omg!

Well, this thread has made me feel better about having my BRAND NEW S2K in the garage undriven for a week. I took delivery 8 days ago (Saturday, 6 November) and put 82 miles on it Saturday and Sunday. It started snowing Sunday afternoon and snowed every day until Friday. The temperature has not been above freezing for a week and dipped down to five below yesterday morning.

Yesterday I tried to change my tires/wheels on my '93 Prelude to Yokohama Guardex 600's but it was so cold that I couldn't get the summer wheels off after taking off all the lug nuts. My dealer got the tires changed over in a few minutes.

Sorry about your accident. I wonder if your car will be totalled out?

Barry in Sheridan, Wyoming
'01 #52

 

Really sorry about your crash

To answer your earlier question, cptBob, tire always need to be warmed up, even if it's 90 degrees (F out. The difference is that if it's 40F your tires may never warm up, and at 70F the difference in "stickiness" between cold and warm isn't as great.

Have you noticed how many racers crash on the first couple of laps? It's because they're used to their cars with the tires hot, and they're so intent on moving up in the pack they forget their tires are cold. And that's pros in (usually) warm weather!

So yeah, you always need to warm up your tires...

 

I'm sorry to hear about your mishap. My car has been hit twice (ouch!) and both times they've been able to make it good as new. I'm sure yours will be too.