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Re: snow tire care
Posted by Glenn Wallace (more from Glenn Wallace) on Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:22:05
In Reply to: snow tire care, Tom Reingold, Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:27:55
> Yup! Me too. The rule is to always put the better tires on the back.
It's
> more important to be able to stop safely than to be able to go. If during
> braking, the rears lock up, you have no directional stability. (This
> applies year around).
>From the Tire Rack site:
Why 4 snow tires? I thought I would only needed two.
Today's winter tires are better at providing ice and snow traction than ever
before. The technology used to develop the tread designs and tread compounds
has evolved beyond what you may have used previously. Every one of our tire
manufacturers and 7 out of 10 vehicle manufacturers recommend four winter
tires be used on rear wheel, front wheel or four wheel drive vehicles. This
is because if you use two dissimilar types of tires on your vehicle; you'll
have a vehicle that has a 'split' personality...one end of the vehicle won't
react and perform the same as the other in the dry, wet, slush and snow
conditions you'll encounter before the end of this winter. Especially in
emergency situations, you'll find that your vehicle will probably understeer
in one condition and oversteer at the other. I prefer to keep my vehicles
handling as consistent as possible by 'matching' all four tires; don't you ?
Our customers who have matched their tires tell us they're glad they made
the extra investment in four winter tires (and wheels) so they can
accelerate, brake, handle and better control their vehicle through winter's
challenges.
Also, the front tires do more work in braking, and help
turn in.
Glenn
Posts in this Thread:
- snow tire care, Tom Reingold, Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:27:55
- Re: snow tire care, Tom Reingold, Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:29:02
- Re: snow tire care, MalcolmJeffcock, Fri, 18 Feb 2000 16:14:37
- Re: snow tire care, David Prantl, Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:55:50
- Re: snow tire care, Glenn Wallace, Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:22:05
- RE: snow tire care, Carney, Brian, Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:32:44
- RE: snow tire care, John Cooper, Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:32:01
- RE: snow tire care, Brugger.Dale, Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:32:03
- RE: snow tire care, Scott Barrie, Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:55:48
- RE: snow tire care, Wally Farley, Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:31:45
- Re: snow tire care, Tom Reingold, Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:27:55
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