Winter tires

"MLGCarGuy" (thejdmguy) 01/20/2016 at 20:42 • Filed to: None

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Most states:

Californian winter tires:

whoarder is tellurium > MLGCarGuy 01/20/2016 at 20:43

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Wish this state allowed studded tires. :(

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > MLGCarGuy 01/20/2016 at 20:45

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It rains too much here to go for crazy slick tires

PatBateman > whoarder is tellurium 01/20/2016 at 20:50

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Did someone say “tire stud”?

whoarder is tellurium > PatBateman 01/20/2016 at 21:01

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All the ladies want to have his child... but little do they know the power of Michelin rubber technology.

MM54 > MLGCarGuy 01/20/2016 at 21:05

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A friend of mine has pilot super sports on his M5, and holy shit do they grip in the dry/damp. He did get caught in the snow once on them, said they actually weren’t all that bad but not something you want to repeat

TheHondaBro > MLGCarGuy 01/20/2016 at 21:09

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Not true. A couple of years ago, when I was still living in California, I went to Tahoe, which is in Nevada. The route to Tahoe however required snow chains at that time (January). Not all of California is desolate and dry. When you get up to the Sierra Nevadas, it’ll snow.

I’m not fun at parties.

MLGCarGuy > TheHondaBro 01/20/2016 at 21:10

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Was waiting for a “it snows in NorCal” person to arrive.

TheHondaBro > MLGCarGuy 01/20/2016 at 21:18

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It kind of snows in NorCal, and by that, I mean it snowed once a little when I was in 8th grade. Before that, it hadn’t snowed in the area for 30 years.

BLCKSTRM > MM54 01/20/2016 at 21:46

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They are amazing in the wet - no fun, but amazing. But any cooler than about 60° and they turn into plastic. Which is great fun, but a little scary. But also very, very controllable. I’m on my second set, with PS2s before that. They’re much, much better than the PS2s, and last far longer as well.

Your friend couldn’t have been in much snow - they are terrifying in snow.

When we got our fourth snow storm in Dallas last winter I decided we’d had enough snow for the locals to learn how to drive. Which was true. But if I hadn’t been raised in the far north I’d have stuffed it. They’d start sliding with anything more than rev-matched downshifts and sleepy grandma acceleration.

The Snowman > TheHondaBro 01/20/2016 at 22:17

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Nor cal has hosted the winter Olympics... It kinda snows a whole shit ton in the Sierras, like there are still glaciers in the Sierras(not for long).

wiffleballtony > MLGCarGuy 01/20/2016 at 23:30

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Arizona feels you, bro.

MM54 > BLCKSTRM 01/21/2016 at 17:22

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It was 3 or 4 inches when he got surprised; that said he does drive it year round (though winter gets blizzaks or such), and got an interesting reaction when showing up to a time/speed/distance rally in a blizzard last january in an e39 m5. He came in last but probably had the most fun. Odometer read about 7 miles for every 5 actually covered.