For the guys wondering how different tires work on different surfaces, check out this link.

Tire Test: All-Season vs. Snow vs. Summer

I'll be winter mode this coming weekend, my tires are rock hard :(

Selling them? Haha I'd buy a set.

Snow tires are generally better in the rain.

I'll be putting my winters on Thursday. I'll be going to cypress on Friday.
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Good soundproofing on my car (740iL), but there is a slight difference. In my dad's chevy van, they are *loud*.

I have a 328xi AWD with Goodyear nordic snows and driving is a bit loud but when i start to slow thats when the sound increases.

17x9.5 Blizzaks 215/45. One of the best snow tires I have ever owned.
This is my third season. They're soft so there is a bit of camber wear but overall great tire.
Rip off buying it locally but from discount tire direct, it's the cheapest I've seen

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^^ Are you going to remove your front lip?

I thought about it, ill only do it if we get lots of snow. Not like last years crap fall
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Not getting snowies this year. Too many other cool things to buy.

Love those saw blades~

Weather seems more colder now, and roads are slippery.

Putting on my Toyo Tires Observe G-02 on both my winter cars on Thursday.

:fuckyea:

Question..... for certain brand / models that "guarantee" you a set mileage...

How do they really know if you ran 10,000km? or 60,000km?
Or is it just a rough estimate / honest system?

^
Let me guess. Your grandmother was Jewish, your dad Chinese, and your step mother Indian. Put the three together and you have a cheap fuck.

Michelin implemented a new strategy whereby they guarantee their winters for a set mileage.

Yup, usually around 60,000km for tires like the X-Ice2
But obviously you don't run on these tires year round till they die.
You'll be switching them on and off every winter....so how do they "guarantee" that set mileage?

(Exaggerated example)
What if I only use the winter tires for 1000km each winter.
But 40 years and 40 winters later....they have only been used for 40,000km
and they are bald already......will Michelin tell me to gtfo? Or will they replace it?


If they were all season, and dealer installed. I guess that would be easier to keep track of the mileage from the date + odometer it was installed. And up till the day/mileage it dies. Assuming you haven't swapped the tires.
But for winter tires? How do they keep track? How do they "guarantee"?

:seriously:

woot there is snow in the forcast at weather network!

what kind of lugs do you guys use with your steelies?

^just oem lugs with oem steelies
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I had a tough time removing my steelies last year.
They were stick/glued on my wheel hubs after the winter.

Any trick on put steelie on car ?

Thanks

Put some anti seize between the hub and the wheel and you're good.

Spread anti-seize over the hub before you put the rim on.

Before I did this I always had to pound the rim with a hammer to loosen it off the hub.

So I swapped to winter steelies ytd and today i already noticed rust building up ard the centre cap area...

What can I do to rub it off? And what can I spray on to prevent the orange rust?

Tia

weather network :fuckthatshit: