[JBIGBOOTSY]

"Not now Chief, I'm in the fucking zone."

[TheUNZippee!]

That's deep.

[terribleonexx88]

i needa get some chains for my tires. i dont have a garage and the stang is my only transportation so im gonna drive realy slow to stay out of a ditch.

[nolife]

Originally Posted by terribleonexx88 i needa get some chains for my tires. i dont have a garage and the stang is my only transportation so im gonna drive realy slow to stay out of a ditch.

One thing I hated about driving my Mustang in the snow is the traction-lok. In theory both tires with traction would seem to be a benefit but both spinning even at extremely low speed put the rear-end in a slide that follows the angle of the road. If you really are going to drive your stang in the snow, get some 15 inch 10 holes off craigslist and some skinny winter tiers for them (185 to 205 maybe). It may look funny but so would your car sitting in a ditch all banged up.

I don't know if your joking or not about the chains but I have them (the cable type) for my three cars that aren't Mustangs. They cost about $30 for a set at some Wal-marts and I leave them in the trunk. They only take about 10 minutes to put on and they work great if you don't mind a little rumble and staying under about 30 mph. I live in an area that is not worth putting on snow tires and occasionally travel to areas that get more snow so even using them only one time will get my $30 worth out of them.
I also carry a toe strap but one thing I noticed about GT (and maybe even an LX) is they do not have those toe points or hooks to attach a strap if needed.

[Speedstang302]

Originally Posted by terribleonexx88 i needa get some chains for my tires. i dont have a garage and the stang is my only transportation so im gonna drive realy slow to stay out of a ditch.

i know what you mean man..i live down on the cape..and i have a 94 f250 4x4 thats my winter car luckly...but i wouldnt let mine touch the snow..thats why im going to do what zip. did in his 1st post w/ picture..

also the cape just got nailed by a storm, did you get it? some sn95 around here was driving an went off into a ditch last night about 5mins away from me..let you know(for all the non-mass people) this storm delivered 70-90mph wind and 11" inches of rain...rain in massachusetts in november?

[JBIGBOOTSY]

thats like a hurricane, literally.

[Speedstang302]

Originally Posted by JBIGBOOTSY thats like a hurricane, literally.

technically they didnt even call it one..wasnt even a warning on the cape for one..just a mild storm like 20-25mph winds and like 1-2 inches of rain..and we got....not that

[TheUNZippee!]

Throw a few bags of sand in the trunk, too, terribleone, that will help.

[Iwannagofast]

well i live in arkansas so we usually get one snow a year maybe that might be 3 inches.......thats when i break out the tacoma 4x4 and have a lil fun.....drifting in 4 wheel drive in the snow is awesome

[sloppyjosey]

mine is parked till spring, a lil too soon in the year but hopefully ill have it runnin sooner

[bcnsucks]

why do skinier tires work better?,i have to drive mine through the winter and i was thinkin of gettin 225 or 235's so they dont look redick. im even lookin at like 245/70/16's from an suv. theyre gonna have to stay on for like 4-5 months. other than snow chains/wires and sandbags u guys got any other ideas for me? its my first winter in a stang and i have to do alotta drivin

[Drick]

Because there is not as much rubber on the ground so they wont have more surface area to slip on

[nolife]

Originally Posted by 8t6gt Because there is not as much rubber on the ground so they wont have more surface area to slip on

Yes, like he said. A skinner tire will be able to "push" down into the snow and get to bite because you are concentrating the weight of your car into a smaller area. This is why chains are so effective, they provide a small concentrated area that can dig down in the snow. Wider tires will ride on top of the snow or tend to plow through the snow, kind of like if you were wearing snow shoes to keep you from sinking down in.

What about a spare set of tires for when you know it is going to snow? Either way, a wide winter tire is not as good as a narrow winter tire but both are way better then an all season tire of the same size.

[bcnsucks]

k thanks for the advice guys, the way i look at it i might as well give my nice cobra's the winter off and throw the stock GT rims back on so they take any salt/sand damage. i already have new BFG Traction T/A's on 2 and 2 baloney skins im gonna burn off and replace with snow tires for the shitty NE winter im not lookin foward too