Re: Steamboat '97 -Reply

[Dave Lawson <dlawson@digitalglobe.com>]

Kerry,

<
>I was
> running brand new Gislaved EuroFrost directional snows and I gave it
> up to the Blizzaks. The BZs had the advantage on the pure ice, I had to walk the car
>across the ice sections with no throttle or steering inputs and wait until I could get to some
>snow on the edges for traction. 


Any other snow tire comparo info? Any Yodo Guardex there? Inquiring 
minds with snowy feet would like to know. TIA
>

The vast majority had blizzaks, I had the gislaveds, QSHIPQ had some gislaveds,
Ben and Stott had Hakka 10s on the 4000qs and Bob P. had some gislaved
nordfrost IIs on his 4000q. I don't remember any other tires. 

On the pure ice of friday, I would say the blizzaks had the advantage, not by
a great margin, but they could hook up better than what I was driving on. On sunday,
the gap narrowed and everything was more equal. I would say I was hooking up
as good with my eurofrosts as the blizzaks were. Ben said his hakka 10s were
wonderful on sunday. When QSHIPQ finds a terminal, I'm sure he can add
some insight to what his tires were doing. As you know any tire is a compramise,
and I feel I made a fine descision for my driving. The eurofrost is a directional tire,
i think similar to the nokia NRW, with pretty good stability for a snow and I drive
on dry pavement for maybe 75% of the time. I went for a tire which will hold up
in the dry and give a reasonable lifetime, but is also pretty good when the weather
turns. It isn't nearly as aggressive as the hakka 10 or the nordfrost II in deep snow,
but is working fine.

A couple pennies worth...
-
Dave