Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:23:57 -0500 From: "Red Aero" <redaero93nopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Views on Gislaved snow tyres
From what I remember, the steel wheels commonly used for winter tires will not clear the larger calipers on the 9-5 Aero. So at +/- $100 a tire for Gislaveds and +/- $150 a wheel for aftermarket alloys you are up to $1000 for a package. I hope you can find something cheaper... Red "Gary Fritz" <fritzxxxnopsamrii.com> wrote in message news:Xns92E96E303AFCfritzfriicomnopsam17.128.40... > I'm also looking at snow tires. The tires on the 9-5 Aero are horrible on > snow. > > I live in Colorado, at the foothills of the Rockies where it actually very > seldom snows. Typically we have maybe one snowstorm every 3-4 weeks and it > melts off within a day or so, so dry-road handling is very important to me. > But when it DOES snow, the Aero without snow tires is an accident waiting > to happen. > > My dealer has kindly offered to sell me a set of Gislaveds on wheels for > "only" $1000. *choke* I gotta think I can do better than that. > > Gary
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