And they said it wasn't a practical winter car...

All the cars I ever owned during my time in Ohio were driven in the snow.

Knowing how to drive into and out of a slide is a very valuable skillset to have no matter what the conditions.

I never had tire chains or studded tires, and rarely snow tires (couldn't afford them).

Sometimes I did carry a bag of cat litter in the trunk (ballast and traction aid), and I've used the floor mats under the tires for extra traction as well.

Most of those years I was still a teenage driver, too.

I usually end all the "Northern bad driver" conversations down here with "Ever driven on snow or ice?" If you tailgate or pull out in front of someone (both are rampant where I live now) on snow or ice, you'll likely die.

Something in FL that surprised a lot of people, is that in my Super Bee with 3.55 sure grip 10 inch wide tires and careful thought about where I was driving, turning and stopping, I was able to follow the jeeps and other 4x4's through the sugar sand pretty much any where I needed to go.

I got a lot of- "You drove THAT back in here?"