Snow Driving - What's your preference?
12-08-2009, 09:11 AM
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Snow Driving - What's your preference?
For the sake of mindless banter - just curious how people set their car up for snow driving.
I was going to set up a poll - but am too lazy....
Do you always use ESP?
Never use ESP?
Only use ESP when in lots of traffic?
Only use ESP if especially icy?
Do you use snow tires? or all seasons?
I use snow tires - although they are not the most agressive snows as we typically actually only see a few days of real snow driving in Denver (been nice to have more so far this year!) - much fewer than most people think. I usually turn the ESP off in snow - unless I'm tired and/or in especially icy conditions with lots of traffic.
Brandon
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'84 ur-quattro 20Vt - a gazillion mods
I was going to set up a poll - but am too lazy....
Do you always use ESP?
Never use ESP?
Only use ESP when in lots of traffic?
Only use ESP if especially icy?
Do you use snow tires? or all seasons?
I use snow tires - although they are not the most agressive snows as we typically actually only see a few days of real snow driving in Denver (been nice to have more so far this year!) - much fewer than most people think. I usually turn the ESP off in snow - unless I'm tired and/or in especially icy conditions with lots of traffic.
Brandon
'01 S4 - a few mods
'84 ur-quattro 20Vt - a gazillion mods
12-08-2009, 03:40 PM
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Snow tires and ESP unless I want to have fun in deep snow. I wouldn't want to use all-seasons during the summer, and summer tires are useless in even a tiny amount of snow, and all-seasons are not very good in anything more than a dusting, so it's definitely time for snow tires when the temps drop below 40.
All that said, she generally stays in the barn whenever there is salt on the roads.
All that said, she generally stays in the barn whenever there is salt on the roads.
12-08-2009, 05:07 PM
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All seasons are fine in the snow. I have been using them for years and am an avid skier.
To your other point, the amount that summer tires are better than all seasons in the summer is not very great (a couple percent maybe). Check the pic below.
To your other point, the amount that summer tires are better than all seasons in the summer is not very great (a couple percent maybe). Check the pic below.
12-08-2009, 05:31 PM
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Which ones are they? My current ones are Bridgestone RE 960s. These are W rated M+S tires.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey...ireSearch=true
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http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey...ireSearch=true
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12-08-2009, 05:40 PM
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Toyo proxes 4. Infact I think I may have gotten the recomendation from here. But as you can see from the tread, they just don't hold any winter potential. They avoid hydroplaning really well on the interstate though.
PS they used to have better snow rating, but clearly that was before any one drove them in the snow. There new customer snow rating of 1.4 seems fitting.
PS they used to have better snow rating, but clearly that was before any one drove them in the snow. There new customer snow rating of 1.4 seems fitting.
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12-09-2009, 08:50 AM
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don't use esp... just sensible winter driving
Always used ultra high performance dedicated winter and summer. Switched to all season ultra high after moving to try state area. Unless you leave in Alberta, Quebec or hilly areas up north covered with ice and snow... some of the ultra/high performance all season is pretty good for daily drive... the quarto does an amazing job within limits. Key is sensible winter driving. For track it makes sense to have dedicated tires. Then again I don't street race.
