stock all-season tires was just fine. I don't tend to take my car when there's a bunch of uncleared snow on the roads, but for day-to-day use, it's just fine.

 

[northstar]

Blizzak WS80s + 150 lbs of sand bags in trunk.. daily drove this one for 6 years. Absolute champ! Snow plows a bit if there's 5in+ on the road, but that's rare up here even.

 

[Fury_Sauce]

Drove a 2015, 2017 and 2018 throughout the years in Canada - Winter tires required, if you have the snow/wet toggle mode it helps tremendously.

the car is fantastic in snow, the traction system and ABS are doing a wonderful job. The culprit here that people stigmatizes the RWD is when you are on a pile of snow and slush and stopped completely, it will be difficult getting out but you just need to turn off traction control to get out.

on a AWD, you have the front or rear to counter balance that and lift you off slightly but you can still get stuck unless you also disable traction for that moment.

Unfortunately one negative aspect of driving a sport car in winter is the aerodynamics and ice/snow build up in the front grill or lower splitter, you need to keep those clean or they will make your car shake heavily on highway.

 

[Johnnybee]

Also, does snow mode really works?

I have Nokian R3 rubber in 235/55-17 on the standard rims. Never a problem. I used the snow mode occasionally but found I didn’t need it, likely because I learned to drive in the late 70s on behemoth rear drive American iron.

 

[Fury_Sauce]

I have Nokian R3 rubber in 235/55-17 on the standard rims. Never a problem. I used the snow mode occasionally but found I didn’t need it, likely because I learned to drive in the late 70s on behemoth rear drive American iron.

Nokians tires are God tier for winter, glues down crazy but they are hella expensive. That is how you can tell if the tires are good, you no longer need the snow toggle mode haha

 

[Dana Pants]

As a lifetime consumer of snow tires. I have to say that Nokian tires are way more cost effective than Blizzaks and do the job just as well. With studs, better. The blizzaks wear so fast it hurts.

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