Do you store your car in winter and why if or not

[JAM486HP]

Perfect winter vehicle. I can do donuts without feeling bad about my tires.

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[Q6543]

I keep mine in the garage, but if it’s sunny 40* and roads are clear/dry… I’ll pull it RIGHT TF OUT!

 

[Ciulster]

For those of you wondering how a properly equipped Mustang performs in the winter too, my Mustang has full paint protection, interior protection, undercoat and electronic rust prevention because I PLANNED on winter driving it. Dealer provides a 10 year exterior damage warranty including any rust or chips, so well worth it for what I do with it. Keep in mind I have a set of $1800 Nokian Hakkapelliita Studded tires, basically the best winter tires money can buy IMO, but this car is THE MOST FUN I have EVER had in winter, PERIOD!

Does it take skill? Yes. If you don't have 10 years winter driving experience and at least 5 of those years were spent driving a pickup truck where you could experiment with how a RWD vehicle behaves with the backup security of 4x4 should you need it, I would not recommend you drive a Mustang in the winter. But for those that are passionate about the drive and their skill level, it is well worth it. I have never felt more confident and happy with my driving as I have in this car. Equipped right and with the proper skill set this thing is a BEAST in the winter and you'd have to be insane to NOT want to have this kind of fun.

Side note: people see a 500hp loud snarling V8 getting a little bit tail happy pulling away from stoplights (which is basically unavoidable most of the time) and they give you a WIDE berth. They obviously get uncomfortable from seeing the rear end kick out just a touch and probably think I am insane to be driving something like this and want to avoid me potentially losing control and hitting them. I kind of like the extra space people give me now, makes me less worried about THEIR poor winter driving causing them to slide into me! The perks of being a little bit deranged I guess!

 

[PBBLASTER]

I bought a spare set of wheels with AS tires to drive in the winter. I do not drive if there is salt on the roads. The car is too fun to leave it sit and life is too short to park joy for the winter.

 

[DCS]

I am curious to see if you store your mustang in winter.

I live in Quebec city and I store my car for winter. Salt, sand and everything else they put on the road will damage too much the car. That's not counting the cost of winter tires. I paid over 70k cad money and I would like to keep my car rust free and in pristine condition as long as I can as this will probably be the last brand new car I buy. I am 65

I have a fusion titanium 2013 that I bought new that I use for my winter driving.

I live in Central Florida and drive my GT throughout the year. I was 77 when I took delivery of my GT thinking the same thing that this would be my last car. YOU are too young to feel that way.

 

[timd38]

I store m y Mustangs and corvette every winter.

 

[Kitulu]

For those of you wondering how a properly equipped Mustang performs in the winter too, my Mustang has full paint protection, interior protection, undercoat and electronic rust prevention because I PLANNED on winter driving it. Dealer provides a 10 year exterior damage warranty including any rust or chips, so well worth it for what I do with it. Keep in mind I have a set of $1800 Nokian Hakkapelliita Studded tires, basically the best winter tires money can buy IMO, but this car is THE MOST FUN I have EVER had in winter, PERIOD!

Does it take skill? Yes. If you don't have 10 years winter driving experience and at least 5 of those years were spent driving a pickup truck where you could experiment with how a RWD vehicle behaves with the backup security of 4x4 should you need it, I would not recommend you drive a Mustang in the winter. But for those that are passionate about the drive and their skill level, it is well worth it. I have never felt more confident and happy with my driving as I have in this car. Equipped right and with the proper skill set this thing is a BEAST in the winter and you'd have to be insane to NOT want to have this kind of fun.

Side note: people see a 500hp loud snarling V8 getting a little bit tail happy pulling away from stoplights (which is basically unavoidable most of the time) and they give you a WIDE berth. They obviously get uncomfortable from seeing the rear end kick out just a touch and probably think I am insane to be driving something like this and want to avoid me potentially losing control and hitting them. I kind of like the extra space people give me now, makes me less worried about THEIR poor winter driving causing them to slide into me! The perks of being a little bit deranged I guess!

I used to get a lot of space when I would drive my 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis around upstate NY in the winter. I would look at my Soldiers weird when they would complain about driving their FWD or AWD cars to work in the snow. "Private... I drive a RWD boat in the ice and snow. If I can make it to work, you can make it to work!"

The trade-off was the rust on the undercarriage. I bought it used, and it was an Ohio car, then a NC car, so it already had some surface rust. Whatever it is that they use in NY to salt the roads just absolutely HATES cars. It turned every repair job into a two-day ordeal to remove the old parts, and usually involved an impact gun, a Sawzall, an angle grinder, various penetrants, copious amounts of alcohol, and a fuck-ton of swearing.

After I moved to Florida, I traded it for my 2024 Mustang. She's my DD and gets driven year-round when I'm not on the bike. Of course, there is no snow, no ice, and no road salt/brine to deal with down here.

 

[Sharkman]

I do not store my cars in winter since we actually get no snow here. Some ugly rain storms but no snow. I have the Bullitt and the Dark Horse in the garage. I have a Bronco to drive on the ugly rainy days.

 

[jamespmoran]

I just purchased my 60th anniversary in October and have been looking for a cover. What brand of cover is that and where did you purchase if you don’t mind me asking? It appears to be what I ws looking for. I have it my garage as you do and drive my 24 Ranger. Thank you in advance.

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[Cobrakit]

DH everyday in Maryland. But then I'm retired and I don't drive it in the snow since I still run summer tires. Now my old Foxbody was another story. Talk about fun on snowy roads. But then I also take the Cobra out for a cruise though DC every New Years Day.

 

[MAT1955]

BRINE is the new KILLER........Where I live there are plenty of days there is no snow on the road. It is tempting to take the GT for a run - BUT - It is often on these days that the road crews, particularly if snow/freezing rain is in the forecast, to use spray LIQUID BRINE SOLUTION of the bare roads. During this time the clouds of white brine dust stirred-up by vehicles and particularly 18 wheelers penetrate every nook and cranny in the underbody, door trunk and hood areas....everywhere!!!!! Clear oil underbody spray will help stall rust in these areas ..... BUT the is another very harmful side effect of this awful brine spray - the air boxes of the 2024 GTs have snorkels that abut holes directly through the mid grille area of the front grille areas. Clouds of brine are sucked - almost at road level - right into our air box filters. Do they stop it all. Bet they don't. A Ford tech told me a customer took his air filter out and tapped it on a piece of black construction paper. A pile of grey dust was all over the paper. He tasted it with a wet finger. It was salty. If you live in an area that sprays liquid brine solutions and go for a drive on a dry winter day - good luck to your frame and engine. Where I live I have an all season SUV for this winter $hit driving and the 'stang is designated as a fair weather car. I don't take it out in the spring until there have been four or five good rains to wash all of that $hit brine off the roads. I may have one more 'stang left in me but like my previous stang and other winter toys I get awesome trades or sale prices.....plus I just hate looking at a rusting Mustang, it's too painful.

 

[glenng6]

I am curious to see if you store your mustang in winter.

I live in Quebec city and I store my car for winter. Salt, sand and everything else they put on the road will damage too much the car. That's not counting the cost of winter tires. I paid over 70k cad money and I would like to keep my car rust free and in pristine condition as long as I can as this will probably be the last brand new car I buy. I am 65

I have a fusion titanium 2013 that I bought new that I use for my winter driving.

Allenrock59,
Don't sell yourself short. I am 77 and got my Stang in July. I, as old as I am, believe this will be my last new car. But I have longevity, as my evidence. You barely qualify for retirement.

I do agree, because of what I said earlier, that I need to keep my Stang out of the weather. It has been wet three times. Twice being hand-washed and the first time in a rainstorm on the way to a wedding. I dropped the wife, went home, and switched cars. I live in Easton, PA.

We get bad weather here, I think quite similar to Quebec City. I am a Canadian from Toronto, originally. I do drive my Stang during the winter but never when there is bad weather or wet roads. My reason for that goes back to a Nissan Titan Platinum Reserve I owned. I had decided that I was putting a ton of miles on the truck driving to our lake to fish during warm weather. 100 miles a day, 3-4 days a week from Apr-Oct. I'm retired since 2007.

So, I decided many years ago to give the truck a break and not drive it in the winter. Well, that worked until one day in February I had to move the truck. It started okay but was rough. I maintained the battery, but it drove like s_it. After only 4 months of storage, I could barely get it out of the garage. Everything had stiffened up, the tires had flat spots, the transmission very reluctantly shifted, and the steering wheel felt like there was no power steering. Instead of just backing out of the garage, I had to go on a drive for 30-45 minutes. All that being said, I will not stop driving my Stang in the winter. I may only drive it once or twice in 10 days, but so far, I haven't had any problems. Everything seems to stay loose and working smoothly. I have no idea if there were specific things I should have done when storing my truck, but I will not do long-term storage again. Everyone else's MMV, but that is no longer an option, for me. Glenn

 

[glenng6]

I won’t drive it in the snow. I would drive it in the cold/winter if I didn’t have summer tires on it though.

Am I missing something about driving in the winter on summer tires? I've never noticed a problem. I am driving, not racing. What is the problem? I, obviously, have heard this mentioned before and don't understand what difference it makes. I had both a Supra and a Z that I drove year-round, with summer tires. Rain, snow, ice, my boss didn't give a damn that I had summer tires. My job was from start until I was relieved. If my relief didn't show, I couldn't leave. Ever wonder why your banking transactions are always done regardless of weather conditions? It's because I, and a lot of other people, sometimes worked 24-36 hours straight. If I didn't show to work, not only would my boss be pissed but so would the person I was supposed to relieve. Glenn

 

[Pmamba]

Am I missing something about driving in the winter on summer tires? I've never noticed a problem. I am driving, not racing. What is the problem? I, obviously, have heard this mentioned before and don't understand what difference it makes. I had both a Supra and a Z that I drove year-round, with summer tires. Rain, snow, ice, my boss didn't give a damn that I had summer tires. My job was from start until I was relieved. If my relief didn't show, I couldn't leave. Ever wonder why your banking transactions are always done regardless of weather conditions? It's because I, and a lot of other people, sometimes worked 24-36 hours straight. If I didn't show to work, not only would my boss be pissed but so would the person I was supposed to relieve. Glenn

From my experience, the summer tires do not grip and are dangerous even when doing regular driving in freezing temps. Even braking performance takes a dive. I’m from the Chicago area so it can get nasty out here. While I never had this happen to me personally, the rubber on summer tires can crack/split when they are used in freezing temps.

 

[DannyJ7]

I drive my EB year round in Michigan, because I'm not waiting to have fun until I move to AZ in '28. There's little to do that will STOP rust, but you can delay it if you do things like undercoating, fluid flim, wash regularly, etc. I did splurge on some blizzaks for winter driving and haven't had any major issues yet (knock on wood).

I'm of the opinion that an EB will never be a show car, so I don't go out of my way to keep it pristine. I'll keep things best as I can with relevance to budget and time, but nothing in this world is forever.

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