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Re: snow wheels (archive)
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Posted by Kirk McGraw on August 23, 2001 at 12:24:53:

In Reply to: snow wheels posted by Larry on August 23, 2001 at 08:55:14:

I live midstate in Illinois. We don't get the lake effect snow that parts of Chicago do, but in general they keep the roads plowed. Basically a Mayor that can't keep the roads open doesn't get re-elected (this is for real).

So, the issue is ice, not deep snow. I run siped mud tires on my Tahoe with great success. I ran Pirelli snows on my CRX, as well as Yokohama 509's, a dry grip tire. They sell a tire locally called Wintermaster (also at Tire Rack) that looks very good. Any all-season or winter tire will do.

You're not thinking of driving an M5 in a midwest winter are you? If so, forget the snows, just buy an $800 front wheel drive beater. Why?

1) Rear wheel drive and ice patches don't mix, especially with the high-bias limited slip these cars have.
2) Salt kills cars.
3) Idiots will crash into you.

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