🥶 When is everybody putting on their snow tires?
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I had some Firestone Winterforce 2 tires mounted on my OEM rims last week. But my regular tires are all-season Nokian Ones, so I can push through cold temperatures for quite awhile. I kind of want to see how the Nokians do in the snow first, and then compare to the Winterforce.
Sam’s Club has select brands on sale $80 off a set of four and then this weekend they also threw on free install, lifetime rotate/balance etc for another $80 off.
There were special order tires all over the place. Tires with red tags are all customer orders waiting for install:
Done and done. Got the StarTrek paint on the Regal, perfecto.
I swapped last week, but my winter set is on its last legs. I'm past the snow traction wear indicator, and almost at the regular wear indicator. By the time spring rolls around the tires will be toast. They'll get me through this last season, but not gonna have the traction I had when they were new.
that said, the compound is still better than all seasons, so what little tread is left, will deal with light stuff pretty good. Deep snow is probably not gonna be fun.
that said, the compound is still better than all seasons, so what little tread is left, will deal with light stuff pretty good. Deep snow is probably not gonna be fun.
There is an episode of Roadkill where Finnegan and Angelo go up into the mild cheddar state (Wisconsin) and do exactly that, car drag racing on a frozen lake.I feel like we should do snow tire drag races or braking contests in parking lots this winter...I'm waiting a little while longer to throw mine on.
I know Audi’s all wheel drive is better, but the x drive on my wagon rocks in the snow. I’m always looking for SUVs to race in the snow. Never really needed winter tires
Ready to go.
265/35/20
325/30/21
Yokohama BluEarth
We will find out soon enough, but my previous GT3 did just fine (as long as it doesn’t accumulate too much).
So on ice they are way better than all seasons but not as good as the previous snow tires I’ve had from Michelin, Firestone, and Continental.
On packed snow they are mid pack, but in deep snow they are at the top.
Got through some 12-14” snow okay. Was deep enough it was going up the hood and over the windshield:
Just mounted snows in this luxurious bad boy.
Could always do some ice racing up in wisconsinI feel like we should do snow tire drag races or braking contests in parking lots this winter...
That looks like amazing fun! I just put my Winterforce 2 on yesterday. I think I'd have gone for the studded option on mine if I lived up there and did more ice driving.
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