winter tire question - Midwest
11-13-2006, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='355229' date='Nov 12 2006, 05:36 PM
A new marketing strategy.
Create an all-purpose product to try to reduce sales of specialist variants.
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Create an all-purpose product to try to reduce sales of specialist variants.
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ABC
Softer compound, wear quicker, sell more.
11-13-2006, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by tachyon' post='355214' date='Nov 12 2006, 12:59 PM
The new Car & Driver maganzine issue (Dec 2006) has a test of winter vs. summer vs. all-season tires. They used a Cadillac CTS as the test mule and tried out the Eagle Ultra Grip winter tire, the Eagle RS-A all-season tire, and the Eagle F1 high-performance summer tire.
The end result was as expected: the best performance comes from using winter tires when it's cold out and summer tires in nonwinter months. Interestingly, the winter tire out-performed the all-season on wet pavement (even on a 77 degree sunny day).
While all-season tires might be serviceable here in Chicago, I think it would be too much of a compromise on the 550i. Go for the seasonal set-up.
The end result was as expected: the best performance comes from using winter tires when it's cold out and summer tires in nonwinter months. Interestingly, the winter tire out-performed the all-season on wet pavement (even on a 77 degree sunny day).
While all-season tires might be serviceable here in Chicago, I think it would be too much of a compromise on the 550i. Go for the seasonal set-up.
Yeah your right as well as most posters. I'll go with some winter tires. Can you mount 245 40 18s on the rear 275 124s? If not, that means getting some replica 124 fronts.
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