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Re: OT: Winter Tires for a truck
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Posted by Ludwig on November 22, 2006 at 08:44:37 from (198.51.119.130):
In Reply to: OT: Winter Tires for a truck posted by farmallman on November 21, 2006 at 13:16:06:
I mostly drive a car because I commute over 100 miles a day but heres my $0.02. I got my first snow tires 2 winters ago on my old Mercedes. I got them because the all-seasons turned bad that winter and in the first storm of the year I couldn't get anywhere. With snows that car was great in snow and on ice and even in the mud. On wet pavement though stopping wasn't so great, that tends to be the tradeoff with snows. They were louder than all-seasons and didn't wear well compared to all seasons. Although I hadn't worn them out in 25,000 miles when I sold the car. Would I do it again? You bet, I'm about to get another set of wheels for my new car and will get snows on the second set to make it easy to rotate the all-seasons back in in the spring. You know what really makes for a good snow vehicle though? Low horsepower... I know, sounds crazy right? My old diesel Mercedes has only about 72hp (thats what it had new anyway) and its just terrific in the snow. My Dodge Dakota had 200+hp new and in 2wd even with snows and 300# in the back its a handful, in 4wd its not bad but my GMC Jimmy S15 w/2.8l (about 95hp) was a whole lot better even with all-seasons and no weight in the back. The horsepower race makes for vehicles that tow good and are alot of fun but for actually getting somewhere when its snowing or for going down a field road and trying not to tear it to pieces a smaller engine is better, for me anyway.
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