Glad this did not get moved, it had more traffic here.
It reinforced my desire to get a second set of rims and tires for my wife's Pilot.
And reinforces the need to merge the garage back into off-topic.
Wintersport 3D's
You can not go wrong with them.
studded tires are illegal here and it pisses me off.I've got these on a few different cars now, great performance (studded at least, never tried them studless. Your region may or may not let you have studs) "Gislaved nord-frost 5"
I used to always run blizzaks before these, but... no comparison. I think a few of the nokians are similar too. These are made by conti in germany.
Which of these two tires would be better in your opinion?
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=General&tireModel=Altimax+Arctic&partnum=055QR6AMAXA&wTire=6&autoMake=Pontiac&autoYear=2001&autoModel=Grand%20Am%20GT%20Coupe&autoModClar=
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...2001&autoModel=Grand Am GT Coupe&autoModClar=
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KeithTalent
#1. They are awesome, I have those on my sedan.
I have Blizzak WS-70's on my wagon and they are not as good as the Altimax Arctic's or Nordfrost 3 or whichever variant of that tread pattern you get. (They are sold under a few names, I have the Generals)
foooooock.Yea, I live in the mountains. Even over in town, 95% of the streets is either up or down inclines.
foooooock.
That's it, you need a new car. My open differential pile of shit can stop on a dime, but trying to accelerate is hopeless. My friend with the Subaru Impreza (cheap model) has shitty all season tires and he can't stop properly but he can still accelerate a hell of a lot faster than I can. He also never has problems going up hills even though I do have problems with hills.
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My point is that winter tires will not help you accelerate. If you have a shitty car, then that's what it comes down to. A shitty open differential with good tires is still a shitty open differential.
My car has traction control as well. It doesn't help you accelerate. What traction control does is prevent you from spinning the tires which would then cause the car to understeer and potentially fly off the road (if you were doing this while turning). It can also prevent the car from getting stuck sometimes. It's a nice system and I'm glad it's there, but it doesn't seem to help with acceleration on ice. On snow, the traction control actually makes things accelerate a lot slower. If I turn it off, the tires can spin and throw a bunch of snow which helps accelerate a little. With the traction control on, it doesn't allow that to happen and the car sloooooowly accelerates.
Of course Toyota and GM use different logic systems, but it's the same underlying idea.
There is really no replacement for a good limited slip or locking differential, unfortunately.
I don't remember a poll. However, IMHO guns and related topics should have their own forum, because it is annoying as hell to see similar gun threads popping up several times per week.SHould have never been split. We were told when they split it that they would give it a few weeks, and then do a poll. Well that poll never happened, unless I missed it.
Have you had them in deep snow ? If you have, how are they for stopping and cornering ?