Can my mustang do ok in the snow?

Romero#32 · 09-30-2009

Is there any way i can get my v6 to handle at least decently in the colorado snow anyone?

2oo5GT · 09-30-2009

if the roads have been cleared, i would think yes. Maybe if you put some weight in the trunk, good snow tires or chains would be even better.
I know i'm parking my Cobra in the warm garage soon.

MUSTANGPAT93 · 09-30-2009

Mustang in the snow?
Two things that dont go together
snow/mustangs
beer/fat chicks

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93 cobra
stroked and supercharged

musthavemustang · 10-01-2009

u can drive a mustang in the winter as long as you are a careful driver and have all terain tires and you dont go out if there is 6 inches of snow on the road. I drive my stang all year and I live in PA and the winters r pretty bad sometimes but on the real bad days when the roads arent cleared i take my dads truck out.

strathmustang · 10-01-2009

You should be fine as long as you avoid things like mashing the gas and speeding around corners. A good set of winter tires goes along way also.

Jwalks · 10-01-2009

I am really hoping that the mustang handles well in the winter since this will be my first year with it in the winter. At least teh winters here are failry mild, not normally getting alot of snow, and if we do I live about 5 km from work, it will be a nice walk for me

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08v6 · 10-01-2009

learn how to drift it in the snow....That How We Do It In Canada

lol........No But In All Seriousness...As Long As You Just Pay Attention And use Common Sense You Should be Fine....My GF Drove My Charger Last Winter And Our Mustang....and she was almost shaking scared to drive em in the snow...once she did she was fine...and by the end of the day doing figure 8s in a parking lot. LOL........Tell You The Truth My Opinion Is This..We All (myself included) have become so reliable on the tech of our cars that when it comes to relying on our own driving ability we get wierded out.......immagine having a 69 mach1 with a 428 in it.....would you drive that in the snow? no way! To Much Power for the snow you would Say? No Traction Control..Etc....Well Ask Yourself This.....What The Heck Did They Drive In 69? There Was No All Wheel Drive audis back then....your only choice for a winter car was the one you had or another rear wheel drive big horsepower car.....so what did they do? just drove what they had.

BRENSTANG03 · 10-01-2009

i will never drive mine in the snow ever again,did it one season and it was not fun

07and99pony · 10-01-2009

I just love driving my car on the snow and ice! I think my 20's made it even worse. I usually go through at least 1 new front bumper every winter...... ( its just too much fun to go spinning round and round and round) but if you live in a heavily populated area I probably wouldn't try it, there are a lot of dangers involved!

Mlong54 · 10-02-2009

My daughter dives her 2006 in the snow in Michigan. Mine stays in the garage with a cover on it. Cousre mine doesn't go out in the rain ether

BullMeister · 10-02-2009

I'm over here in the Western side of the state and drive mine over Vail, Red Mountain, Molas, Coalbank, Monarch and Douglas passes several times each winter.

1. Put studded tires on all 4 wheels. Do a bit of research and get tires with a lot of studs and siping. The number of studs per tire varies a lot between different tires and manufacturers. Don't let the shop sipe your studded tires with their machine. Get a set of tires that already has it from the manufacturer.

2. Keep the stock tune or the lowest, weeniest tune you can get in your vehicle during the winter. I run the Bamachips 91 race tune in the summer but I drop down to the 87 performance tune during the winter to remove as much torque as I can and make the auto tranny shift as smooth as possible (without removing my CAI).

3. Put a gallon jug of kitty litter in your trunk in case you stop and can't get moving again. It works as good as sand and isn't near as messy to store.

4. Drive with a light foot. It's easy to break the tires loose and being a rear wheel drive car it's that much worse. If you break the rear end loose, your Mustang has a hard time knowing that the pointy end with the headlights is supposed to face front.

KRE2PASS · 10-02-2009

3 45LB. SAND TUBES IN THE TRUNK AND BLIZZACK'S ALL AROUND

OH YEA DON'T FORGET THE KITTY LITTER

johnnshepherd · 10-02-2009

snow tires would help. I've driven a 350z and my V6 on icey roads and the Mustang WAAAAY outperforms the Z. I nearly wrecked that damn import.

**pcfrisch** · 10-02-2009

Along with the kitty litter or sand, I always kept a small campers shovel in the back just in case. Also put some weight in the back.

rocketeer1 · 10-02-2009

I have an '07 pony package model and last winter was my first with my Mustang. I only got stuck one time and that was in my own driveway (the snow plow stacked a big snow pile up at the end of the driveway and I backed out of the garage and right into it).

I agree with those that say get at least all season tires. I've got those and made it through the winter in Illinois fine. The traction control probably helped out too.

Everyone razzed me for owning a Mustang in Illinois winter saying that I'd regret it but really I think they are just jealous.