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Snow Tires - 10/16/2005 12:53:07 AM

SupaChalupa

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I was wondering about snow tires because i wanna buy a 3000 GT but i get snow where i live and would have to drive it through the snow....I see some pretty cheap tires on the goodyear tire site....I dont get too much snow but it could be a problem. Does anyone here ever use theyre car in the snow? and can snow tires be used in the summer or is it bad to do that?

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RE: Snow Tires - 10/16/2005 11:17:34 AM

Lil red

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I got some Blizzard? snow tires that work pretty good, helps i got fwd, but i run yokohama in the spring to fall because the tread is better for the weather and they move water better than a snow tire would. The snow tires use a square tread that doesnt move water outta the way very well...

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RE: Snow Tires - 10/16/2005 3:02:59 PM

twinstealthytalon

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i had driven my 3000gt SL in the harsh winters of minnesota for three years, until i wrapped it around a tree, go'n 30mph.... problem is... im a addict of adreniline. so now i have awd tt.

i was on a back road, glazed ice, do'n what i do... e-brak'n for controlled slide. i couldn't pull out of it(first time for everything) and hit the only frick'n tree around

...anyway, i broke girlfriends femur, so i thought id go the "german engineered" route..bought a bmw M3 and no way possible to drive that in winter!!!(when snow'n N Eways)

now i have stealth awd tt, and thats alot of fun in the winter, i think...
blizzak makes a good tire for winter, but you DO NOT want to use that for summer or even spring really... the rubber is way to soft, and the tire has this "siping" process done to it where the tread is cut into kindda like to rough it up or create better trak for snow... hard to explain... but what happens is the tire will wear real funny on the inside edge, kindda a wave look...
i buy alot of tires from the huge used tire place nearby and they are great for saving on our cars... $200/tire vs $40/used w/60-70% tread left??

N E way, just be careful, and what i do is,
learn your limits and learn how it slides out on ya,
and ya will do just fine...

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