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Seriously, you want to give props to a guy who ignores all the warnings about the factory tires then crashes his car????????I got to the owner props for not locking his car away in a garage and using it as a dust collector.![]()
I didn't say that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Seriously, you want to give props to a guy who ignores all the warnings about the factory tires then crashes his car????????
I didn't think soI didn't say that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's call a spade a spade. That was just plain stupid... unless it was some sort of emergency. Wide tires and RWD is a formula for sure disaster.
I'm trying to understand why people drive sports cars in the snow?
Im trying to keep an open mind. Is it because the person put all there eggs in one basket? Is it because they have so much money it's growing on trees? Help me out here please.
Tread compound has changed radically in 20 years as I'm sure you know. Comparing what you did 20 years ago with the car and tires that are delivered today is somewhat worthless.Well back in '93 I bought a 40th anniversary convertible end of November and drove it that winter as it was my only car at the time. Coming back from CT I hit a major snow storm that shut down the highway for like 2 hours. When we finally started to move my '93 actually did quite well in the snow and I had no trouble driving home, the tires were GSC's.
Agree 100%Tread compound has changed radically in 20 years as I'm sure you know. Comparing what you did 20 years ago with the car and tires that are delivered today is somewhat worthless.
Driving the car back on the highway on freezing or near freezing temps will be touchy but certainly doable but I would be very, very careful. If there is freezing rain or snow then all bets are off, I wouldn't attempt to drive it, I would wait for the weather to clear.
Oh I agree but tire compound hasn't changed as radically as one might think, tires are still made from natural rubber, sometimes they do use a synthetic rubber substituted in part of the tire, but the key to tire compounds is at what temperature they start to get hard, snow tires stay soft in the cold and summer tires get hard. It's a give and take as snow tires have poor dry road handling so of course you would never race with them whereas performance tires love dry roads but hate very wet or snow cover roads.Tread compound has changed radically in 20 years as I'm sure you know. Comparing what you did 20 years ago with the car and tires that are delivered today is somewhat worthless.
Driving the car back on the highway on freezing or near freezing temps will be touchy but certainly doable but I would be very, very careful. If there is freezing rain or snow then all bets are off, I wouldn't attempt to drive it, I would wait for the weather to clear.