Gee .I've not had any problems with them in the past 20 years. Never slid
around any of the three [partial] days I had to use the heater in the house.
Coral Springs [South Florida] was like that. Did get into some pretty good
snow/ice in the frozen wastelands of Indiana, though [-34 one Winter
morning] and when I lived in the foothills of Virginia. My personal
experience was that a good radial was all I needed except for a very few
times, when I shouldn't have been out anyway. When I tried snow tires they
didn't survive the non-snow times, so I used radials and kept a set of
chains in the trunk next to the other very necessary Winter accessory: cat
litter.
BillR
1981 300SD the EM 265k / still no engine
Message: 3
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 08:41:04 -0400
From: ned kleinhenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [MBZ] Studded snows
To: Mercedes Diesel List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
What is your experience with snow tires?
In planning for this winter, I notice Nokian seems to offer more serious
options in studded tires.
But I have always avoided studded tire because I thought:
1. Studded tires are definitely benficial on ice.
2. The studs provide little, if any benefit on snow.
3. The studs actually decrease traction on wet and dry pavement above
feezing temps.
4. In many states you are required to limit the use of studs to a few months
of the year.
So, unless you drive on ice a lot, studs are probably disadventageous.
Are my assumptions correct?
Ned Kleinhenz
'95 E300D x2
'85 300D
'80 300TD
