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Ya I'm waiting till the end of March to commence summer mode.
 
Word. Looking forward to it! Thinking of throwing summer shoes on my daily next weekend as the roads are clear now.. But who knows, we can still get snowfalls.
 
My cars in summer mode all year 'round. :)
Same here. We never get snow and it never gets below 15 degrees in the coldest winters. 👍
Blesed we are for our area. :dopey:
 
Same here. We never get snow and it never gets below 15 degrees in the coldest winters. 👍
Blesed we are for our area. :dopey:

I'm in Chicago.

We get plenty of snow but my car doesn't need them. Plus, my town is very good at plowing the roads.
 
I hope you rock all seasons then because summer tires in cold weather = disaster.
 
I donno. My buddy's manual Neon on Ecsta MXs is better than this one girl's Solara on all-seasons on the snow. Granted he's also a much better driver. But I'm a bit surprised as to how well that Neon does in the snow.
 
I donno. My buddy's manual Neon on Ecsta MXs is better than this one girl's Solara on all-seasons on the snow. Granted he's also a much better driver. But I'm a bit surprised as to how well that Neon does in the snow.

According to some tirerack test, in which they did not name the tires, the all-seasons barely did better than summer tires in the snow.
 
But all-seasons will be safer in cold weather. All one needs to do is check out Keef's "I crashed my Civic" thread to see what happens to summer tires in cold weather.
 
I hope you rock all seasons then because summer tires in cold weather = disaster.

I do rock all seasons.

Although Grand Prix's (all W-bodys for that matter) seem to do well in snow. As long as the driver knows how to drive in snow, that is.
 
Same here. We never get snow and it never gets below 15 degrees in the coldest winters. 👍
Blesed we are for our area. :dopey:

15 degrees? Is that in F or C?

15 deg C is pretty bloody freezing for a winter were I come from. :p
 
I donno. My buddy's manual Neon on Ecsta MXs is better than this one girl's Solara on all-seasons on the snow. Granted he's also a much better driver. But I'm a bit surprised as to how well that Neon does in the snow.

Different story when braking down though I guess..
But DOT rated US spec all seasons suck hard too. Drove on Nankang NS2s half a winter, dead scary every morning. Of course they probably suck extra hard, and you're pretty ****ed on black ice whatever tires you're on. But I don't even like studless tires, I swear a good set of studded tires is the only way you're really protected through a winter. I don't give a **** if your city plows pretty well, all the idiots on summer tires, all seasons or winter tires without studs are polishing the roads so they're bloody dangerous to drive on after the city has plowed the streets. Also, even though you may leave your car in the drive if it's snowing, what about when it starts snowing when you're driving?

I don't really care if you drive your pride and joy into a tree.. But the fact that you're a potential threat to the people out on the streets is enough to make me mad. I'd rather have okay drivers on studs and really grippy studless than people thinking they're so great at driving they only need summer tires on the road.

I drove my beater on bald rear tires through last December, not that dangerous since the car was rwd, I could control wheel spin and I had grip up front, but when I one day took a glance at them and realized how bald they actually were, I changed them up. Drifted like hell with the new studded tires but at least I wouldn't kill someone you love.

It maybe sounds like I never do anything wrong, I'm not the most careful driver out there but I've experienced enough real winters to take them seriously. We had two weeks of 20C degrees minus here, and there's still a bunch of snow and ice left from this winter..


A bit longer reply than I intended, but don't cheap out or think it's not that big of a deal when it comes to winters unless you live in California..
 
Unfortunately studded tires aren't legal in Michigan, well they are legal but they need to pass some MDOT inspection and not tire studs on the market have passed.
 
Unfortunately studded tires aren't legal in Michigan, well they are legal but they need to pass some MDOT inspection and not tire studs on the market have passed.

They're legal north of Sudbury in Ontario, but thats pretty far north and most roads are gravel at best.
 
15C is okay if it's not windy outside, 15F is suicide.

🤬 that Joey D I'll ship you a set..
And what the hell is their problem, yeah it causes a kind of air pollution, but they are seeing the result in Norway now from favoring studless winter tires (not DOT all seasons), loads more accidents, especially among SUV drivers. An SUV driver who thinks he can't crash because of improved ground clearance and electronic aids, combined with studless winter tires = really dangerous. Your stopping distance is still as long, or longer, than my 82 daily with good tires!!!
 
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It's more of a "they chew the crap out of pavement costing tons in repairs" thing.

Same reason tire chains aren't allowed anymore.
 
15C is okay if it's not windy outside, 15F is suicide.

🤬 that Joey D I'll ship you a set..
And what the hell is their problem, yeah it causes a kind of air pollution, but they are seeing the result in Norway now from favoring studless winter tires (not DOT all seasons), loads more accidents, especially among SUV drivers. An SUV driver who thinks he can't crash because of improved ground clearance and electronic aids, combined with studless winter tires = really dangerous. Your stopping distance is still as long, or longer, than my 82 daily with good tires!!!

Do they salt the roads in Norway?
 
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It's more of a "they chew the crap out of pavement costing tons in repairs" thing.

Same reason tire chains aren't allowed anymore.

Thing is with that, after winter the roads are royally screwed anyway...

Some sort of law where you can run studded tires on side streets but not on the highway would work quite well I think.
 
Thing is with that, after winter the roads are royally screwed anyway...

That they are, and I would guess they would only be worse with studs.

Some sort of law where you can run studded tires on side streets but not on the highway would work quite well I think.

Only thing is to get anywhere you have to take the highway.
 
I've had her for 5 days now:dopey:

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Missing some details on this civic:
* Vtec?
* ??? KW
* Exhausts that blow your socks off?

Body work (paint) and rims look in very good shape.
 
According to some tirerack test, in which they did not name the tires, the all-seasons barely did better than summer tires in the snow.

It's probably something to do with the rubber compounds. When it starts getting really cold, you're probably going to want some all-seasons or snow tires because your summer tires will start to turn into plastic as the temperature drops. But in the snow, you still have the tread of the summer tires to give some grip.

And what the hell is their problem, yeah it causes a kind of air pollution, but they are seeing the result in Norway now from favoring studless winter tires (not DOT all seasons), loads more accidents, especially among SUV drivers. An SUV driver who thinks he can't crash because of improved ground clearance and electronic aids, combined with studless winter tires = really dangerous. Your stopping distance is still as long, or longer, than my 82 daily with good tires!!!

SUVs in the snow are a joke. I don't get how people think that just because some old 4x4 has some kind of off-road capability their brand new Highlander is invincible in the snow. If you want something good in the snow, get a Subaru, with snow tires. I'm a bit bothered by people thinking their SUV is going to be great in the snow.

Also, studded tires for the lose. Get a good set of studless snows, drive slowly when it's snowing and pay attention and you'll be just fine.
 
Also, studded tires for the lose. Get a good set of studless snows, drive slowly when it's snowing and pay attention and you'll be just fine.

Not really. Well, not over here. If you drive an AWD car, studless tyres are fine. But when driving any 2-wheel driven car, studless tyres are a must. Especially at this time of the year when it melts over the day, and it freezes again overnight are tremendously dangerous conditions. It's not most slippery at the time it's actually snowing, but towards the spring at night it's more dangerous than any other time of the year.

Do they salt the roads in Norway?

You have to got to be one heck of an idiot salting roads when it gets below -5C at night.
 
I'm guessing that's a no.

It wouldn't make much sense in areas with not a lot of traffic.

Salting roads does not depend on the amount of traffic, but on temperatures. They salt roads usually when temperatures hover around freezing point. But where I live it's so cold that salting actually makes conditions worse. It melts the snow, but it's so cold it freezes shortly afterwards again, laying out a layer of ice instead of snow.
 
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