-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 27 Jul 2003 01:05, tom ring wrote: > I lived for 30 years in one of the heaviest snowfall areas in the US, > the eastern tip of Lake Ontario, where we got about 300 inches a year > snowfall. We used snow tires, tractionized tires, and for a while, when > they first came out, studded tires. They are not worth anything in snow > beyond the tread you are on. They are great on glare ice. Look at the > conditions you will be driving in, and buy a good M/S or snow tire > accordingly. And skip the studs unless ice is a normal occurance. I lived in Austria for long enough to have seen this one. The man's right: snow tyres are the way to go. If you *do* use spikes (as we called them) use them for *ice*, and on all four wheels. It's no good having traction to propel yourself forward if you can't steer or brake properly because you lose traction at the front end. - -- Tim PGP Key ID: 525e6a47 Available from http://pgp.mit.edu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Iy9E+SjPMVJeakcRAqLCAKDWnhT4FBqp++QGjvSE+b0R+qf94gCgrmBI r6rLo/OUBXU1TQAjzSjYk78= =nHhV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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