Really cold, arctic/sub-zero here is pretty rare. The other night was maybe mid-20s, and a fairly heavy/wet snow. Though I've also had trouble on this hill with dry powder snow. Would prefer to avoid studs, as they are pretty noisy on dry roads (which is most of the winter, here).
Allan Clay Monroe via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > I have been doing research to learn more about why and what are the > best winter tires to mount for the Arctic. There is a fellow on the > TUBE of Ewe who drives around the Nokian winter track testing tires in > his VW. Seems there are two forms of winter tire Hakipolita X3 or > such. He tested normal all seasons, Central European compound winters > and the “Oh God! Save me Arctic blend” winter tire. And the spiked > kind. Maybe there are tires meant to work at -40c and below, where > the other type were just meant for -15c climate. > > BTW, the super arctic with spikes did the best runs and stops. > Without studs, the tires were pretty darn good, losing maybe a few > meters stopping distance and a few seconds lap times. > > clay > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
