I have always heard of having the snow tires put on all 4 wheels. I just checked the manual for my 05 Town & country, which is front wheel drive, and it even says to put them on all 4 wheels to insure proper control of the vehicle while braking and accelerating. If you can get a manual for her car, you can see what it says about snow tires. I would get ones that can be studded, but do not have to be. then if she isn't getting enough traction, you can add the studs. Michael _____
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:39 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] tire question Interesting that you should mention that tire. that is what she is running at the moment. She needs something much more aggressive. Even during snow emergencies she must go to work since she is in the health care field. She must carry an id card so that she is not fined when out in those extreme conditions. I thought about chains but they are not practical since we do not have a garage and I don't relish the idea of jacking up a car in a foot or more of snow to try and put on the chains. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Baldwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:mbaldwin%40cableone.net> net> To: <blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:23 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] tire question Have you thought of going with a good all season tire? The Goodyear TripleTred are good tires. You can use them all year round. http://www.tirerack <http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear> .com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear <http://www.tirerack <http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Assuran > .com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Assuran ce+TripleTred&partnum=065HR5ATT&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&place=7 2> &tireModel=Assurance+TripleTred&partnum=065HR5ATT&vehicleSearch=false&fromCo mpare1=yes&place=72 Michael _____ From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:09 To: Handyman-Blind Subject: [BlindHandyMan] tire question My daughter has a 2000 Camry xle it has 205x65x15 tires. Last year she was planning on trading it on something 4 wheel drive because of the hills on which she must drive to get to work. I did meet one very honest dealership. When I called to inquire on what he had available he asked me what she is driving I told him and that it had about 31,000 miles. I was surprised to hear his comment, "if it was my daughter, I would not let her trade that car, It is good for about 100,000 miles with no problems." He then went on to say that I should just install a good set of snow tires on all 4 wheels. Now we are on the tire quest. One tire store told me that I only need snows on the front and another said all four. The one that mentioned only the front recommended half studded that is every other hole. This will help it from sliding on just wet roads. I called a third place to inquire about the stud suggestion and was told that if she uses studded tires she needs them on all four wheels and never heard about half studding the tires. He also stated that if I do not use studded tires I only will need two snow tires. I tried to contact my uncle who worked his way up through Goodyear from mechanic to service manager then regional manager and finally to tri-state manager. I value his expertise but right now he is sick. I don't want to wait too much longer. Oh, I called another dealer and was told that only two snows are needed. The logic behind the 4 snow tires for front wheel drive is that there will be great traction on the front and the rear will kick out and spin the car around. This does make some sense. Lenny http://www.geocitie <http://www.geocitie <http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/> s.com/lenny_mchugh/> s.com/lenny_mchugh/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio. <http://acbradio.org/handyman.html> org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio. <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/> org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio <http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday> .org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws- <http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/> users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail- <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws- <http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com> users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman- <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
