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Article #35Tires
From: Mark Carroll
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:35
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:35
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So, does anyone do any interesting tire thing for the winter weather? I know we can use studded tires in Ohio over the winter months, but I've never actually bothered. Do they help much? Do they wear much, or can they last a few seasons? Do people keep a separate set of winter tires and pay a garage to swap all the tires over twice a year? (You don't need different wheels too, right?) Hmmm - now I wonder if one's required to have tires that are rated for the top speed of the car. Anyhow, I know almost nothing about this stuff, and was wondering if I should start finding things out, as I remember some long drives home last year that were in very slippery conditions, although I do at least have 4-wheel ABS and traction assist, which help a little. I was interested to see how few people were cited in that big pileup on I-80 - I'd have thought that people not driving such that they could safely stop in what they could see was clear were breaking a law of some kind. And, apologies if I write "tyres" sometimes. (-: -- Mark
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