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cdennisg
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I have. I also have many real-life miles behind the wheel in shitty weather conditions. I know what tires work best for my situations, and my vehicles.I had a much wider snow tire on my truck when I first got it. They sucked in fluffy snow conditions, but were great in the slop and mud. My current tires are Kumho Izen-somethin-or-others. They are excellent. But I take them off in the summer for a tire that runs better on hot dry pavement.
Yes, I know that modern rubber technology allows for running a snow tire year round, but I prefer to keep them separate. They last longer, and snow tires are cheap when you buy them used.
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raygreenwood
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| cdennisg wrote: |
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I have. I also have many real-life miles behind the wheel in shitty weather conditions. I know what tires work best for my situations, and my vehicles.I had a much wider snow tire on my truck when I first got it. They sucked in fluffy snow conditions, but were great in the slop and mud. My current tires are Kumho Izen-somethin-or-others. They are excellent. But I take them off in the summer for a tire that runs better on hot dry pavement.
Yes, I know that modern rubber technology allows for running a snow tire year round, but I prefer to keep them separate. They last longer, and snow tires are cheap when you buy them used. |
Yes...I agree with that....I am not suggesting to run snow tires year round....but again....just noting that the lstest generation of snow tires...actually handle so well on dry pavement that you CAN run them in the summer if forced to with very little degradation of dry pavement traction. They are THAT good. Ray |
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VWCOOL
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Zeen
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I've driven many RWD vehicles in the snow, including a Fox body Mustang. That was probably the worst, but it actually got me to class at Michigan Tech in the U.P. 100 pounds of sand over the power side wheel helped immensely. You can play with the ballast until you get the two sides to balance. Of course modern cars with traction control are much better, but nothing is as fun as a RWD without traction control. I liked to see how long I could stay sideways down my street.
If your job is such that you can't miss work twice a year when the big blizzard hits, get something AWD. If you're cheap and boring, get a a FWD econobox. But if you like a challenge and a little fun, go for RWD and enjoy. And yeah, as has been mentioned, modern snow tires are awesome.
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thomas.
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Just reading this or I would of posted earlier. I have a '95 Mustang GT that I bought new and used in the winter towards the end of the cars life. It came with wide 17's but for the winters I bought used 15 inch wheels from a V6 model. I ran 205/65/15 winter on all 4 and a couple of sand bags and other weight in the trunk. The other big help was the fact it had posi-traction. I was amazed at how well it did . Better than most front drives on the road at the time. The only bad was the salt has trashed the car and I'm ready to sell for parts now or junk. Photo from 2011 I had in my gallery.
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