Snow/winter tires & driving (long, sorry)

[MK1Scirocco16v at comcast.net (Dave Ewing)]

With FWD cars you should have the same tires all the way around.  It's not
like the old RWD cars where you can throw some studs in back for traction
and take off.

Furthermore, I have learned my lesson buying cheapo stuff, even tires.  I
would stick with a name brand that will be able to stand up to any
warranty/guarantee that comes with the tire.  It's sort of like using a
cheapo oil filter or cheapo disty cap, just not much of a piece of mind with
that stuff.  I have had some cheapo tires do some strange things to me,
things that the more expensive tires that I run now have never done (like go
flat regularly, have bulges in the sidewalls, etc.).

HTH!

Dave

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan" <dan@angband.org>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: Snow/winter tires & driving (long, sorry)


> On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 08:53:19AM -0700, Dan Smith wrote:
> > I had true snows on my 16v last year, some closeout special that was at
> >the tire store. They worked well and the car handled quite comfortably
> >and predictably. It rarely slid, most of the times it did I was helping
> >it, but when it did it was pretty easy to maintain. This year I think I'm
> >going to try studs on the front and regular tires on the back.
>
> Very bad idea, man.  Good traction in front and poor traction in rear
> means you'll have a real hard time keeping that car straight while
> braking.
>
> Dan
>
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