Originally posted by jlanger:
My 96 did fairly well (although those had heated mirrors), Look into replacing the water pump, try to change it to a metal impeller one instead of a plastic one. If you can wheel and deal a coolant. Only other thing I could think of would be a block heater and a good set of allseason/winter tires.
I have a 96 GL that runs fine in the winter. May start and stall, once or twice, on very cold mornings (-25 C) but other than that runs nicely considering the maritime winters. One other thing to note, these cars handle poorly in snow. I've had 1 or 2 white nuckle events so far this winter that I don't care to remember. I find the rear tends to break traction very easily in the slushy snow.
But I still love my Tour 
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96 GL Sport
2.0L Zetec ATX
Custom Focus Intake
MSD Blaster DIS Coil
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