Totally agree. I went to 155/80R13 on 5" wheels on my '85 2-door (2200 lb). Looked weird but gripped like hell. Most of my winter driving was on snow covered pavement, some loose and some packed. I never encountered more than 12" at a time so my strategy was to bite through the snow with the skinny tires instead of trying to float on top. YMMV.
On that same car, even 185/60R14's on snowflakes were way too wide. I could barely get up my driveway. -----Original Message----- Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 10:59:17 -0400 From: Patrick Austin <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Weitec GT kit installed... Narrow, tall snows are what you want. I ran 185/65/14's blizzaks for a while, and they were great. The 205/55/15 pirelli P210 snows were just too wide to actually dig into the snow...but they handled well on dry pavement. Any of the major snow tire brands are great. Blizzaks, Dunlop Graspics, Pirelli P210s, etc. They'll last several seasons, and will make the difference between getting home at night and freezing to death by the side of the road. :) Some of the smaller brands of tires have copies of the more expensive tires that work just as well. I had a graspic copy on my Audi 4000CS Quattro and they were just plain spectacular. At 10:39 PM 8/17/01 -0400, Steven Arguello wrote: > I think taking off the spoiler is a good idea. What other precautions >are normally taken for winter in the northeast? I know that the 195/55's >are next to useless in the snow. What snow tires/wheels should I look for? >I know it's early, but the way I put things off, if I start now, I'll >probably have a real nice set of snow tires on by late March. >Steve > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
