Mustang winter drivers

[JohnDoe]

I wanted to add some crazy snow pictures to this thread, but Long Island didn't get winter this year. I talked to my mom in South Carolina yesterday, and it was snowing there

I don’t think it’s over yet. Can still have big snow days til end of March

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[Joedag1]

What's up guys! Was curious to see how many people out there drive their Mustang in the winter as I do. I live in Canada and still drive mine. People think I'm nuts because it's back wheel drive... (especially the Subaru owners). Didn't want to own one and store it 4 months out of the year. Anyway, for those out there post a pic of your pony in the snow!

I do drive my GT pp1 in the winter. I have PS A/S 3+ but I would never drive it in the snow. I don’t have to. I won’t even drive it until rain washes the salt that’s left over on the road .

 

[ChaoticFury09]

Just adding mine into the thread. Also in Canada so it never stays clean unfortunately.

 

[Mavro]

Just adding mine into the thread. Also in Canada so it never stays clean unfortunately.

Still looks great. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Mavro]

Coming home from Cherokee NC today.
It's my DD so if it snows it goes.
Of course Atlanta only gets significant snow every couple of years. Hasn't been really bad for 5 or 6.

Thanks for sharing! Drive safely.

 

[Modulom4]

What's up guys! Was curious to see how many people out there drive their Mustang in the winter as I do. I live in Canada and still drive mine. People think I'm nuts because it's back wheel drive... (especially the Subaru owners). Didn't want to own one and store it 4 months out of the year. Anyway, for those out there post a pic of your pony in the snow!

Belle Voiture!!

 

[Modulom4]

Mine has never seen snow and never will while I own it. Why would you go spend 50K on a car just to drive it in the winter and let the road salt eat away at it and turn it into a rust bucket in a few years.

Here in Montreal, i've seen Porshe's, BMW, TESLA in winter that are more expensive then a Mustang with Nokia tires or Blizzak.

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

I understand all that, and I know they are using much better grades of steel now days, but I grew up in the Cleveland area and the road salt will eat away at it eventually, no matter how well it's made or whatever grade of carbon steel is used. The only hope of keeping the car rust free long term (10 + years) is to keep it away from the salt. If ford decides to make the next mustang out of 300 series stainless or aluminum then I would get a set of winter tires and just drive it year round. But for my 17 it will stay stored every winter. In about another 10 years or so, the mustangs that were DD's in and around the rust belt ( Milwaukee, Chicago, Indy, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo) will start to show signs of the dreaded cancer that all steel cars get that are daily driven in the winter.

 

[TonyTheTiger57]

I use race mode and 3rd gear when we had a sheet of ice fall from the sky. It was a piece of cake.

 

[Mavro]

Belle Voiture!!

Merci! Toi aussi!

 

[helloWorld]

When I had my 2018 Mustang GT, I had 4 Nokian Hakkapeliitta R2 tires on it, drove the car in Normal mode, and it performed above average.

You have to understand, the car is still RWD with very little weight over the tires being powered. This shows in deep snow. Turning and stopping, the car probably did way better than most of the other cars on the road with all-seasons or worse. Going above highway speeds on the highway with some light snow or slush, the car felt like it was still on dry pavement. However, even with the snow tires on, once the car got stopped in some deep snow, you're not going to get the car moving again quickly when that light turns green. Also, if it is icy out, slushy out, or deep snow, I wouldn't stop on an incline if you don't have to.

Even in this kind of snow here, once stopped, it took awhile for the car to get moving again:

 

[Grimmer]

Could be anything under there, I know... But it is a GT/CS. Snapped a shot after work. It seems the dash camera runs a little warm...

I drive it all winter with Blizzaks, but the most on road snow it has ever had to deal with was only a few inches before the plows had a chance to clear the roads.

Although it has had to sit it out a few times when the snow was deep enough that even the wife's SUV was shaving the top of the snow off.

I don't use the wet/snow mode.

 

[Crayon]

Liking the red trims.
Same here, got a sand bag in the trunk. All is good.

Thank you so much!! Nice!

 

[Mavro]

When I had my 2018 Mustang GT, I had 4 Nokian Hakkapeliitta R2 tires on it, drove the car in Normal mode, and it performed above average.

You have to understand, the car is still RWD with very little weight over the tires being powered. This shows in deep snow. Turning and stopping, the car probably did way better than most of the other cars on the road with all-seasons or worse. Going above highway speeds on the highway with some light snow or slush, the car felt like it was still on dry pavement. However, even with the snow tires on, once the car got stopped in some deep snow, you're not going to get the car moving again quickly when that light turns green. Also, if it is icy out, slushy out, or deep snow, I wouldn't stop on an incline if you don't have to.

Even in this kind of snow here, once stopped, it took awhile for the car to get moving again:

Beautiful Mustang. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Mavro]

Could be anything under there, I know... But it is a GT/CS. Snapped a shot after work. It seems the dash camera runs a little warm...

I drive it all winter with Blizzaks, but the most on road snow it has ever had to deal with was only a few inches before the plows had a chance to clear the roads.

Although it has had to sit it out a few times when the snow was deep enough that even the wife's SUV was shaving the top of the snow off.

I don't use the wet/snow mode.

Haha poor thing is covered.
Is it not worth using the snow/ wet mode? Is there much of a difference?

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