The sheer number of bald all-seasons I've seen recently is terrifying.

"Will with a W8 races an E30" (hi-im-will)
11/13/2014 at 11:10 • Filed to: None

In Michigan. In November.

That is all.

DISCUSSION (27)

ntl0505 > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 11:15

People are broke. What do you expect?

Will with a W8 races an E30 > ntl0505
11/13/2014 at 11:18

Not unexpected, just terrifying.

claramag, Mustaco Master > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 11:20

I drove in once on 25% all seasons through San Antonio's singular icy day in a FWD corolla; a feather on the throttle sent me into wheelspin. That absolutely terrified 17y/o me

505Turbeaux > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 11:25

stay in on the first snowstorm, let them crash all over the place. It is like evolution for the car world. Only the strong and snowtired will survive

Will with a W8 races an E30 > claramag, Mustaco Master
11/13/2014 at 11:34

I tried to move the RX7 out of the driveway last winter. I started it up, put it in gear, and let out the clutch. I then got out of the car and walked around back to gawk at the tires simply spinning in the snow at idle.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 11:35

Because SnowDrift car.

claramag, Mustaco Master > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 11:37

That'd've been a beautiful .gif, but it's still an amazing mental image

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 11:39

Kinja'd!!!

Dat B5.5 wagon. I love this picture.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 11:41

I have almost bald snow tires on the back of my Civic. It's made things a little more interesting.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 11:43

I actually saw a guy driving an FC around town yesterday. With summer tires on 18"s that had to be fun considering we've gotten 3 feet of snow in the last three days.

Will with a W8 races an E30 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/13/2014 at 11:49

I'm a fan.

Kinja'd!!!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 12:02

YOU HAVE A W8?!

Will with a W8 races an E30 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/13/2014 at 12:06

Hence the "with a W8" in my display name. :)

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 12:47

Does it have AWD?

Will with a W8 races an E30 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/13/2014 at 12:47

Yep. W8 is AWD only.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 12:55

hnnnNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG

How reliable is the W8?

E. Julius > claramag, Mustaco Master
11/13/2014 at 12:59

Double contraction. Nice.

claramag, Mustaco Master > E. Julius
11/13/2014 at 13:12

One of my favoruite oddities in the English language, I hear it spoken pretty often but nobody likes writing it out. I think -'d've just has such great flow to it

More words need to be fun to pronounce

Will with a W8 races an E30 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/13/2014 at 13:44

Not bad so far. Been daily driving for almost 2 years now. Oil changes are expensive, and the PCV is always an issue in the winter (it freezes, so I just disconnect it). Now its starting to have issues with vacuum hoses cracking, which wouldn't be a big deal if replacements were readily available and they weren't so damn funky. Can't really replace with universal vacuum hoses without making it look like an enormous kludgefest, so the leaks are patched with silicone tape for now.

But other than that, its been a surprisingly uneventful 2 years, considering I was expecting to turn the block into a wine rack after 6 months.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 14:19

Kludgefest is best fest. Is it a manual?

Will with a W8 races an E30 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/13/2014 at 15:32

Haha, I wish. There were only 103 manual wagons imported to the US, a fraction of which were sport models like mine. I've looked at a few of them, but they tend to be much more expensive or in much worse condition than the autos. But as a daily driver, the auto trans is just fine. I'm not tracking it (although I have), and I really just use it as a cruiser and stuff hauler.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/13/2014 at 17:28

Only 103? That is a sad story indeed :(

thebigbossyboss > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/14/2014 at 07:41

Wait....BMW 3 series race car? cool.

thebigbossyboss > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/14/2014 at 07:42

Keep in mind that some of these are undoubtedly summer tires just at the end of their life.

Sincerely

-Guy on bald all seasons who hasn't been able to get his winter tires mounted yet.

3.14 rad/s > Will with a W8 races an E30
11/18/2014 at 08:47

I made my gf get winter tires last Tuesday. This is our first Michigan winter; we moved up from NC this summer. Neither of us know what all this white stuff is on the ground or why it's colder outside than it is in our freezer.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Will with a W8 races an E30
02/04/2015 at 10:58

it always completely baffles me why people do this, especially when you are following someone in a light snow and they are sliding all over the place or stuck on a slight incline at a stop light spinning their tires. how do you not think "hmm maybe i should get better tires" at that point? my wife's car has all-seasons that are decent in the snow (not great but decent) and I've even thought about getting winter tires for her car if it wasn't for the fact that we plan on selling it sooner rather than later

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Will with a W8 races an E30
02/17/2015 at 23:42

I once drove a whole winter on bad tires, in the spring i noticed that the wires were showing on the rears. The fronts were only 15,00 miles old tho, which is why I wasn't constantly getting stuck. The fronts still needed to be replaced tho because aggressive teenage driver. That April was the first time I ever bought 4 tires all at one Man did that 280 bucks hurt lol.