Holy schnikies, driving my S on ice is going to give me a heart attack! I drove through some really bad ice conditions right after New Year's around Abilene, TX on I-20, and that experience has me white-knuckling at any hint of possible ice.
My previous car was a Honda Pilot that had some form of push-button AWD at slow speeds. I lived in Idaho at the time so when the time came, I bought some winter-rated Nokians (WRG, I think). In 6 years, I never once fishtailed or had any other problems (hills, etc.). I knew driving a rear-wheel drive car would be different, but man...
In a relatively short drive, I fishtailed on a straight road going about 35 mph (took 5 turns of the wheel before I managed to regain control). Once I got to I-20, my backend just slipped out suddenly. Luckily I was able to quickly straighten out because about 3 seconds later an 18-wheeler passed me (can only imagine what he was thinking seeing me slide!). Then just today, I got a little loose coming off a very low-incline exit ramp that no one else seemed to be having trouble with.
Those experiences now have me paranoid that the typical smooth, quite ride we've all become accustomed to is actually due to lack of traction than driving an awesomely built car. Now that I've read around here on this, it sounds like a lot of it is the tires. We don't get enough winter weather here to justify a full separate set of tires, I don't think, but I think I'm definitely playing it really safe from here on out.