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Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS
I was gonna buy General Altimax .. should I not? I'm in for group buy, if it's cheaper than PMC Tires.
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Tires degrade as they age - nothing unusual. Altimax Arctics are a good winter tire - they are actually rebranded Gislaveds. Arctic 12 = Nordfrost 100s.
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero
what's the speed limit on coq when it snows and what speed do people drive at?
big white in mid-feb on as3+ and carry chains just in case? (fwd)
will check traffic cam beforehand
had no problems with the twisties at baker 2 winters now
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The Coq will have those LED speed signboards telling you what the speed limit currently is, though some portions do not - but drive prudently would be the best advice I would say. It does depend entirely on conditions as well, sometimes it would be fine, sometimes you're going to slide around on A/S tires. Chains... do practice using them if you haven't used them before. They can be tricky to mount, especially with gloves/stiff fingers. They suck.
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Originally Posted by underscore
Depends entirely on the conditions, I've been on there doing nearly the old speed limit one way in 2WD and doing about 40 on the way back in 4WD seeing loads of vehicles in the ditch.
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Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS
80km/hr iirc. But we went 60km/hr hazards on stayed right as much as we could w/o ending up in the bank.
Semi's will go at 90km/hr+ and others 70/80(?). When semi's go by, you won't have visibility for at least 10 seconds.
We didn't get stuck on General Altimax in an E46 325ci. Chains would have been nice and wipers that didn't freeze would have been great too.
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I really hated semis on the Coq in the winter. They're nuts. I was going 80km/hr in the right lane, and felt like that was the max speed that I should be going (on Pilot Alpins at the time) and a semi blows by me like I'm standing still. Scary as f.
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Originally Posted by 320icar
I’ve sold like 5 sets of wheels this year. I think I have to run the ko2’s this year. Anyone have experience with ko2’s in snow and ice?
From the Merritt rally it snowed on the coq. They did great in mud and snow, but there wasn’t any ice to try
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They are not great on ice. They kinda suck on ice, actually. But that was on a full-size truck. Great in mud and snow as you've found.