winter tires

[rbade12 at aol.com]

 Winter rubber is made to be more elastic in cold than all-season or summer rubber, therefore even more elastic in warm weather. I don't know how quickly, but, winter rubber would very likely wear quickly if driven in warm temps. 

Could not agree with Peter more! Find a set of OE wheels, they seem to be about relatively cheap these days, and get a set of dedicated winter tires.
I'm a fan of Hankook Winter I-Pikes.

 
Bob


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: PeterBergin <PeterBergin at aol.com>
To: pyro_10314 <pyro_10314 at yahoo.com>; 200q20v <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Tue, Dec 28, 2010 6:39 pm
Subject: Re: winter tires


Winter tires burn up pretty fast in the summer.  Plus they may be a  bit 





soft for you suspension.





 





I run Nokian RSI's in the winter, on a 15" 6.5 inch UR quatto rim off a  





1985 far better than the Blizzaks I had before.  When you figure your  wear 





cost per mile the tire cost does not matter over time.  Used winter  wheels 





you should be able to find for 20-$25 used, I live in Minnesota and my  summer 





Bridgstone RE 950 or 930 (cant remember) 17" (2000 S4 rims) really suck  





when its slippery.  If your going to drive the car a few years and live  where 





there is a "real winter" dig into your wallet, you won't regret it.  





 





Pete 





91 Avant





 





 





In a message dated 12/28/2010 6:22:32 P.M. Central Standard Time,  





pyro_10314 at yahoo.com writes:











Gotta  buy new tires because my current ones are bald and it sucks to be 





slippin and  sliding like everyone. I am definitely going to get all season 





ones ( I had  posted an earlier comment about this), due to the fact that i 





cant afford to  buy a set for winter now and then another set once it gets 





warmer. If by some  chance i come into some money, how bad is it to run winter 





tires when there  isnt any snow? Do they wear down faster or are they just 





not meant to go fast  with?





Danny



































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