[Jiu Jitsu Jon]

Make sure you have an alternate method of transportation for when the weather gets bad. My GTO was practically undriveable the last bad snowstorm we had, partly because of the all season tires on my car. It's no fun for anyone when people have to push you at a stoplight. Which brings me to point the second:

Plan on getting some winter tires. Also see the first sentence of this post.