Hey Dan.. I moved to Houston from frigid Dallas... That far North gets ice 6-7 times a year. In Plano, they called a state of emergency after more than 3000 accidents were reported in an ice storm... I learned to drive in Colorado and got a real kick out of it.... SCCA driver schools should be mandatory... they teach you how to handle the car and learn to deal with its limits... saved my a** a thousand times....