Author Topic: Snows are on... (Read 6675 times)

Railton · « **on:** October 21, 2008, 08:03:06 pm »

...I suppose we'll have two more months of good WX now.

Railton

articsteve · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2008, 08:45:51 pm »

Hope so.

PMREdmonton · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2008, 09:14:58 pm »

Wife did the SUV today.

I'll get my car done this or next weekend depending on my garage's availability.

Winter can be pretty unpredictable in the prairies.

UmroAyyar · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2008, 09:20:03 pm »

The tires on my car change character according to weather. I will start calling them Winter Tires until warm weather arrives.

Yes, its an attempt at humour. My car has Nokian WR tires.

dr_spock · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2008, 09:56:25 pm »

I'm waiting for snow or ice in the weather forecast before making the change over. It should be a pretty simple jackup the cars and swap the wheels job.

stodge · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2008, 11:32:08 am »

Mine go on Satuday and Tuesday. The weather network is showing 5-10cm on Wednesday.

ktm525 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2008, 11:50:08 am »

Wow you guys are keeners.

Since switching the VR to high performance all seasons I wait until the snow flys and sticks before I swap on my winter wheels/tires in my garage. Probably will make the swap in late November. When I was running the summer Pirreli Rosso's I was a little more prudent as getting caught in the snow with these was certain disaster.

Railton · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2008, 12:13:17 pm »

Quote from: ktm525 on October 23, 2008, 11:50:08 am

Wow you guys are keeners. Since switching the VR to high performance all seasons I wait until the snow flys and sticks before I swap on my winter wheels/tires in my garage. Probably will make the swap in late November. When I was running the summer Pirreli Rosso's I was a little more prudent as getting caught in the snow with these was certain disaster.

HP rubber + snow = Disaster.
Railton

ktm525 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2008, 12:20:18 pm »

Quote from: Railton on October 23, 2008, 12:13:17 pm

Quote from: ktm525 on October 23, 2008, 11:50:08 am
Wow you guys are keeners. Since switching the VR to high performance all seasons I wait until the snow flys and sticks before I swap on my winter wheels/tires in my garage. Probably will make the swap in late November. When I was running the summer Pirreli Rosso's I was a little more prudent as getting caught in the snow with these was certain disaster.

HP rubber + snow = Disaster.
Railton

The V rated-Hankook V4ES (All seasons) I am running can cope (barely) with a light snowfall. The old Pirelli's (summer) could barely get up a very slightly inclined driveway on an AWD car. The tread was about as flexible as a hockey puck at anything below 0. For kicks I took the Volvo for a late night spin around the neighbourhood in some fresh snow with the Pireelis on. Lets just say I will never repeat that mistake again.

wing · « **Reply #9 on:** October 23, 2008, 01:00:47 pm »

winter tires are for cold not just snow it was -4 here this morning that's winter tire weather.

safristi · « **Reply #10 on:** October 23, 2008, 06:19:39 pm »

HP rubber+ Halloween = saucy Railton

Snowman · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2008, 08:18:15 pm »

-7 this morning….Driving on hockey pucks is quite fun on the off/on ramps. First week of November is my change over.

Winklovic · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2008, 10:18:03 pm »

I'm getting my winters installed on Saturday.

Edit: Winters installed yesterday. Now let's look at the extended forecast.

Forecast

Issued: 4.00 PM CDT Sunday 26 October 2008

Tonight:
Cloudy. 30 percent chance of rain showers or flurries this evening. Wind northwest 40 km/h gusting to 60. Low minus 3.

Monday:
A mix of sun and cloud. Wind northwest 30 km/h becoming light in the afternoon. High plus 2.

Monday night:
Clear. Low minus 8.

Tuesday:
Sunny. High 6.

Wednesday:
Sunny. Low plus 1. High 11.

Thursday:
Sunny. Low plus 4. High 12.

ktm525 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 23, 2008, 10:52:01 pm »

I took the VR for a spin, disabled the stability control and tried to get the car loose on my favourite corner. No dice the all seasons are sticking just fine at 2 degrees C. I will try another test when we see -5 and perhaps some early morning frost to see if I have lost substantial grip.

tpl · « **Reply #14 on:** October 26, 2008, 11:13:53 am »

Snows on this morning. Did the Fit myself and now have fresh new Gislaveds on steelies on the GTI done at the tire store.

The Blizzaks for the Fit had lost only 1 psi since I took them off in the spring... they came nitrogen filled from TT

safristi · « **Reply #15 on:** October 26, 2008, 04:27:21 pm »

Ranger Winters ON.........................................................actually they never came OFF.....................................

wing · « **Reply #16 on:** October 26, 2008, 09:01:40 pm »

Hopefully in a few weeks I receive my winters

Loudpedal · « **Reply #17 on:** October 26, 2008, 09:14:48 pm »

I installed my Hakka 2's on the G20 yesterday. Next weekend, the ContiVikingContact3's on wifeys Odyssey...

ovr50 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 26, 2008, 10:18:21 pm »

Put the winters on the HL this weekend.

I will wait to Nov 8 to change over the BMW wheels.

Weather forecast is quite reasonable for next week.

airbalancer · « **Reply #19 on:** October 27, 2008, 07:38:46 am »

Quote from: wing on October 26, 2008, 09:01:40 pm

Hopefully in a few weeks I receive my winters

On which vehicle ?