[ba] seeking winter tire (tahoe) reccomendation from locals.. ..

[jim rose]

yeah - DOESNT COUNT =)

i made it back n forth to tahoe all last season with sp5000's and it was
pretty unstoppable in the snow.  but theyre a little balder than they were
and i dont want to take any chances this season....

thanx kids,
jim


>From: "Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com>
>To: ba-group at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: [ba] seeking winter tire (tahoe) reccomendation from locals..
>..
>Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:57:00 -0800
>
>... I made it to my sister in-law's cabin off the plowed roads around
>Pollock Pines on a set of Gatorbacks in the urq.  I'm not so sure I'd
>recommend them for general snow use though ... ;-)
>
>Quattro Rules!
>Steve Buchholz
>San Jose, CA (USA)
>
>... sorry I don't have more usable empirical data for you ...
> >
> > hey boys n girls...
> >
> > so ive been trying to decide on a set of tires for the tahoe
> > commute - 99.9
> > % dry highway with that .1% being VERY hairy and deep
> > rain/snow/ with awful
> > road conditions. anyone have somehting they've tried that
> > works/doesnt work?
> >
> > i don't want to spend 600$ on snow tires (the nokian nrw's
> > would be a first chouce, but WOW are they pricey)
> > and wonder if you all have a good, more budget-minded recc.
> > for a winter
> > tire. the artic alipns dont seem to do a very good job in deep snow...
> >
> > id prefer 1st hand exp, ive done about all the empirical
> > research that can be done =)
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