Interesting winter driving experience

[SpaceEVDriver]

We got our first large snow/ice storm of the year last night. I was out at a friend's place when it started but didn't head home until snow had fallen, melted, re-frozen, and was re-covered with more snow. During the drive home (about 10 miles), the car performed perfectly up and down hills and in traffic. I have the stock tires still, with 30,000 miles on it.

As I approached a particular intersection that is on a hill (I was facing downhill) and that has a weird dip that can cause loss of traction even when the road is dry, I prepared to stop earlier than I normally do. However, even with that early preparation to stop, I felt that I might end up sliding into the intersection.

Instead, the traction control took over in a way I don't fully understand (yet--I'm hoping to take it to an empty, icy parking lot to play with it), and the car stopped about five meters sooner than I expected, with no yaw and no sliding.

Today I took the 4WD Tacoma with snow tires out and it behaved with a lot less composure. I know I can take the Tacoma anywhere and will have no issues getting home, especially with the winter tires (3-Peak rating, no studs). But I'll choose the Mustang for icy roads every chance I get.

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[azerik]

I only ended up with about 6 inches of snow, but if I head up there next week I probably won't try my MME for the first time
I have recently been finding a lot of those off camber turns with drainage dips. About threw my wife and kid into the front seat when the car took over from 1PD.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I only ended up with about 6 inches of snow, but if I head up there next week I probably won't try my MME for the first time
I have recently been finding a lot of those off camber turns with drainage dips. About threw my wife and kid into the front seat when the car took over from 1PD.

We got a few inches less than your area, but we might have seen more melting and refreezing. Either way, as you know, we drove quite a lot (including road trips down south and all the way to CA) last winter with a lot more snow/ice and never had an issue with the Mustang. But I'm a huge fan of adventures, so I personally wouldn't hesitate to do a thing that I couldn't recommend to someone else...

 

[JonG]

It's weird to read these posts about snow and ice from people in Arizona. I'm in Rochester NY, where we have had no snow at all and expect to miss the upcoming "big storm in the Northeast".

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

It's weird to read these posts about snow and ice from people in Arizona. I'm in Rochester NY, where we have had no snow at all and expect to miss the upcoming "big storm in the Northeast".

This year seems much more typical than last year (when we got >163 inches), but yeah, we get snow. Our average (between 90 and 100 inches a year) is a bit lower than yours, but not all that much. The main difference, I think, is that our snow goes away pretty quickly. We may get a lot of snow, but we're still in the desert and at very high elevation, so sublimation and melting happens quickly...

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