Mustang gt in snow?

LMFAO, damn the tire companies are gonna hate this global warming phase...

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My Name Is Nobody
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Um, so does that mean you had nearly 3 feet of sneaux from the front door to the street??? I just can't even begin to fathom that.

Reply to
WindsorFox

Well, I'd have to see it to believe it. My '93 5.0 won't go up my driveway without breaking sideway in light snow. Been driving them since '86 and I would never take one out in the snow. Up here in Calgary, we have snow that my severely modded Bronco in 4WD can't find grip. Maybe you guys just think you get snow...?

Brad

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BradandBrooks

You call 30" a storm?

Feb.6, 1978 -- I left work (Maynard, MA) at noon, for the 45 minute drive home to Foxboro, MA. It was barely snowing when I fired up my '77 Mustang. By the time I hit Rt.128, it was snowing for real, but 4th gear was still OK. When I switched from Rt.128 to Rt.1, 3rd gear was barely useful; on Rt.1 and Rt.95, 2nd gear was the best choice; on the snow-choked streets of Foxboro, 1st gear was the only way to force the Mustang to plow through the snow. I finally left the Mustang on a street that was blocked by a headlight-high snowdrift, and walked the rest of the (short) way home. My 45 minute drive had taken over 7 hours, and I was one of the lucky ones; my neighbor (and many others) slept in his car on Rt.128.

My honest estimate was 42" of snow in my front yard, based on an average of several kinda random measurements; there was a lot of wind and a lot of drifting. Other south-shore towns reported up to 54"; incredible, but see

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for more info) And yes, I'm a believer -- in snow tires. Snow tires don't help when the snow is measured in feet, but they sure do matter with a few inches.

Reply to
Bob Willard

Yes, that's what that means. We spent the day shovelling out the alleyway behind the houses, about 100' to the street. 3,000 cubic feet of snow.

But, as Bob Willard and others will testify, 30" ain't nothin'.

:()

Reply to
dwight

OMG. Now I see why people spend so much on gas powered sneaux blowers.

Reply to
WindsorFox

I was always a shovel guy, myself. The man we bought this house from was moving down to Florida, so he left his snowthrower behind. I've used it exactly twice in two years. My new driveway is MUCH bigger than the apron I used to park on...

Six inches or less, though, I'm shovelling. It does a much better job. And six inches around these parts is considered a major snowfall.

I remember reading about 10 to 12 FEET of snow out in Utah (I think). And what blew in from the lake in western New York this year was amazing. I'm a big fan of snow, but that's just crazy.

Love snow, love shovelling it. But hate those last-minute blasts when Spring is approaching...

dwight

Reply to
dwight

Well I just love it too, as long as it stays in your drive way :p Actually, if we get ANY snow here (and sometimes if it only threatens)everything shuts down.

Reply to
WindsorFox

Odd, since a large percentage of your population CAME from here.

:()

Reply to
dwight

All GT's have limited slip differentials.

Al

Reply to
Big Al

Many of them have traction control which will help immensely. A limited slip can sometimes make things worse in the snow as both wheels may spin causing the back end to come around or slid off the side.

Reply to
Ashton Crusher

You really need the traction control. I have gotten by for 18 years by putting added weight over the drive axle in the trunk in the winter. And good snow tires.

Fred

89 LX 5.0
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Fred

Waitaminute... You're replying NOW to a thread that died on March 21?

Server problems?

dwight

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dwight

Old threads never die. They just retired to Florida and sometimes return for an encore.

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