"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
12/17/2016 at 00:04 • Filed to: None
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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
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I remember a video showing a FWD car on snow tires vs. an AWD subaru on all seasons up a snowy hill. FWD car wins, Subaru sucked. My wife’s FWD only RAV4 is on snows, and as it’s snowing quite a bit now, it drove home like a friggin rock star. I couldn’t believe the cornering, but then during the first decent snow of the season, I’m sure all of us on snows are slack-jawed at what they can do.
I have a Mazda3 with all season Continental’s just barely above the treadwear bar. Yay me.
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> Grindintosecond
12/17/2016 at 00:07 |
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One worse. RWD on snows against AWD on no-seasons.
shop-teacher
> Grindintosecond
12/17/2016 at 00:20 |
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It’s fun, ain’t it? I got around for years in RWD pickup trucks on all season tires. It was fine, really it was .... but man are those snow tires nice to have!
HammerheadFistpunch
> Grindintosecond
12/17/2016 at 00:33 |
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was it this one
Summer tires =/= all season tires.
Here is a better test
winter tires won, but A/S tires didn’t fail. Summers sure did though.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Grindintosecond
12/17/2016 at 00:41 |
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I will say that my snowflake rated Duratracs are no longer the super winter champs they once were and the WS80's on the NoxBox are much better in the cornering/stopping department though I still win in the getting going and more fun parts of the test.
TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> Grindintosecond
12/17/2016 at 00:50 |
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all season tires+unloaded f350+500lbs of torque+LSD = fun and i still pass people who cant drive
gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
> HammerheadFistpunch
12/17/2016 at 01:02 |
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I still swear by snowflake-rated AT’s. The big draw is not needing two set of tires (a big deal when you have three “daily” driven vehicles) and as far as compromises go, well My MJ and Niva (and I’m assuming the XJ as well if the MJ will) can still push snow with my bumpers so I’m not sure there are many compromises.
Textured Soy Protein
> HammerheadFistpunch
12/17/2016 at 01:07 |
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Not surprising, snowflake rated truck tires on a big truck with 4wd and lots of ground clearance is tough to beat for getting going. But pepper winter tires have more bite. My former WK Grand Cherokee with General Grabber AT2s was pretty tough to beat in driving over stuff, but my 335xi with Michelin Pilot Alpin PA4s grips into the snow so much that just turning the wheel in a cold snowy parking lot makes a bunch of noise from the tires biting the snow.
Dusty Ventures
> Grindintosecond
12/17/2016 at 01:18 |
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I did last winter on Continental DWS (Dry Wet Snow) all seasons. They did well, but she got a bit twitchy when the boost kicked in on the icy stuff. I remember pulling out to pass a nervous driver doing 20 (at best) on a two lane, I felt like an old school Formula 1 car in the rain with the way the back end would suddenly wiggle. Blizzaks for this winter, though I haven’t had the chance to properly get a feel for the difference yet.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Textured Soy Protein
12/17/2016 at 01:34 |
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Yup, it boils down to driving her car in snow and driving mine if snow will be a barrier (unplowed country road type stuff)
bhtooefr
> Grindintosecond
12/17/2016 at 08:34 |
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I need to get some M12x1.5 ball seat R13 lug nuts, so I can get my old Golf’s snows onto my Prius - the all-seasons work , but there’s more stability control intervention than I like at times.
(It helps that they’re 5x100, the VW center bore is larger, and the offset’s only 5 mm off. Why buy more steelies if I don’t have to?)