> Nathaniel, I'm driving my 84 in the same deplorable weather conditions and > > not having any issues with the transaxle. Traction is a different story! > well just a data point for traction here,sorry if this degrades into a tire > thread :) > last month i asked about snows for the van most said nokia cs/cq > so I talked to Ryan at Tiresbyweb he said realy the only issue with the > vancowinter was short tread life > so at 1/2 price of the nokia I thought I just get 2 for 1 if req, > Monday I was straight to OK tire to put my brand new VancoWinters on... > it was like night and day compared to the michlin ltx 1/2 tread left > I tested in unplowed parking lot over a 12" with ridged ice just plowed on > through > then I tried just running down the unplowed areas at the side of the road > thought for sure > I was gonna have to rock my self out but no just powered over it > then i tried emergency stops & just a dead straight as long as i pump a bit > to not lock em up > so a hats for for the vasncowinter from conti I forgot the only bad thing i have to say is that on hard pack glare ice from a stop if i apply acceleration they will brake loose |
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