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12-10-2009, 10:06 AM
#11
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicago Burbs
Posts: 775
Oh and want cheaper snow tires, just go up to a 55 side wall.
This exactly what I run: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
Fits stock rim perfectly, and besides raising your car a tad in winter isn't a bad thing!
12-10-2009, 10:08 AM
#12
6th Gear Member
Sprinkle some sand or one of the calcium chloride mixes on your driveway. I have the same issue here at my g/f's place NW of Chicago.
One snowfall is usually different from the next. You can have snow that has a consistency that makes driving fun or one that makes white knuckle driving look like a walk in the park. There are frequent snows where your tread simply can't bite into what's been packed down. And fresh snows that don't pack at all and provide little to no bite. In other words, don't base your Stangs abilitiy on the first snowfall. You WILL have many snow events that'll pucker your butt the entire ride. Mark my 54 year old experienced words.
One snowfall is usually different from the next. You can have snow that has a consistency that makes driving fun or one that makes white knuckle driving look like a walk in the park. There are frequent snows where your tread simply can't bite into what's been packed down. And fresh snows that don't pack at all and provide little to no bite. In other words, don't base your Stangs abilitiy on the first snowfall. You WILL have many snow events that'll pucker your butt the entire ride. Mark my 54 year old experienced words.
12-10-2009, 03:02 PM
#13
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Posts: 3,319
I also have the 18" Dunlop Wintersports. These and a little common sense and I do OK in the snow.
12-10-2009, 06:38 PM
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12-10-2009, 10:32 PM
#16
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: North Pole
Posts: 6,716
I have driven through 18 inches of Alaskan blizzard as well as on the highway with a foot of slush or a glisening array of black ice lol
I know the GT is not the best car in this enviroment.. but I have to make due. No weight in the trunk, no chains.
Just a pair of Nokian Hakka2's (the only reason I have them is because they do not carry anything else locally)
The fresh snow is fine, even at 20 inches... it's the ICE when you "think" it's safe to "speed up a little" that gets you lol.
Not one wipe out in my GT, ever. As soon as I drive my girls FWD Sentra, I nearly loose it on the highway.. go figure!
(-;
RE rshamekh:
Ouch!
I know the GT is not the best car in this enviroment.. but I have to make due. No weight in the trunk, no chains.
Just a pair of Nokian Hakka2's (the only reason I have them is because they do not carry anything else locally)
The fresh snow is fine, even at 20 inches... it's the ICE when you "think" it's safe to "speed up a little" that gets you lol.
Not one wipe out in my GT, ever. As soon as I drive my girls FWD Sentra, I nearly loose it on the highway.. go figure!
(-;
RE rshamekh:
Ouch!
12-11-2009, 03:22 PM
#18
I'm upgrading to the CS bumper and paying the difference.
I'm also including two wheels to the estimate.
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