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I'm probably closer to the beach than you
(who cares if the water is only 40 degrees and the air temp is 20) |
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jax so a little further north but right at the beach too |
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FWIW, and with all due respect: I never saw the need for premium snows for AWD or 4WD vehicles. On the other snow tire thread, I pitched Blizzacs as the only tire I thought made a difference on ice. But, my experience with those tires is 12 years old, when I think they were fairly new technology. I only invested in those tires when I drove rear-wheel drive cars. Until I turned 50 and bought my SVX, I had no interest in anything other than RWD, and such cars are dangerous in the Colorado, Illinois and Michigan snows I've experienced -without special tires or studs.
My SVX was the only non-RWD car I ever REALLY enjoyed driving; but I never thought of putting tires on it that I'd have had to treat gently and drive minimally for fear their ice properties would wear out. I always just shopped for the best-driving, best-looking, quality AS tires and found those perfectly adequate for my SVX winters. AS tires are such good drivers and lookers now, I even use them on my RWD car that never sees the snow. (I am not claiming the best AS tires compare to the best "summer" tires; it's just that up north, one-season-or-so tires are a pain in the butt.) |
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Snow tires are very useful on 4wd and AWD vehicles for braking. In inclement weather, it's not the driving around and turning that is the cause for concern, it is the emergency type braking situation where 4wd and AWD aren't going to help you for squat. With snow tires, they greatly reduce your stopping distances. I never had snow tires until last year on my silver. They make a huge difference...
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Well, so much for getting blizzaks. Every tire store around was out of stock
for the size I wanted. I ended up going with the X-Ice. At least the guy at Discount Tire dropped the price on them to only a few bucks more than the blizzaks. I guess I'll just have to see how they do.
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I was able to have fun with my silver last winter as it was extremely unpredictable since the transfer clutches were almost completely shot and would only transfer power to the rear when the front tires were fully spinning and the C sol. was receiving a signal to transfer full power (50/50) to the rear, then it would swing the a$$ end around and I could have some fun. This was very unpredictable which made it quite enjoyable for me. BTW, that same trans had a failed high clutch so breaking anything more really wasn't a big deal. It's not something the average SVX owner would want to do as upon removal, there was 1 full tooth that was stuck to the diff drain plug when I did the 4.44 swap. It was just waiting to completely disintegrate. Oh, and my idea of fun seems to scare the crap out of a lot of my friends. |
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I grew up driving rwd as well, and in northern nd Ice and snow pack, not to mention drifting snow was a way of life, 9 or 10 months out of the year. My first car was a 1970 Ford LTD and then I had a 1972 Pontiac Catalina and several more in the same vein. I drove all year on All(no) Season tires and really didnt know or care about the difference however I later learned how good very high performance summer tires were and from that point on I was already changing out summer tires for something else so checking out blizzaks it was a night and day difference. If I still lived where I needed it I would go with dedicated winter and summer tires in a heart beat.
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