Re: Winter is coming...

[MARK DAVISON <markaab@global2000.net>]

At 09:38 AM 10/21/96 -0600, you wrote:
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>  >Yeah it is...
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>  YAHOO!!! I'm jonesin' for the slopes and my board already.....
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>  >How about snow tire recommendations?  I'm in the mountainous section of
>  Virginia, so I WILL see some snow, but I don't want die hard tires.  I
>  want to >still be able to go 90-100mph on dry road if that's possible.
>  Need some input.
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>  Hmmmmm......I'm in the same position (Boulder, CO) and am pondering the
>  merits of What To Do About Snow Tires.
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>  I know that the Blizzacs (Michelin, I think) are *outstanding* snow
>  tires. Studless, so the ride is softer and more stable. Fancy
>  ploy-whatchyacallit material that holds better than normal studs in snow
>  and ice. Also wears down to a certain point, provides a wear indicator,
>  then the compound changes to perform like normal all-seasons. An
>  acquaintance who works at the Taos ski resort uses them on her Scirocco,
>  and has no problems.
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>  I think I'll definately get them for the drive wheels, but I'm not so
>  sure about the rear (they're not cheap!). My big question is: is it worth
>  it to get new, sheapo rims for the snow tires, so you can just swap 'em
>  out when the time comes??

I love Bridgestone Blizzaks, have used them for 3 years now.
Fabulous tires both in snow and on ice. Bridgestone recommended
installing them on all 4 wheels when they came out. I though it was
a marketing scheme or something so I just bough two for the front.

Bridgestone was right. It's hard to describe but the car was very unstable 
going into and out of turns. It's sort of like the front and rear tires were 
squishing at very different rates and the two ends of the car were not
communicating. I bought two more for the rear and all was OK again.
Got three seasons out of them and they are now down to the end of the 
specialo multicell compound and are just regular tires. I'm getting
4 more for this winter. By the way, I don't sell tires so this is unbiased
(excuse the pun).

As for swapping tires, a lot of swapping can cause wear on the bead of
 the tire and subsequent poor sealing. Plus, good mounting and balancing is
expensive. So, taht's an argument for 2 sets of wheels.

Mark


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