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| 12-16-2010, 08:40 AM | #1 |
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Winter tires/ Summer tires
This is my first winter with this vehicle and I had to drive in PA with about 1" on the ground (summer tires)... Horrible. Obviously not the smartest idea... So my question is do winter tires make a difference of night & day ? RWD 6-SPD.
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| 12-16-2010, 08:51 AM | #2 |
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Yes. Plenty of members on this forum live on states where they get exponentially mire snow then we do and they do fine with winter tires. They make a huge difference. Since we don't get a lot of snow normally in this area, all seasons might work just fine for you.
You should peruse the wheel and tire sub forum...there's lot of great info in there. |
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| 12-16-2010, 09:41 AM | #4 |
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the amount of snow is NOT the only thing to consider. in any cold weather, summer tires will turn into super hard hockey pucks with little traction.
i put my winters on 2 weeks ago which is probably the earliest I've ever changed them. hopefully no one in this area is still on summer tires.
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| 12-16-2010, 10:52 AM | #5 |
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:-( I am cause my tires have not showed up yet!!!!!!!! Tirerack is slacking on my tires!!!!!!!!
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| 12-16-2010, 01:21 PM | #6 |
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go with blizzaks, there a little more expensive but definitely worth it
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| 12-16-2010, 03:49 PM | #7 |
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blizzaks FTW!!!
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| 12-16-2010, 08:35 PM | #8 |
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The guy in the 3 series with 19" inch summer tires learned that the hard way after he kissed the jersey wall after he passed me because he thought I was going too slowly tonight. I verified that he was OK and called a tow truck for him.
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| 12-16-2010, 11:12 PM | #10 | |
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Even with dedicated snows (they're getting old after 4 seasons), the torque in our vehicle is so great, it's easy to spin wheels. Dedicated snows...to avoid the jersey walls...
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| 12-17-2010, 07:26 AM | #11 |
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You should definitely get dedicated snow tires! I recommend one set of wheels for summer, and use the stockers with winter tires.
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| 12-18-2010, 10:06 PM | #12 | |
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 Just put Pirelli's 240 Sottozero Serie II on my stock 189s and lovin them. Can't wait to get some serious summer rubber. |
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| 12-19-2010, 08:18 AM | #13 |
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Try conteinental extreme contacts. I love mine!!!
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| 12-19-2010, 08:23 AM | #14 | |
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 Get snow tires\wheels package or a daily commuter with all season tires. I have summer tires on mine but the bimmer stays in the garage.driving the commuter all winter.
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| 12-19-2010, 05:08 PM | #16 |
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Winter tyres make a massive difference - as from Nov this year it is now the law to have them fitted in Germany.
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