oxymoron: dry snow tire?

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Pirelli Winter 190/210/240 is what you want. Very low noise, quite durable,
"sport" feeling, and very good on dry tarmac. They don't squeal at all.
However, if you go too low, like -20 Celcius (0 F), they are getting hard
and doesn't grip anymore, and then, they are flat spot prone
(...Squarelli's, according to Huw). But they go cheap now. I am on my 5th or
6th set of Winter Pirelli's, and I still buy them. 

Louis-Alain in chilly but mostly dry Montreal.


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] De
> la part de c dyer
> Envoyé : 10 novembre, 2005 15:50
> À : audi fans
> Objet : oxymoron: dry snow tire?
> 
> Car is a '87 5ktq: anyone know of a winter/snow tire
> that is fairly decent in the dry?
> 
> I'm looking b/c I go up to the mtns for snowboarding,
> but 4/5's of the drive is accross the Mojave. (plus my
> daily driving is in L.A., so...) My pavement needs
> aren't aggressive--I mean it's stop-n-go, potholes
> galore...maybe a high-profile SUV tire is what I
> need!!
> 
> I'd like "snowflake on the mtn" symbol tires, but if
> possible, avoid the high-silica compound. I think it's
> that compound that is used to enhance ice traction,
> but also wears very quickly on pavement.
> 
> One in the running is the Bridgestone LM-18; I don't
> think it has the typical blizzak tread compound.
> Thoughts? Suggestions?
> 
> t.i.a.
> 
> 
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