I live in the lake effect snow belt of northeast Ohio (30 miles east of Cleveland) and got caught in a snowstorm just a couple of days after I bought my Crossfire in March 2004. Since then I've driven it daily including the winter of 2004-2005 (the heaviest snow year on record here). It came with Continentals and they're still on it.

I have my driveway plowed but sometimes I get home before the plow guy shows so the car waits at the bottom of the drive until he shows. Then I back it out and tour the local development until he is done. On the rare occasions the main road is really slippery it's not possible to get the entry speed required to get it all the way up the drive and it "sleeps out".

It has been stuck a couple of times on flat ground but use of the snow scraper as a shovel and some judicious rocking has gotten it moving. Practical limits are about 3" of heavy wet warm snow and 6" of light cold dry snow (below 20ºF).

You want the traction control off to start and on once it gets moving. The traction control will eventually lock up both rear wheels and kill the engine at low speeds. In wet snow the car is actually floating on a film of water so the brakes and steering can be ineffective so planning ahead and not doing anything abrupt are important.