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Snow Tire
I bought my car a few weeks ago and these were the tires trhat were on the car. So before the snow gets here I was wondering if anybody knows of these tires and if they will be good for the snow. Thanks.
WIDETRACK RADIAL H/R 235/45R17 93H TREADWEAR 400 TRACTION A TEMPERATURE A
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snow and ice
the only tires that stop on ice without studs is the QR rated Bridgestone Blizzaks.
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AHHH I beg to differ with you Porschekiller...NO TIRE regardless of traction rating will stop efficiently on ice. Snow, yes, but ice , NO. I don't care if you have car-width tires with an A+++ traction rating....tag the binders on ice & watch your car's braking distances quadruple. Here in the smokies we have ice, more than snow, TRUST ME, no amount of snow tire will help on ice.
For all your ranting about tires, I'd have guessed this simple bit of info would be sceond nature to you.
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Don't know that tire, but rule of thumb is narrower & taller tires for snow. Wide low profiles will have more of a tendency to ride up on top of the snow and lose traction rather than cut through it. A 205 or 215/55/16 or similar would be a good choice.
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Also, if it does not have the M&S on the sidewall, its not a rated snow tire.
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ice rink
i've seen the tests on an ice rink. 30 ft shorter than a regular snow tire. get with the times-multi-cell compound
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i concur
but on a 17" wheel a 225 or 215/55-17 would be ideal because of the weight on the front.(think forester/outback)
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I am guessing where my tire says "H/R' it should say "M&S"?
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Ice rink? Simply saying it stopped 30 ft shorter is not a complete answer. 30 ft shorter at what speed? Vehicle weight? If a car takes 600 feet to stop on sheer ice from 100 KPH, 30 feet is only a 5% decrease. Nothing to write home about.
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http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=33
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Without seeing a picture of the tread I'd say it's an all-season tire geared more toward summer performance. Any vehicle will benefit from having a set of snow tires in temperatures below 7 degrees C (40-ish F). Below this temperature the rubber compound of all seasons stiffens. Summer tires are rock hard and useless. Get a picture of the tread and I can give you my opinion of it's winter usefulness.
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first of all widetrack isnt a brand and radial isnt a model, so until you can read a sidewall right then you'll reap what you sow.
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there are plenty of other manufacturers who have figured out how to sipe a tire, and still none of them stop on ice better than studs and chains. Bridgestone makes a great tire, but I've seen testing video where they get out stopped and out-lasted.
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FIRESTONE RADIAL WIDETRACK H/R ALL A A 400
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