help! type44 squirrly on the road with front snow tires

[Zsolt]

It's because the rear tires will have less traction on snow/ice and in a
turn the back of the car will loose grip before the front, hence they
will spin around. Happened to me waaaay back on my front wheel drive.

just my 2 cents (CAN)
   Zsolt

JordanVw at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/11/02 11:35:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> benswann at comcast.net writes:
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>>OK, if not a quattro.  Definately not good to mix tires, and especially
>>sizes if it is a quattro.
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>>It sound like in this case, the combination is ok, especially if it
>>feels allright, but maybe your mom is picking up something you aren't
>>based on "her" driving style.
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>>I'd expect the snows to be making it handle squirrely, as they tend to
>>do that, IMO.
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>>Ben
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> thanks..  but ive been getting conflicting answers on this..  its a front
> wheel drive automatic '86 5k NA.   some other lister said i needed all 4
> snows.   but why? the rear wheels are not traction wheels...?
> chris
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