What tires to buy?
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Ive been following this thread closely because Im going to be replacing my tires soon. Heres my dilemma, even though I live in the deep south when winter roles around it ices up pretty bad here (I live in the Appalachian foothills/mtns), not so much snow but ice. It doesnt ice enough to justify the cost of winter tires, so what is a good cost effective tire for performance and weather. And before anyone says "Then Dont Drive!" Ive lived in snow covered areas, been EVOC trained, so I know how to handle ice.
bugeye_fever
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I have definetly heard this, and have put alot of thought into mounting up some r comps.
Rice Rocket
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Ass hats. Lol. I love that.
And it's about the truth. Way back when I bought my car in Nov 05, it came with 19" Motegi FF7's and crap Fuzion ZRi's. I made it up to the mtns and back for my brothers' boy scout camping trip (tested my rally skillz on the iced-over hard-pack on my way back, the scoutmasters doubted I'd even make it there, much less back, made sure I was out first). Then I drove overnight through the all-out blizzard that hit the first week of Dec to drop off my car to be shipped to Germany, beating the DOT across Kansas as they shut down parts of I-70. As soon as I got into TX, no one apparently knew how to handle the icy conditions, which also kept them out of the left lane, allowing me to buzz over the Louisville Lake bridge at the speed limit whilst everyone else went at a snails' crawl down I-35. Also, a Dodge pickup almost came over the median wall separating the NB and SB lanes.....that was kind of scary. Then there was also the time in Jan/Feb 03 when I was at Hood that they shut down the base and I numbered among the few to be out hooning in the ice.....in my 03 Neon I had at the time no less. Growing up in CO and delivering Papa John's in near white-out conditions groomed me for icy/snowy situations!
bugeye_fever
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For a good all season tire I like the new Continental Extreme contact DWS. It seems to have some nice features and is pretty well liked and isn't to expensive. But I haven't ever driven on them. In the past I've had Pirelli PZero Nero A/S which were really nice and pretty expensive, they came on the car. And Yokohama AVID W4S currently in the garage. Both have handled Missouri winter and I have no complaints on either.
When I was looking at all season tires these are what I was going to buy. But then got wise and realised I couldn't afford two sets of tires and another set of wheels.
HA! Real men get retreaded Chinese Qingdao's..... 185/70-14..... Yeah drive that in the snow.... (btw all four corners for 150 dollars!) :tard:
O it is a lot worse. I lose traction on dry pavement. Before I put these tires on, I did not have a single matching tread pattern or brand of tire on my car.... Also unlike your S2K my Celica has some thing we like to call torque :tard:.
Rice Rocket
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Oh yea!!! Drive a POS Army M113 up the side of a korean mountain with an ice flow on it and a angry SSG that keeps whacking you in the head with an antennae. Pucker factor 8
Ha screw you I had my face stomped into the steering wheel of an old m1151 by my gunner when I was 17 year old brand new dick......
<-Life sucks mostest here ;P
Rice Rocket
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Lol. Great stories.
On the serious side I actually tried to strangle my driver in Iraq. We were driving southbound on Tampa just before sunrise. It was during Ramadan in 06. He wasn't paying attention and he rolled right over a pressure plate IED. He thought it was funny it didn't blow. He was a replacement private and hadn't been there as long as the rest of us. So when he laughed it flipped a switch in me.
On the serious side I actually tried to strangle my driver in Iraq. We were driving southbound on Tampa just before sunrise. It was during Ramadan in 06. He wasn't paying attention and he rolled right over a pressure plate IED. He thought it was funny it didn't blow. He was a replacement private and hadn't been there as long as the rest of us. So when he laughed it flipped a switch in me.
