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The flip side of this discussion is that, properly aTIREd with winter shoes, the S2000 is a pretty competent machine for city snow storms. It has 50/50 balance and low polar moment.
I put MZ-01s on only for fun, and drive my Prelude in the winter, but the S2000 is fun to spin donuts in parking lots with six inches of fresh snow.
My opinion is simple 50 - 60 you need to be carefull <50 you can get into really big trouble pushing the car. That's the same line I've been repeating since the start. It is my opinion and my experience. Didn't matter how many miles I had on my two sets now and will be going on my third in something like 7k and will be using my second set of blizzaks next winter because the snow tires just don't last. I have 37k now. So2 stink in the rain, you better slow down but they bite like a mongoose on the dry hot pavement and I doubt we can find anything to fit on a stock rim that perfoms better on dry pavement.
Why do i refer to bridgestone because they don't say not for operating in temps <50 for no good reason. They say it to save there ass. I can't find the article still but it'll pop up sometime soon.
It's obvious you think these tires are safe under 50 and I don't. We're at an impass. Doesn't really matter who's right or wrong it's an opinion based on our experiences. No hard feelings I hope.
RACER: i was just referring to my situation. it was cold outside and my tires were no where near warmed up as well as my engine. by below freezing i mean below 32 degress F.
jds248: it takes a quite a few minutes of normal city driving to warm up the tires. at highway speeds, they warm up significantly faster.
