I've never in my life had winter tires... and I live in the kind of climate you'd figure it was 100% necessary to have them in.
I do, however, get a new car every 3 years and so I'm always driving on fairly new tires and never had a problem. Okay... the Mustang GT I drove for 3 years had 17" z-rated, low profile, uni-directional tires... and those weren't much fun in the winter. >> JKo wrote: >> I second this! (as a Canadian that's driven in lousy snowy and icy weather >> more > >The key no matter the vehicle is TIRES! Good snow tires (not >all-seasons) is your first and best defense for winter driving (after >the loose nut behind the wheel). Then comes AWD (or it's lesser >cousin 4WD) and traction control w/ABS. > >I've tried most major brands and Nokians are BY FAR the best. Right >now I'm running the Nokian RSis. http://www.nokianrsi.com > >There are other good brands out there too but be careful! Some are a >real rip-off. For example Blizzaks have siping, but only half way >down the tread. That means when the tire is 50% worn your ice >traction disappears. > >Nokians have full siping and a 50,000 mile warranty. > >So here'd be my suggestions for non-studded tires >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Mostly Snow and Ice driving: >* Nokian RSi, Gislaved NordFrost, Vredestein WinTrac XTreme > >Mostly cold dry highways: >* Nokian WR, Pirelli P Zero Nero M+S, Dunlop Graspic or M3 or GrandTrek > >Any ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185785 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
