As most of you may know the SE models do not come with ESP or ABS. I'm kind of concerened what i can expect while driving in those conditions. As of this point when it gets wet out the rear end slides out.
Well, you need to think about "how" to drive in those conditions.
Ice - I don't care what you have, unless you have spikes in your tires, you are going to spin. As with anytime driving in icy conditions, take it slow and easy and plan out your moves, no sharp turns, no speed that will endager you.
Snow - well here is where I think your car will have an advantage over the 3.5's and 5.7's as the 2.7 has relatively low torque (180 I believe) so that combined with the weight of the vehicle could be an advantage. Now you have to think, rear wheel drive, not as good as front wheel drive but if you take it easy, you should be fine.
I have all the stability stuff on my 3.5 which, makes one heck of a difference but, I still try to drive on the ice/snow like I don't have those features.
Taking turns seems to be the biggest issue with rear wheel. I do my best to NOT accelerate during the turn. Try to coast around corner or very gentle on gas. You may turn slower like a granny but keeping the car on the road is priority.
I also try to ease off the gas if I come up to a patch of snow covered road or what looks like frozen overpass on highway. Rather let the car coast over instead of pushing the rear into a spin.
I will sometimes give short bursts of acceleration if I'm going through bad stretch of road. This helps me feel where the car wants to go if I do loose control and allows me to keep moving while making momentary steering corrections to keep straight. The acceleration bursts are small and usually occur after coasting through covered road.
Well, as you can see HERE, most V6 Charger owners have an average like your city number or lower .... so if you get 22 mpg in the city .... Hi Granny :lol:
So my SE has a 3.5L, 4 wheel abs disk brakes, 5 speed autostick, and traction controll. I wanted the cheapest charger I can get, but spent the extra thousand for this.
This is my experiance with the car. If you dont have traction controll, etc, then just drive like I do in the first part. One advantage of a V6 over a V8 is less torque. Normally this is considered to be bad, as it makes the car slow, but for ice and snow it helps it get and keep traction. With the 2.7L the torque is even weaker, so for snow it would be better.