Lik

When I went to Advanced last year or the year before (can't remember la), a 4-wheel alignment was just over $100 after tax. I know they do tire mounting, but I don't know how much they charge for that.

-Lik

pkphilip

Those are not tires, those are rotors! !LOL I know you don't have a choice, just like my boss's G37S, 20" rims means when it snows, car stays home.

Wide tires are not good winter tires, I hope you are not driving them when snowing... haha... I have the same problem too, and the guys at Volco just keep nagging me about running 225/45/17 Blizzak in the snow is simply creating problems for myself. :-)

I know that snow tires are different than winter tires, so when I pick my Blizzak, I chose performance over snow traction.

Philip

chobit

Nah.. I don't mind driving in the snow..  I already down size to 265 from 295, the front is 235.. so I'll see.

I think traction on 265 snow should be better than all season narrow tire....,  !  My STi was on 225, and it was ok..

and I mistaken the rotor as tire occassionally...!!

Those are not tires, those are rotors! !LOL I know you don't have a choice, just like my boss's G37S ...
pkphilip 發表於 2010-10-21 20:15

cremedelacreme

Sorry to ask this stupid question.  Do you think I need to buy a snow tire if I have a 4 wheel drive SUV?  I have a set of brand new all seasons on now, but since everyone is saying this winter is gonna be a lot of snow, do you think I will be safe with my all season tires on my SUV? or shall I change to a new sets of winter/snow tires for this winter?  many thanks!

fibbi

To my limited knowledge...4 wheel drive makes you easier to start the car from snow...but snow tires have better friction on snow so you will be easier to "stop" the car ....有錯請指教。。。

To me, it's always better to have snow tires...

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.

cremedelacreme

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

SUV/AWD .. pretty much do nothing to snow driving, but depends  ...
Catpiano 發表於 2010-10-22 07:16

Thanks Catpiano!  Sorry I'm still confused.  Yeah, my suv came with summer performance tire, but I just recently change a new set of all seasons tire on my SUV (thinking it would be better for winter time), so do you think it will be better if I buy a new set of winter tires?  Or shall I just keep this one?  Would it be safe lets say if the snow condition this year would be similar as 2008?

ACC-HE

get snow or all-weather tires (e.g. Nokian WR2) , peace of mind

B2L2

回復 27# cremedelacreme

If I were you, I will just stay with your recently new 4-seasons.  If there are couple days with that much snow as 2008, just park the car and stay home.

Lik

Winter tires will always do better in cold weather conditions than summer tires ga la, and you'll never hear from me against recommending a set of winter rubber for winter driving, esp when this winter is supposed to see a lot of snow.

But... if you were to ask me, a 4WD/AWD with brand new all seasons should be adequate for most of the worst snow storms Vancouver will ever see, including ones similar to what we had 2 years ago. The key is to exercise extra caution and take things slow. But you want to do that anyway regardless of whether you have snow tires or not.

-Lik