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The only time I've had an issue in the van (rwd, front heavy) was when I come into a turn too hot, but coasting through through the turn usually gets me through it. With the Mercury my problem was ground clearance in the only snow storm I've driven it in. They plowed the main road, but not the cross streets. However, the snow from the main road made a snow wall that my car couldn't clear. I had to keep momentum up and plow through it to not get stuck. Happened multiple times while I was in town. Ironically the wind blew all of the snow off the road once I was out of the city (and there wasn't any trees alongside the road).