Hello all,

I'm heading to a cabin on the Georgia/North Carolina border for Thanksgiving with my wife's family. The cabin just so happens to be a mere hour away from the Dragon and is also close to some other fun mountain roads. Average temperatures for the area on Thanksgiving are as follows:

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Hi 56

 

Not no but hell no. Summer tires get very hard when the temps drop. You will turn the wheel and the car will keep going strait.

 

If the low's are 32 degrees, you'll probably be driving in the 40's or 50's. I'd say you'll be fine with them, but definitely take it easy.

 

I've driven in 20 degree weather on summer tires. You just have to use your head and realize that you don't have as much traction as in normal conditions. Of course, this was under "normal" driving, not driving on a mountain road driving.

 

I live in Louisiana. On the occasional morning where the temps are at or below freezing, it is easy to get the back end to step out on the first couple of hard turns. By then, the tires are heated up (to a scalding 50F) and the car is back to normal. I have never experienced understeer on my cold tires.

FWIW, I have had S02's, RS-2's, and MX's. I plan to try the RE-01R's next.

 

I've driven the Dragon in 40

 

just go slow when its cold. they will mos def. be hard and slippery

 

Thanks for all of the comments guys. Can anyone weigh in on whether swapping to my all-season Eagle F1 AS's would offer better grip than the 01-Rs in cooler temps?

 

The all- seasons will give you grip in all circomstances at cold temps as the summer tires will be very hard at these low temps.

My experience with S-02's. even freezing is OK if it is dry. damp conditions and > 5

 

You can drive on them, the handling will just be very sloppy and you'll chew them up quickly.

My OEM RE050s are becoming a little scary now and we're only in the upper 40s.