How well do these Stangs handle snow?

[gsxr1300]

Blizzaks in wet/snow mode is amazing!

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[The Great Gazoo]

Front wheel drive cars suck. They are cheaper to build and they told the women they are better for traction. When the tires are spinning you can't steer turn the car. I'll take a rear wheel drive car any day over front drive. Mustangs have positraction and you need aggressive winter tires. And you can turn the car with the steering wheel and the throttle. All season tires ain't worth shit.
Studded winter tires is the way to go.

You have a GM differential in your car?

 

[Starman]

I have the 20" factory rims and tires and went out a little bit in the icy weather we had near the end of it when a lot had melted, Ill never do it again. I'll stick to the much safer (contrary to a previous persons ridiculous statement) of my 110 HP Honda Civic LX in those conditions. The Mustang GT has no place being out in that. My brother though he could in his last generation 333 hp BMW M3 and bent a front rim on a curb.

I could see it being better with winter tires but I still wouldn't, like I want all the gravel on the road denting up my front end.

Mustang GT as a garage queen FTW.

 

[Noobtastic14]

No, I drove my 13 GT on factory Ps in 6+ inches of snow with no issues. Don't drive like an idiot and you will be fine. It's a car, just because it's a Mustang doesn't make it bad in snow. RWD is actually better than FWD in snow. Trust me, I lived in Updtate NY for 6 years.

What? RWD is great as long as you have traction- as soon as you start spinning your options collapse to almost nothing. With a FWD car in the snow you can alternate forward/reverse/left/right to move the front end around and look for traction.
-Drew

 

[espennor]

The car work great in the winter. I use Nokian R2 245/45 19R. - 15 celsius = 5 farenheit, no issues!

 

[doulos4jc]

Chains? On a Muatang?? No, no, please no! :doh: For an occasional trip from LA to the mountains??? Just rent a SUV and be done with it.

 

[GNS]

You're much better off renting some FWD or AWD car for a day, don't be surprised if you wreck your RWD car with no experience driving it in the white stuff.

 

[RevvdMedia]

We have had snow since November up here, I haven't had any real issues. The only time the car seems to struggle is that chunky deep-ish snow that's been chewed up by other cars. A couple times I had to turn off the TCS to continue accelerating (it would accelerate, but god-awfully slow), sometimes a little tirespin is good.

I will say, this car is quite decent in snow - when equipped with proper tires. I am on Nokian Hakka R2's and you can feel the grip the tires give. Times wouldn't be this good on all seasons, and I can tell.

Another little quibble is sometimes when you leave a light, the car has a tendency for the back end to swing (usually to the right), probably just following the crown of the road. Not a big deal, and easy to handle, but it probably looks pretty stupid.

I wouldn't suggest an inexperienced driver using a Mustang in winter. I have lots of snow experience and a strong understanding of vehicular physics. I could see this kind of car getting someone in trouble in winter, especially if they are brave enough to turn off TCS/Stability control, etc.

 

[CM581978]

Don't drive like Mario Andretti and you will be fine. I drove 5 years in the snow in my Shelby GT with 4:10 gears and lived.

 

[El_Centenario]

You're much better off renting some FWD or AWD car for a day, don't be surprised if you wreck your RWD car with no experience driving it in the white stuff.

Yeah, what he said said ^^^^

Another thing to consider is the time its going to take to clean the car from all the road grime when it snows. In my local mountains CalTrans drops some kind of a red gravel on the road to melt the snow. And let me tell you, that crap gets everywhere and it somehow gets caked on the exhaust tips making it hard to remove and scratches the finish really bad. Ask me how I know :doh:. I personally wouldn't do it again, plus the risk of getting front end damage / chips from the car in front of you kicking up gravel is just not worth it. Borrow a truck or go with someone that has one.

 

[matteos]

Chains? On a Muatang?? No, no, please no! :doh: For an occasional trip from LA to the mountains??? Just rent a SUV and be done with it.

Why not? will they damage the car?

 

[Old 5 Oh]

Why not? will they damage the car?

Ford has long stated in the owner's manual that chains are not to be used on the Mustang GT. That goes back to the Foxes. That said, I can't tell you for sure the prohibition still applies to the S550 generation; I haven't read the book! I have cable chains for my car (18" all-season, which are the narrowest of the available tires.) I bought them because California Highway Patrol was supposedly going to be requiring chains over the SIerras on Thanksgiving weekend in 2014, when my car was brand new. We were in Idaho and needed to be sure of getting home. I was very happy to not have to use them that day.

 

[73MachI]

The compound used in summer tires is not intended to be used in cold temperatures; it becomes hard and provides drastically reduced traction for acceleration, steering, AND stopping. Also, the tread design is less efficient at shedding snow from the tire. (And, depending upon the compound formulation, it may actually crack from the low temperatures.)

You may also be at some legal disadvantage in the event of a collision if you are using improper tires.

I wouldn't recommend taking your summer tires into snow in the mountains. Personally, I would just rent a car.

 

[R3v]

Buy proper winter tires if you are serious about snow. I have Michelin Pilot Alpin PA4.

Obviously, you can spin them if you really want to (as basically all the winter tires) but if you are driving like a normal human being you should be fine.

 

[Chameleon]

Proper tires you will be ok. The real bitch is black ice, once you hit that it's over.

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