Catpiano

295? should C4S 305? yours is C4S, not C2S, right?

Did you just get snow tire, or wheel/tire package?

SO nice to live in US ..  tire price is like 40% less....

Catpiano

I was thinking to order winter wheel/tire package from Tirerack too ..  but .. ended up selling the car .. my wife wants new SUV ...

Catpiano

Don't even know which car he's replacing... can never keep track... LOL
BiscottiGelato 發表於 2010-10-19 12:16

    SB and you are playing me again?  

Just another Camry for myself, and Santa Fe for my wife ja wor ..

Catpiano

No no no no .. ( to few of about )

SUV/AWD .. pretty much do nothing to snow driving, but depends on tire ..

Seattle/Vancouver .. of course to me, are not cities with snow anyway ..

Many Luxury SUV nowadays, come with SUMMER PERFORMANCE tire, so they are not for winter/snow driving anyway. ( ~ -20c / 2 feet of snow ) check your tire! (usually 20 inch and up, are just summer tire)

Say AWD on 911, has nothing to do with snow, but to make the car a bit easlier to drive, compare to the extreme heavy rear end RR design.

wider winter tire can still offer great traction/control, all 3 set of our winter tire, are 265 and wider, and I am driving on REAL SNOW during winter .. (could be -50c/3 feet of snow!)

Well, any winter tire/driving question, just ask me!

~20 yr snow driving CP.

Catpiano

In Vancouver?  all season + awd SUV is more then enough ..

Of course, winter tires will offer BETTER stopping distance on ice ..

However, driving winter tires on dry pavement, also will creat more noise, less traction, and wear out quicker ..  

Yes, for 2 or 3 snowy day in Vancouver, winter tire is better, but how about the rest of 362 days??

Catpiano

Still, the fact is, even at 7c or 5c, no matter summer or all season tire, still offer SOME/not bad traction .. then once down to -5c or -10c (you guys dont need to worry about -10c) then summer tire become very very low traction, even not much snow/ice, but all season still offer not bad traction .. and winter tire are doing well.. ^_^

Then from -10c to -20c, pretty much zero traction on Summer tire, and low/OK traction on all season.
Ok, when down to -20c to -30c .. forget about summer tire, even all season tire, very low traction, much better with winter tire..  

-30c to -40c ? Summer tire = hockey puck, and all season, not much better, even winter tire, quite low traction..

Ha ha .. -40 to -50c? usually lots of snow as well, even winter tire, need to good/aggressive one ...

- 50c, even -60c  and before? who else has driven in that cold weather?  starting could be a problem for most cars ... even with winter/snow tire, need to be very careful, and know what you are doing ...

Catpiano

Aiya .. my friend has been living in Minne for year..  winter there .. not near as bad here la.. ( she was from Edmonton )

Actually, in Edmonton, witner driving isn't that bad, as most the time, -20c or lower, and pack of snow ..

Problem for Calgary, as one of the worst witner driving city, since it could be -30c one day, then + 2 or 3 degree the next day, (snow melt, water/ice all over) then back to -30c the day after, and snow .. etc and etc ..  

Which means ..  could be PURE ICE under snow, then ice, then snow, then rain .. on and on ..  very tricky!

I drive in Vancouver once a while, it isn't that bad, (to me) however, you dont know who is the C9 in front of behind you! (similar problem here too!)

As you said, it is important to pay more attention, and more alert ... try to look ahead at least 4 or 5 cars ..

Catpiano

- 13 ... 20cm of snow ..  

Catpiano

last evening.. still many Porsche RR/MR, Ferrari, Lambo, Aston etc on the roads..... few hr later ..  all white ...  20 cm snow .. - 13c ...  lol