Driving in Winter
 

Hi all,

Looking at getting a 2011 coupe and would like to hear from those who drive them in winter. I get a fair amount of snow where I am but the roads are well plowed and I grew up driving RWD so I know how to drive them. I plan on driving my 4WD Pathfinder but it has 314,000 km on it so if it dies, can the Stang handle the task with some good snows on it? Obviously, i would rather not, but I might have to. So I'm looking for feedback from those who do some real winter driving as I would love to get the coupe. Thanks. Looking forward to your comments.

Wisky

i drove my 2000 coupe in the winter for two years, it's not horrible if you know how to drive in the winter. i would recomend getting studded rears even if you get a decent ammount of snow (or at least tires that can be studded) if you have the chance, avoid driving the stang. i know my next 2010 snake wont EVER see bad weather. take care of the pathfinder and you'll do just fine :tup

Good winter/ studded tires, and add some weight in the trunk, sand bags or whatever, and youll be fine.

Never driven my Stang in the winter. Sorry I can't help.

Make sure that you get 4 winter tires, you need to turn and stop as well. Don't think that studded tires are allowed as far south as Port Perry, you will have to use conventional winter tires. 17" is the smallest wheel size that will clear the regular GT / upgrade V6 brakes.

A couple of good working, reasonably priced winter tires that are available in the 235/55R17 size for your car are the General Altimax Arctic (a copy of the Gislaved Nordfrost 3), and the Firestone Winterforce.


cheers
Ed N.

Yup - what fast Ed said, well what you read fast Ed said, it's tread, Fred. That's the thread - damn, I'll be glad when my post is dead.:P

Thanks everyone. I have good snows on my Pathfinder even though it's 4WD. Studded tires are illegal in Ontario so that's not an option :( Like I mentioned, I'm just doin the research in case my truck dies. Otherwise the Stang will be snug and warm inside. I had a 69 Camaro 350/300 SS/RS with posi that I only drove one winter and it wasn't too bad, then stored it and got a winter beater to save the body. Thanks for the replies!

Snows and like someone mentioned I would get my car sprayed as salt is used by the tonne in Ontario. Even with the car sprayed I would wash the vehicle on a regular basis. A light foot and countersteering work great on rear drivers and now and again it is fun hanging the rear end out. I can not atest to a Mustang in the snow but I did drive a 82 GP and never had problems on a whole.