[s-cars] Another positive review for Artic Altimax

[LL - NY]

Man, if I had an F250, I'd have a plow on it. Beats 40 minutes with the snow
blower. And if you had the time and were willing to deal with the wear and
tear, ya could make a little fun money.

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:27 AM, JAM <jscarstuff at charter.net> wrote:

> I'm another S6 one on the Generals, studded.  They have been everything we
> could ask for.  As others have said, they do squirm on dry pavement but
> that
> is expected in a serious set of snows.  For cheap snows or for any price,
> they really kick ass.  They just got my wife through a 3 hour trip through
> the mountains at the beginning of the east coast snow storm.  It did take
> her 5 hours to get home but most of the delay was with detours, wrecks and
> slow traffic.  The last and hardest test is our driveway which is steep,
> long, and had ~4-5" of heavy snow on it which she said the car handled w/o
> problem.
> Bottom line, they're friggin' sweet tires, no doubt.  Now that the snow is
> 14" deep and unplowed, the S6 is sitting in the garage with the urq while
> the F250 got down the driveway due to its ground clearance.
> Jason Mawhinney
> '95.5 S6 avant (Altimaxed)
> '95 S6 sedan (stuck in the driveway on old Dunlop wintersport M2s)
> '83 urq (staying warm in the garage)
> '96 Passat TDI wagon (snowed in)
> '96 F250 (ground clearance is nice, out and playing grocery getter)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew B" <andrew.sb at gmail.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Another positive review for Artic Altimax
>
>
> > I've heard very good things about these too.  Supposedly General is
> > now owned by Continental, who also owns Gislaved.  They're said to be
> > similar or the same as the nordfrost 3, which was very highly ranked a
> > few years ago, but Gislaved is onto #5, I think.
> >
> > These would be top of my list, if I bought new.  Hopefully picking up
> > some Hakka RSIs this week!
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