Assuming you are driving a 2005 Mustang GT, 4.6L which has approximately 300 horsepower and a 5 speed manual transmission.
A Mustang GT as above, even with snow tires is about the worst car I can imagine driving in snow or ice. The rear end is way too light and fishtails easily, traction is terrible, and you are risking a nice car to get slammed up. For Ontario with lots of snow, I would garage the Mustang and drive something else. If you don't have anything else to drive, go extra SLOW!!!
I know how to drive in the snow
Based on my experience, this means you actually don't know how to drive in snow. Anyone who believes they "know" generally is full of it. >_> Not saying that is 100% true of you, just that I wouldn't risk my life in your hands on a snowy day.
And, I've come to the point in my life, I just pay people to do car work for me.
I know how.
<- 5 years driving emergency vehicles in northern NH.
I think it's more accurate to say those who say they don't need snow tires and their all seasons do awesome in snow are more likely to be less than stellar than those rocking snow tires once it gets cold out.
My 'winter tires' went on today, though its really just another set of rims with less bald tires on them.
My hubs are rusted as hell... was hard to get one of the rims off Not a huge fan of my crappy sears discount car jack either.
snow?
I hate it so much I have the tire shop do it and store the tires there and pay the $25 fee per season for storage
This is my first time dealing with a car that has summer tires on it. It doesn't usually get that cold in Alabama, but it certainly does get below 40F often enough, and it might even snow a time or two! So, I'm assuming that I probably ought to get more cold weather-oriented tires? Although, which kind would be better? It looks like I can spend far less if I go with higher performance all-season tires, which seem like the sort of thing that's designed for around here where it rarely snows.
You could get 'em installed on a dedicated set of winter wheels.Sure 2 cars x 4 a year is $100
Instead of my loading grubby tires from my storage shed into my clean cars to have them installed and balanced I couldn't say no
Based on my experience, this means you actually don't know how to drive in snow. Anyone who believes they "know" generally is full of it. >_> Not saying that is 100% true of you, just that I wouldn't risk my life in your hands on a snowy day.