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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:30:42 -0000
From: SkodaPilot <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com>
Subject: Re: 9-5 Snow tires or not?


In article <H6wozn.2wznopsamove.se>, hohnopsamlid.invalid says... > In article <MPG.185fd78af03f2045989f8enopsam.cis.dfn.de>, > SkodaPilot <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> wrote: > > In article <H6wFKI.rEnopsamove.se>, hohnopsamlid.invalid says... > > > > In the future you will get a German designed tire/tyre manufactured in > > > Portugal with the Gislaved name on it. > > > Some of my Skoda owning buddies are fitting Gislaved tyres due to their > > heritage for winter driving, saying that they seem to understeer a > > little more than all round tyres (not dangerously so, just a little more > > than standard). > > Round tyres? Isn't all tyres/tires round, or do Skoda owners use other > shapes like square or hexagonal? All round, as in General purpose, all year normal weather. > > I wonder if this is due to them being a winter tyre, or being badly > > designed? > > Winter tyres/tires have softer rubber compound. This affects the road > holding. The understeer vs. oversteer issue can often be fixed by > using correct tyre/tire pressure. Most drivers seems to use too low > pressure, especially in the rear, resulting in degraded road holding. I know about how tyre pressures can seriously affect handling, I've played around with it a fair bit, and helped setup a friends classic trials Estelle. > > I thought they were Conti owned, but didn't realise that they had done > > the stupid move of removing winter tyres from their native home and > > designers and expecting them to work so well. > > The current Gislaved tires/tyres are good designs, but the next > generation will not be from the good Gislaved designers. The history > shows that the Continental designers have never been able to make a > winter tyre/tire that worked properly in the Nordic climate. They will > most likely fail the next time as well... Might be a good time to stock up now, as you say, I can't see them breaking a habit of a lifetime. -- Carl Robson http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

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