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Originally Posted by Ilow
you grandpa was right, but most of the older cars had much less HP than a mustang GT so the wouldn't spin the wheels like crazy. My RWD Volvo is passable in the snow (I also put 2 25 lb bags or rock salt in the trunk), but it only has a little under 200 ft/lbs of torque so it's harder to break the tires away.
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The throttle isn't a button. You just press it more lightly when the weather is bad. Think of this: you're sitting at a stoplight on a sunny day in your Enzo behind an old VW bus. The light turns green, and you're in a hurry, so you stay a few inches off his bumper. Does it really make any sense to say that it is impossible to accelerate that slowly?
Also, the amount of torque that your engine makes isn't very relevant to how easy it is to spin out. the torque at the wheels, which is all that matters, depends just as much on how the car is geared. Of course, almost anything can spin the tires in the snow, so it's maybe more important that the throttle linkage is set up such that it isn't very responsive at first.