RE: [TECH] Wheels & Tires...HELP!

["Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>]

Okay, now that you're following this logic, you need to pick an appropriate
snow tire. Sears is still your only option, eh? What snow tires do they
offer? The various tires are more suitable for different weather conditions.
For instance, Blizzaks are best ice whereas Hakkapaliitas typically kick ass
in deep snow. Do your research and buy wisely for best results.

Btw, the monkeys at Sears may steer you into something like a 185/60 tire.
This is totally wrong. Like I said before, you want tall and skinny on the
snow/ice. I recommend 175/70 if you only expect lite snow every now and
then. If Boston hits hard this Winter, then you'll want something more like
165/80. If your current rims are 5" in width, then the 165 tires will be
fine; if you have 5.5" width then you'd probably be better with the 175s.

Finally, your Neuspeed Race springs and big swaybars are not going to help
you at all in the snow. You will be much better off with a stock suspension
than that stuff. Expect to lose a lot of traction with that
stuff -particularly on bumpy ice-covered roads.

On the dry or just wet roads you may even get a kick out of the handling.
The snowtire's sidewalls are very soft so the car will slosh all over the
place. Ultimately, your dry grip will be vastly diminished on these tires.
*However*, you can easily drive at rally-type slip angles and impress the
chicks. :^)

Remember, "usually sideways" is best! Heh heh...
--
Scott F. Williams
NJ Scirocco nut
Golf GTI 16v rallycar
Mazda 323 GTX turbo assault vehicle

Check out our rally team's website!
http://www.usrallyteam.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason87VW [mailto:vze26kw6@verizon.net]
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 11:22 AM
> To: 'Scott F. Williams'; vze26kw6@verizon.net
> Cc: 'Scirocco List'
> Subject: RE: [TECH] Wheels & Tires...HELP!
>
>
> That's what I'm gonna do...Thanks for helping snap out of my desperate
> stupor. I'll just get snow tires for now on the 13s. The car is
> still gonna
> handle like balls, Neuspace race springs, Bilstein sports, and
> poly and sway
> bars all over the place....Thanks for the advice everyone...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott F. Williams [mailto:sfwilliams@home.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 11:26 AM
> To: vze26kw6@verizon.net
> Cc: Scirocco List
> Subject: RE: [TECH] Wheels & Tires...HELP!
>
>
> > My problem is $$$ money baby...All I have for funds at this point is my
> > Sears card. That's it! The money I do have has to go to my Motronic
> > ignition. I am truly screwed. Unless I keep the 13" stock rims
> > that came on the 81 (which is what I wanted to do) and try to
> find a good
> snow tires or
> > something. I live just south of Boston so snowy conditions are highly
> > likely. I honestly don't know what to do...What is that biggest
> > fattest tire
> > I can put on the 13's ?
>
> Forget big and fat when what you want for the coming season is tall and
> skinny. I highly recommend that you buy snow tires for your 13"
> rims, enjoy
> amazing traction during the winter, and then spend some *cash* in
> the Spring
> on real performance tires. This way you will have max traction, the best
> cash flow, and must only sacrafice some performance during this
> Fall. Either
> do this or head down to your local junkyard and simply buy some
> GTI rims for
> $25 each. Mount up some $50 performance tires in the 195/55/14
> size and call
> it a day until the snow comes.
>
> If your options are truly limited to just what you can charge right this
> second... then you should grin and bear what you've got right now
> or borrow
> $100 from somebody for the rims. Plastic is evil when you don't have the
> cash to back it up.
> --
> Scott F. Williams
> NJ Scirocco nut
> Golf GTI 16v rallycar
> Mazda 323 GTX turbo assault vehicle
>
> Check out our rally team's website!
> http://www.usrallyteam.com
>
>
>


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