Should You Daily Drive a RWD Car in the Winter? My Experience & Tips 

TIRES TIRES TIRES ARE EVERYTHING get winter tires and you're golden. Also, throw a couple of sandbags in your trunk. It helps a lot.

Is that McLovin?

Winter tires are a must! I feel very confident driving my charger on winter tires.

Studded snows and large lug tires are what one needs. I have driven a Camaro (mid eighties) stick Z28 in inches of snow in central NY. Tires, tires, tires. You can go anywhere with the right tires.

I remember freaking out about driving my Charger in the winter when I got it. But realized it really boils down to going easy on the throttle to prevent spin. But if you're parked in a driveway with a foot of snow; yeah you're f*cked.

Basically you need weight in the rear and winter tires.

I also drive my 08 R/T charger during the Michigan winters, and usually when I get stuck, just turn off traction, and give it some gas, then go. Great video Marspeed!

Completely disagree with you! It's only a matter of tires. I drove my 1987 corvette for a whole winter (canadian!) Never had any problems! BUT I had excellent winter tires! I now have a "amazing" -_- toyota echo. First car with studded winter tires(nokian hakkapeliitta): OMG! The car feels like an awd! ...tires tires tires!

Short answer: Maybe Long answer: Maaaaaaaaaaaybeeeeeeee Sorry felt like doing it.

People act like it's impossible or so unsafe. They say FWD or AWD or stay home. Naw man. Not everyone can afford two cars. My first car was a Mazda B3000 (1995 Ford Ranger made in Japan). I live in Utah. RWD, all the weight in the front, leaf springs in the back. I never even put extra weight on my rear wheels. As long you pay attention to what your doing and drive like it's winter, you'll be safe and just fine. The driver and tires come first when it comes to snow or rain; Be attentive and be safe.

My God! All we had when I was a kid was RWD cars. Get some tires and drive. What would you do if you had a 2 wheel drive truck? Skip work? Kids don't have a clue these days.

Absolutely you can. I drive a 16 Charger RT Road and Track. I do have dedicated snow tires though. I get between 100-120" of annual snow fall and I manage just fine. I would rather my RWD with snows over a FWD car with all seasons.

It's so great to hear someone else say practice drifting. I've been saying that for years, because people shouldn't rely on driver or motorcycle stability systems, and must master their vehicle, so they can avoid accidents, and recover from random slides. Even better then playing with your vehicle in open space, is tuning it's supension and brakebias, to be just right for you.

Did you rustproof your car ?? Due to salt on roads or no

With a summer tire you aren't even suppose to have them on the road if the temperature is below 45 F. The rubber compound is different than what is used on an all season and winter tire.

I've got a 2012 RWD with all seasons and everyone is getting stuck in 3-7 inch snow and this thing is plowing through no problem. Definitely impressed.

I don't know how I ever made it! I haven't ever owned a front-wheel-drive car and I just get in and drive. Great video!

Originally from north central Michigan but have lived from Detroit to the UP. My first car, a 1959 Desoto with a 361 engine. Was a two door hardtop with swingout front seats. Could not afford snow tires but did have sand in the trunk much of the time. Had a 69 Camaro rs with 350 when our oldest children were little. No snow tires. Drove rwd cars until fwd finally came out. In '92 my job took me to the UP. Had 7 offices spread across the entire UP. For a number of years I drove a 2wd Ford Ranger pkup. Put weight in the back and good tires on it. Never failed to reach an office due to snow. Now have an 05 Grand Prix GXP, a Chevy pkup 4wd, and a 2014 Charger rt awd. Never felt handicapped driving any of the vehicles. Tires do make a major difference.

Great video. My SRT charger is my daily in rural Canada (on the prairies) and I love it. I’ve only been stuck one time in the last 5 years or so. I feel like you just need to be patient and use your momentum when getting moving. Winter tires are an absolute must and I’ve never had to add any weight in the trunk because I disagree with upsetting the moment of inertia of the car. The traction control on these cars works very well but I still completely disable it every time before I drive by pressing and holding the ESP button down for 10 seconds. I’d prefer a RWD layout over FWD because I almost never experience understeer in the charger and when I do, resting my foot on the skinny pedal quickly takes care of that 😂. The handling of these cars is on-point in snow and ice and the large size of the car makes them easy to control in the hands of an experienced driver.

Awesome video. May i suggest to just keep these in the trunk: shovel, kitty litter or salt or sand or traction aids and you're good. For better traction you can always stud your tires with studs from amazon. Cheaper to buy online and install yourself. They sell screw in studs. Keep up the great work on your channel! CHEERS!

I have driven my charger for 7 winters and only been stuck a couple times, but the winters arent that bad in Indiana. Never had winter tires on it, would like to but just never got around to it

I drive with all season tires on the front end and winter tires on the rear, and i have a heavy sub in my trunk. Another tip is if you have manual mode use that and pretend 1st gear doesnt exist

Bruh, when you get stuck whip out those car mats and send it. Works beautifully almost every time.

Living in the middle east it’s a dream to have weather like this

Get 2 studded tires in the back and pus some sand bags in the trunk and it will drive just fine

Like your car has so much power for the snow

Nice video! Aint' you allowed to use things like snow chains or studded tires in the US or the state you're living? We use snow chains in Germany (studded tires are prohibited) even on snow tires which makes driving much safer.

All you need for snowy winters is dedicated winter tires. Better -if your state’s law allows that- with studs. You just swap the whole set of tires back and forth twice a year. The signal to change tires is the temperature. When in the end of fall or in the beginning of the winter daily temperatures hold sustainably at 40°F swap your summer set for your winter set. When the spring approaches and it gets warmer and sustainable daily temperatures rise just a hair above 45°, install summer tires back. Remember one simple thing: It’s not the tread pattern that turns a tire into the winter one, it’s the rubber itself. Summer tires are much stiffer in order to hold together in high temperatures rather than melt. Thus summer tires in low temperatures are extremely hard, they just cannot grab the road. Winter tires’ compound is very soft in order to compensate for that temperature shift. About 70% to 80% is the rubber elasticity, about 30% or 20% is the tread pattern that grips. All season tires are bad both in winter and summer. They act in severely different conditions, so they are a huge compromise. Knowing that beware of big trucks. They have all seasons for sure. ‘Cause if a truck has like 18 wheels, no one will buy 18 more tires for the winter. Especially taking into account how expensive a truck tire is. Thus trucks on snow/ice are extremely dangerous, hold yourself on a distance from them.

I did the same with my mustang gt in CT back in 03/04. Just have to take it storm by storm and have a friend who can get you once in a while lol.

Have you tried to drive it by clicking on the ESP Off button along with the winter tires?

Had a 1984 Mustang...sold that after one winter. Was not good at all! Front wheel drive or all wheel drive with good tires for me.

2 years later... still a great video!!

Do,you have snow tires on your car if you did it would make a huge differance

R W D put weight on trunk. To keep tires down. Second never drive in overdrive that's all cars in snow you go into overdrive to fast it causes wheel spin also doesn't down shift as well helping car slow down . Ime a road driver with over a million miles I drive cars and trucks of all types front rear wheel drive types ime the only driver that completes his route no matter the weather. From the mountains to the flat ground. Out in morning back by night. I use my first and second gears for stopping and controlled starts. Try it it works on all types.

and get used to telling people no you cant drive them or pick them up when there is more than an inch of snow XD

I grew up driving rear wheel drive and never has issues in snow. This was before traction control and antilock brakes.

Hey. Thanks for the video. I just wanted to ask with your car, it's RWD but is it a Base model, SXT, or RT? Also, it sounds amazing. Is the exhaust sound how you got it, or is is specialized exhaust? Thank you, sir. :)

Okay so this is a odd question. But can you do a quick slow drive-by’s video. I’m actually getting the exact exhaust setup you have except different tips but I think the car sounds super sexy with the low rmp drive-by’s. Or even if it’s a short segment in a future video

I’ve been driving my 06 Charger R/T with bald tires in the snow in Wisconsin. I need new tires so bad

Its probably cause the rwd system has improved so much since 2009.

I'm giving that snow drifting a chance this year. It's going to be a challenge, you in?

I had my '10 charger sxt for 3 years in upstate NY winter and my '13 super sport track v6 challenger in 2 or 3 winters and i got around just fine.had to put her into a snow bank to avoid hitting a car that stopped really fast but a lady standing in her driveway was shoveling so i just jumped out and said....can i borrow that? Not a scratch on it.the roads here in FL are worse cuz of all the crappy cars dripping oil.id take snowy roads in NY than wet roads in FL

Hey im about to enter my first winter with my 06 RT, what winter tires do you run on yours and would you recommend them?

Did you have winter tyres on back and front

What were the two sets of winter tires that you have used? Which brand/model was bad/cheap, and which one was good and worth spending extra on?

I know you’ve made a video on it, but what’s your exhaust set up in the clips you used? It sounds amazing

i have a question me and my fiance are going to Tennessee in the beginning of march and I was wondering if I need winter tires for my 2019 dodge charger sxt or can I get by without them

I drive my 2008 charger sxt everyday here in Canada, if you know how to drive your all good

So here’s a question for you. I have a 5 speed manual 03’ ‘mustang. It’s my daily driver and I live in New York. With spiked snow tires, some cinder blocks in the back and some rear and front strut bars is it possible? Thanks!

I live in Western New York, we generally get like over a foot of snow from november to march. I drive a v8 RWD Infiniti. Shit's rough

Sir, that is not drifting... had to say it. But anyways thanks for the info, might get an AWD for the convenience for now. Don’t want to get stuck. Otherwise I love driving in the snow RWD just can’t afford the getting stuck before work excuse

I started driving in the mid 1970s. A 4 wheel drive vehicle was almost non existent. Most all cars and pickups were RWD where I live in Colorado. I drove a 1966 chevy impala and never had any problems but also learned HOW to drive in snowy weather. In the early 1980s I had a foxbody mustang with the 5.0. By far the worst winter car imaginable but I never got stuck.

I just bought a 99 Firebird Base right before it snowed. Had some trouble recently because i had to move it so the plow could come by (had a huge storm) but wouldnt budge so i had to let them tow it. But i added some more sandbags to the trunk, and next winter im definitly going to put on winter tires (probably just on the rear)

its all your tires really. i drive a truck with 4x4. but i drive with 0lbs in the rear most of the time in the winter but most of the time im in rwd with dedicated snow tires and i do just fine my drive way is really steep and i could back up it in a dead stop and get up it just fine with no slipping. only time i really need 4x4 is when in mud

Well pretty much every cop car in America until the last 15 years or so has been rear wheel drive only sedans, so we know it's possible :)

Damn third winter with my baby 😂

What about Studded tires? Would they be better?

Does the awd v6 make a huge difference?

I have a awd 07 Chrysler 300 5.7 but I would really like a rear wheel drive im going miss doing burns outs 😪

I just moved up to Wisconsin from South Florida this past summer. My daily is a 17'' v6 Mustang; had no idea I would be moving to the midwest lol. It's supposed to snow the next week or so and honestly I'm kind of worried..Even with winter tires it's going to be dicey. The front splitter has maybe 4" of ground clearance -.-

I had a 06 impala ss fwd and I was going up a hill I was sliding but someone had a lt (v6) fwd as well and went up it just fine... had to sell it

Up until the 1980's or so...EVERYONE daily drove a rwd car, and AWD was virtually unknown, and Jeeps and other 4X4 vehicles were seen more as off-roaders than dailies. It's all about 2 things..tires and driver skill. Winter tire tech is great these days, and even RWD cars have the advantage of anti-lock brakes and stability control that your parents and grandparents likely didnt have. Just put on winter tires, practice in an empty parking lot in the snow and above all..take it easy..and you'll be fine.

Would this car be good for Indiana

I wish they made the v8 in AWD like the v6

I have a 2010 dodge charger awd and it's good in the snow

IRS alone makes traction better. These days most stuff is IRS.

Good stuff as always. I want to learn how to drift. Not only for fun but also experience in case I need to use that skill and knowledge for safety

Do you live in edmonton

Have you tried to put weight in the back with out snow tires. Does that work or should you still get snow tires?

Put some good winter tires on and the charger will do just fine.

I know burnouts and drifting on asphalt or concrete will ruin your tires but if you drift on snow, will it do the same?

Almost @6k 👏

how about highway

Tires but not not to be used in mountain states

"It's RWD, so all the weight's at the front of the car" - that ... doesn't make sense ... it's FWD that are nose-heavy, which is what gives them better grip off the line but tragic handling everywhere else The only advice anyone needs is to get the best tires they can afford, drive for the conditions, and be smooth with their inputs

adorkable...

well nvm the 350z ima get the subi then...

Invest in some traction pads

lol a these videos.... how do you think ppl used to drive back in the days where FWD and AWD didnt exist ?

Why didn't you get an awd?

which one is worst in winter. charger or mustang

98% of people here (canada) have RWD cars

Awd it awesome

You know how to spot a car youtuber under 30? They think you driving RWD cars in the winter is a death sentence. Guess what... RWD is ALL WE HAD FOR DECADES! Your main problem is you seem to have no clue how to drive in the winter.

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