Winter Has Arrived — Mustang Sleeping!

[Mojo9691]

I drove the Yellow 2015 year round but the 2022 GT/CS will be put away once the snow flies.

Unless it cannot be avoided...

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[Sycostang67]

I don’t mind driving the 15 in the cold, but not in the snow. Too many people in my area now experiencing snow for the first time and don’t know how to drive in it. I have about 18” behind the stands now so I doubt I could get out of the garage if I wanted to. The ole 2nd gen Cummins gets me around when the snow piles up. I did go out and fire up both mustangs the other day just for fun.

 

[Applied Carbon]

If it has heated seats it's a winter beater as far as i'm concerned. Just leave traction control off and let Jesus guide you.

 

[SL8888]

If it has heated seats it's a winter beater as far as i'm concerned. Just leave traction control off and let Jesus guide you.

Way to many dummies out there on the road in the winter to drive that nice car in the winter,
IMO......

 

[EFI]

let Jesus guide you.

...into a ditch.

All kidding aside, with good tires and some common sense there's no reason why the car can't be a mild-medium snowstorm daily driver. I've driven performance RWD cars in up to 4-6" of snow and blasted through no issues.

What annoys me with this though is all the rust that goes on under the car. If you don't plan on ever working on it, or you know you'll sell in a few years that's no issue. But maintaining and modding a winter driven car is a pain in the butt.

 

[Joshinator99]

Yeah, ours is tucked away along with the Camaro for the winter. The AMG will only see limited winter duty at most…Expedition gets the crap end of the stick.

 

[Hack]

Way to many dummies out there on the road in the winter to drive that nice car in the winter,
IMO......

That logic makes sense, but I have trouble driving something terrible 3 or 4 months of the year.

...into a ditch.

All kidding aside, with good tires and some common sense there's no reason why the car can't be a mild-medium snowstorm daily driver. I've driven performance RWD cars in up to 4-6" of snow and blasted through no issues.

What annoys me with this though is all the rust that goes on under the car. If you don't plan on ever working on it, or you know you'll sell in a few years that's no issue. But maintaining and modding a winter driven car is a pain in the butt.

I agree. It's better to leave it stock if winter/daily driving is the purpose of the car.

The great thing about driving a Mustang through the winter is that they are cheaper than a decent SUV or pickup. Well, up to the last couple years they were a lot cheaper anyway. Now they aren't as great of a deal as they used to be.

 

[OldPhart]

Hi - If you can’t have all-wheel drive or 4-wheel drive, then reportedly front wheel drive is better than rear wheel drive in the snow. Since that’s not an option for Mustang owners, keep the drive mode in wet or snow as you will get slower acceleration and less tire spin. The newer 6-speed manuals allow for easy taking off in 2nd gear. Good judgement and common sense are critical for winter driving. Take it from an 82 year old guy who has lived in the upper half of NYS his whole life - at least so far… Bruce

 

[gone_n_60]

It was beautiful here the past few days at 8,500 feet in the Colorado Rockies. Today is another story;
—Snow coming down hard and about 4” now.
—Fire in wood stove.
—Mustang in hibernation for three months or so.
—My 2022 Ecoboost Coastal Limited Convertible now has 25,600 miles. Have had it 14 months now and it hibernates for 3-4 months of winter. Still no issues, runs great, and is so much fun cruising backroads with little traffic!

That's a nice cover, whose is it? I got one for seemed nice but a bit bulky.

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

It looks like the Ford cover, but unlabeled. I think the Ford covers are made by covercraft.

 

[MAGS1]

It looks like the Ford cover, but unlabeled. I think the Ford covers are made by covercraft.

I believe you’re correct that Covercraft makes the covers for Ford. They also sell plain covers with no logos on their site

 

[Wingnutzz]

It is the:
Mustang Indoor Car Cover Ultraguard Stretch Satin

That's a nice cover, whose is it? I got one for seemed nice but a bit bulky.

 

[Juggernaut]

My snowmobile on snow/ice tires. We also have an expy max platy on bfg ko2s but I just like driving the mach

 

[Juggernaut]

Workhorse

 

[skinnyb]

Mine is sleeping too. Got a Noah style cover for mine from the Ford site using my Fordpass points. Come on spring, I am missing driving my Pony badly...

My view out my garage door this week, highly unusual for East TN, have woken up to negative temps more than once this past week :( And I went out once in my daily and came back before this pic was taken. All total about 10 inches, we usually don't get that kind of weather here.

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