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this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024
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I think it's highly depend not on how cold the climate is. Do you know the specific location? I see you've listed a few.
Anecdotally, I grew up in a suburban area southern Michigan where the winters could get brutally cold and there is a lot of lake effect snow. But I never needed to use an engine block heater or special tires. Read wheel drive vehicles were ill advised for winter months though from what people had told me living there. I had a small FWD crossover SUV for the bulk of my time living there and it was fine. If you have to drive in snow and icy conditions, go very very slow and bear in mind that you cannot stop, accelerate, or turn quickly at all.
The most essential think I needed was an ice scraper and remembering to warm up the car first.
Obviously ymmv depending on how cold your location is and whether or not you're living out in a rural area. Also where I lived was likely a tad less cold than Denver. But cars were generally still able to start at -5F for reference.
Thank you! I think our other car is FWD so we may be in luck.
Unfortunately nothing is set in stone yet. We really want Denver area but our finances aren't great so it could be somewhere else entirely.
I'm actually excited to buy a different ice scraper. The one I have is good but it's one of those double sided made for snow removal as well and that part... isn't great. It's a rectangular piece of styrofoam which would be fine except there's no way to lock it in place so it collapses when you use it.