cterie said:
I was just wondering how many of you drive your stangs in the winter. I put mine up for the winter and drive my girlfriends 2000 eclipse but man I couldnt imagine driveing them in the winter. Is it dificult? What kind of tires do you put on, and is it a deathtrap or do people just exagerate a lot.
Last winter, we had about 3 ft. of snow up here in Mass., I was driving around with my 2000 GT on 50% good summer performance tires.
It was not really a pleasure, especially since you have to plan a lot more ahead:
If you see a car slowing down about200 yards in front of you you want to slow down as fast as possible.
A set of lights (going up hill) being red requires a good timing to make it throu without loosing speed - you know that you can not take off any more when you com to a halt.
Driving downhill in 2nd gear, very easy on the brakes - there goes the a$$ end, my car gets faster and a turn is ahead -> I've been in more comfortable situations. (thinking about a hot summer day, on the beach, with a margeritha in my hand, while next to me is a bikini or wet t-shirt comtest...)
The key is:
Do not underestimate G-forces!!! What I want to say is that you can easily go 100 mph on ice as long as you don't have to slow down or take a turn. At a constant speed without changing direction NO forces apply on the car. Just make sure that you have enough street ahead to slow down to 10 mph for the next turn. As long as you don't feel any forces on your body, your car does not create a force to the ground which could make a car loose its traction.
The other thing is to "read" the road. A road is telling you a lot more than what you think. For example if you see that you will hit a little snow with your right tires but not with your left ones, this can happen when there are some drifts on the street, you should be prepared to slightly turn your steering to the left to compensate for the drag to the right side.
IMHO:
Mustags are DEFINITELY NOT intended to drive in the snow. How ever if you are a very skilled driver, and you have a set of narrow snow tires, you can easily make it through the winter.
DRIVE SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY - IT IS BETTER TO HIT A TREE DOING 10 MPH THAN DOING 50 MPH.:eyepoppin