This past week we had an ice storm here in the mid atlantic states. I have a 2006 S 4x4 and had absolutely no problem in the snow and 3/4 of an inch of ice that covered the roadways. I even took it up a completely ice covered side street that was about an 8% grade. The abls and lsd kicked in and it worked like a champ navigating up the hill (3/4 of a mile). This is with a totally stock vehicle including the stock BFG long trails.