All of my vehicles wear Nokians or they wear nothing at............. oops, wrong commercial. Seriously though, every vehicle we own and those at my parents house all have Nokian snow tires. The only exception is the `79 Triumph Spitfire which I am sure you can understand, it sits in a garage all winter. When I get around to purchasing snow tires for my mountain bike they will also be Nokians. Though I rarely need them here as I have the advantage of 30yrs experience(as of next month) driving on ice and snow, I consider snow tires to be cheap insurance and they have saved me a few times.
That said, do you need snow tires in Bend???? It snows there, but how much, and how long does it last? I do not know having never been there. First rule of driving on snow and ice: SLOW DOWN! After that comes, leave more space between you and the car in front, drive defensively, plan ahead so you do not have to stop at the top, bottom, etc, of a hill. Don't lock your brakes up, pump the pedal, practice slids in an empty lot to learn skid control. Last but not least, no matter how hard you sound your horn the road sign in front of you will NOT move out of the way! That one was a long time ago, I have since moved on to other blunders. Mark in AK On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Mike Elliott wrote: > Now that we've moved to Bend, Oregon, we are looking ahead to when, > not > many months from now, we will need to give our cars new shoes. Mrs > Squirrel is still without car since her Volvo sedan's computer > registered > that the transmission was due to fail. so we sold it. In the meantime, > she's putting around town in Mellow Yellow (my 84 Westy). > > We're from SoCal where that white stuff that falls from the sky simply > doesn't happen so I have never needed to look into the subject of snow > tires. I looked at Larry Chase's Roadhaus page to see what tires > others > have found to be good, but I couldn't easily tell which of them were > of > the studded snow tire category. > > The local dealer (and employer) is Les Schwab so I reckon it would be > a > fine thing to buy from them. > > Could someone more familiar with this subject take a look at the > offerings > from Les Schwab here: http://www.lesschwab.com/tires/winter.asp and > advise > a Pretty Good Tire? > > (Note: I just passed the written (actually computer) test to get my > Oregon > driver's license. It was from a 16 year-old kid sitting next to me in > the > waiting room that I learned that studded snow tires are not legal here > from April 1 to November 1. Good thing he knew that, it was on the > test.) > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus -- NOW SOLD TO THE BUYER OF OUR HOUSE > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > KG6RCR |
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