Winter Driving Traction Control and Tires???
09-16-2010, 09:39 PM
#11
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Idaho
Posts: 19
Remember that traction control is burning-up the rear brakes.
On my last vehicle in New England I got 85K miles on the rear brakes, but well over 110K miles on the front brakes. The difference due to the traction control.
Every vehicle had two sets of wheels / tires, one summer-only, one winter-only.
On my last vehicle in New England I got 85K miles on the rear brakes, but well over 110K miles on the front brakes. The difference due to the traction control.
Every vehicle had two sets of wheels / tires, one summer-only, one winter-only.
Not planning to take this thing on I-80 through Wyoming in the winter (survived that drive once and will never do it again, no matter what the vehicle)...just need to use it around town. Putting it away for the winter is not really an option....
In Boise, we really don't get as much snow as say, New England...just enough to concern me though. Think I'll just spring for a set of those Blizzacks.
The F-150 will be used for trips of any appreciable distance....
09-16-2010, 10:29 PM
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Arlington, Virginia
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Driving more carefully is key, shovel in the trunk along with extra weight sand works good for weight and spreading under tires for traction. Traction control helps a lot but your right foot is really where it counts! If your worried that your wife driving in the snow with the mustang give her the F150 in the winter
09-16-2010, 11:25 PM
#14
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Location: Buffalo, New York
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09-17-2010, 07:16 AM
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09-17-2010, 01:00 PM
#17
They were the stock 17" Pirelli's at the time. I'm never using Pirelli tires again. They are still on my old wheels which I'll use them for winter wheels. The next time I use them, it'll be 1) burn them out 2) get to a tire shop so they can dispose of them.
09-17-2010, 06:30 PM
#20
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: RI
Posts: 312
Until recently I've always used summer-only in the summer and winter-only in the winter.
The wife has been burning through $1.5K of summer-only tires every 12K miles on her Porsche. She is now running all-season w/ 6x the mileage rating for her grocery store runs.
The wife has been burning through $1.5K of summer-only tires every 12K miles on her Porsche. She is now running all-season w/ 6x the mileage rating for her grocery store runs.