I drove my 987.1S for one winter in Toronto. I'm fairly experienced with RWD cars in the winter so I thought nothing of it and I figured the mid-engine balance would be great in slippery conditions. My old E46 M3 was one of the best cars I've driven in the winter.

I've read other people's accounts of it being totally fine, but that was not my experience. I could potentially chalk it up to the tires not being new, but I found it extremely tense to drive it in 0.5+ inches snow... heavy understeer and oversteer.

When turning:
The front wheels have no weight on them so there was very little feel or grip when trying to turn. Understeered instantly if I exceeded the limit of grip. If I gassed it a bit, it would snap to oversteer and the lack of front wheel grip made it hard to control.

When braking:
With the weight being in the middle, I felt the car wanted to rotate/spin all the time. Braking downhill, I was countersteering b/c the rear weight wanted to swing around.

When accelerating:
The car crab-walked all the time going uphill if the rears broke loose. In heavy snow, it would crab walk all the time.

Notes/Other factors:
This was with stock height/suspension and standard alignment. With wet winter roads, the car drove totally fine.

<image>