Snow Tire Recommendation

[Larry C Leung]

Jim,

Haven't had the Alpins on ice yet, but their packed snow and rain
performance indicates that they probably aren't bad there. It's
just on the loose stuff they were quite unstable, at least on
the Subie (which is, in effect, much like the Haldex set-up
in actual usage, though not in HOW they function). That MAY
have had an effect on stability. I discount the weight issue, as
it's about the same weight as my former 4KQ, which was
a paragon of stability (when you wanted it) when in snow
while on the Pacemarks.

LL - NY


On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:56:33 -0700 (PDT) james accordino
<ssgacc at yahoo.com> writes:
> I really like the Artic Alpins.  I used them on the
> 200 and S/O's Pontiac minivan.  Ice is the only thing
> that really scares me.  Had a really bad experience
> with a telephone pole the first winter with the 200q
> on half worn Cooper Cobras.  The pole won.  I've also
> driven in deep and packed snow fast and with control
> with both BFG HR-4's someone mentioned earlier and
> also Mich. MXV-4's.  I've used these on both quat and
> non-quat Type 44s with great snow results.  Neither of
> these is good on pack ice or black ice though.  I
> thought the Artic Alpins did great on various icy
> conditions.  This year I've got some Blizzak MZ-02's?
> Someone was closing them out.  $52-54? shipped to my
> door.
>
> Jim Accordino
>
> --- Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> > BTW, the Michelin Artic Alpins that are on the
> > inherited Subie are pretty
> > darn good in
> > the dry and wet, admittedly on a 4KQ sized and
> > weight car. I just found
> > that their
> > fresh snow (powder was downright scary compared to
> > my Pacemarks, wet snow
> > was just simply weak compared to the same)
> > performance weak. Good on
> > packed
> > (i.e. plowed or trampled) snow.
>
>
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