Let it snow?
09-14-2004, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Nickfromny,Sep 14 2004, 08:05 AM
Those are great. They are real soft so wait till Thanksgiving before putting them on and get them off by last week in March if you want 2 winters out of them.
09-14-2004, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jguerdat,Sep 14 2004, 12:39 PM
BTW, the Pirelli P-Zero Nero UHP all-seasons are pretty darned good in warm weather. I'd say that they're easily as good as the UHP Potenza RE750s I've been running instead of S02s. Yes, the S02s are definitely a better tire but I'm trying to keep costs down *reasonably*. Whether these work out for winter driving remains to be seen. I haven't used snow tires since I moved back into NY in 1981. 99.99% of my driving is on plowed, if not dry, pavement. I don't live in East Jesus, PA where snow plows are a new concept. I'd try driving in most situations, just not 3 foot snowfalls. Of course, I wouldn't do so on snow tires, either, unless I had a good reason to be on the road. I ain't worried about me - it's the other crazies out there...
With my 17" rims, low profile tires (225/50/17), I'm sliding all over the place. And the "high performance all season" compound just doesn't want to grip. I'm getting ABS way too often than I want. So the Blizzaks in 215/55/16 should be much better. TireRack noted that I can go with 15" steel rims with 205/65/15 tires, but I don't want to risk my calipers getting rubbed.
09-14-2004, 04:03 PM
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I still say ya'll are crazy...my S will be nice are snug under its blanket in my garage...beleive me, if I had the $ I'd heat the garage.....I even knew a guy, ok heard of a guy, who would park his ferrari is his living room for the winter...now that's a bit much...but hey, its love right 
Anyway, my S is on teh road all year long as far as insurance goes...so keep that crisp and DRY weather coming...I'm be out...
Anyway, my S is on teh road all year long as far as insurance goes...so keep that crisp and DRY weather coming...I'm be out...
09-14-2004, 06:53 PM
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Umm Bob, just so that you know, I'm getting the snow tires for my Maxima, not the S2000. 
My S will also be snug under it's blanket when the snow falls.
My S will also be snug under it's blanket when the snow falls.
me... That's next on the list. 
09-16-2004, 08:26 AM
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John:
You should get 3-4 seasons out of them. I had a set on my Prelude (same tires) and used them for 2 seasons and sold them to another person who can easily get two more seasons out of them. Their expected life is around 15,000-18000 miles. I usually put them
on around late December to early Jan and took them off sometime in late March, depending on weather.
They are a good buy. The car seemed more planted than my wife's CRV on ice and snow.
You should get 3-4 seasons out of them. I had a set on my Prelude (same tires) and used them for 2 seasons and sold them to another person who can easily get two more seasons out of them. Their expected life is around 15,000-18000 miles. I usually put them
on around late December to early Jan and took them off sometime in late March, depending on weather.
They are a good buy. The car seemed more planted than my wife's CRV on ice and snow.
09-16-2004, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by saving4one,Sep 16 2004, 08:39 AM
Triple H, in 'The Back Road To Naples' is that West Lake Rd. Honeoye?
This is a road called Rte 33, or West Hollow Road. The very top of the big hill on the left is where the Ontario County Park is, or from the days of highschool. we used to call it The Jump Off...
09-16-2004, 09:42 AM
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A couple of things:
1) ANY snow tire should really be replaced when it's ~50% worn. Without the tread depth, you don't have the same traction in deep snow. Also, the Blizzaks change rubber compound at that level so you lose the micropores and, thus, the attendant grip when worn that much.
2) Although I'm going to run all-season tires, I agree that ultimate traction and get-where-you-want-to-go-anytime is delivered by true snow tires. I just don't care if I work from home vs. driving in to work. Keeping me out of a ditch is something else but I'll wager only someone else's actions will put me there. I remember driving my '97 Prelude SH to work after a huge snowfall and going slow but passing a snow plow (county big-ass truck!) on the hill up to the exit just past Bushnell's Basin going east. He was in the left-hand ditch. I made it to the top...
1) ANY snow tire should really be replaced when it's ~50% worn. Without the tread depth, you don't have the same traction in deep snow. Also, the Blizzaks change rubber compound at that level so you lose the micropores and, thus, the attendant grip when worn that much.
2) Although I'm going to run all-season tires, I agree that ultimate traction and get-where-you-want-to-go-anytime is delivered by true snow tires. I just don't care if I work from home vs. driving in to work. Keeping me out of a ditch is something else but I'll wager only someone else's actions will put me there. I remember driving my '97 Prelude SH to work after a huge snowfall and going slow but passing a snow plow (county big-ass truck!) on the hill up to the exit just past Bushnell's Basin going east. He was in the left-hand ditch. I made it to the top...