Snow Belt PPL Please Install Winter Tires!

[lokuputha]

Public Service Announcement

Everyone in the snow belt, please try your best to install some winter tires.

I can't stress how functional and advantageous winter tires are.

I have always driven winters with all season tires, believing the "all-season" claim; no matter how bad the snow, ice, slush...I risked it and I was lucky.

Today, it snowed a lot for the first time this winter so I installed my very first set of winter tires. I did a quick comparison test between the all-seasons and the winters and the difference was night and day.

Review:

The all-season Bridgestone Potenza G009 tires were very slippery; I could barely take off in 1st and had to take off in 2nd several times. Slowing down took a very long time; although I was pedaling the brakes very fast. I would be hopeless in an emergency situation.

The winter Firestone Winterforce tires offered considerable control. These are not performance winter tires, yet they excel. Not only was I able to take off in 1st gear, but stopping distances were reduced by about half; this was at speeds of about 10km/h, if I was going faster, the difference would have been less, but still very significant. The winter tires also offered considerable steering feel, I could feel the tires gripping the road; in comparison, steering my all season tires felt like I was operating a boat.

Once again, I plead with those in the snow belt to please install winter tires; it is a matter of safety IMHO.

old generation winterforce tires on the rear.




new generation winterforce driving the front

[Old School]

Good advice.
I would never run a Firestone or Bridgestone tire on any vehicle I own.

[lokuputha]

Good advice.
I would never run a Firestone or Bridgestone tire on any vehicle I own.

why?

[starchland]

do you have pics of the before tire?

Ive been running all seasons as well last few years with out a problem...but I know once you switch you dont go back

[lokuputha]

do you have pics of the before tire?

Ive been running all seasons as well last few years with out a problem...but I know once you switch you dont go back

This is the Bridgestone Potenza G009, my tires have about 70% tread left. They are great in spring, summer, and fall, but winter is a totally different story.

[Dv8]

Winter tires can suck my cunt. Chains or nothing.











Haha naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat. Winter tires are, reasonably important and detrimental to you not hitting a tree. Or a fence. Or a cop. Or an abominable snow-man (which I am pretty fucking sure there are around these parts.). An abominable snowman will fuck your shit up.

[F22HB]

Winter tires are, reasonably important and detrimental to you not hitting a tree. Or a fence. Or a cop. Or an abominable snow-man (which I am pretty fucking sure there are around these parts.). An abominable snowman will fuck your shit up.

almost quote-able.

[lokuputha]

An abominable snowman will fuck your shit up.

we call them moose around here.

oh and the Sasquatch is real.

[JohnD1079]

I like quebec's new rule that you have to have winter tires in the winter. I think many other places should incorporate this rule.

Last winter, when I moved to Canada, I drove around on misaligned, bald(as in metal wires sticking out) all seasons. Never again. I spun out twice. One, I was just messing around trying to find my limits, and the other I almost got smashed by a tractor trailer head on.

I had winters, but I didnt want to put them on because my alignment was all messed up, and didnt want to eat them away. I still have those winters, and decided to keep them as opposed to selling them.

[The G-Man]

Good advice.
I would never run a Firestone or Bridgestone tire on any vehicle I own.

Firestone/Bridgestone makes some excellent tires.

[Pandemic]

Nokian makes the best winter tires, period. They developed the Blizzak for whoever sells that :P

[ric3rboi23]

oh and the Sasquatch is real.

bigfoot IS real

[mj213]

I like quebec's new rule that you have to have winter tires in the winter. I think many other places should incorporate this rule.

Last winter, when I moved to Canada, I drove around on misaligned, bald(as in metal wires sticking out) all seasons. Never again. I spun out twice. One, I was just messing around trying to find my limits, and the other I almost got smashed by a tractor trailer head on.

I had winters, but I didnt want to put them on because my alignment was all messed up, and didnt want to eat them away. I still have those winters, and decided to keep them as opposed to selling them.

I think they should make this mandatory as well. Make us waste money when most people that get into accidents in the winter weather would probably have gotten in an accident on a warm sunny day just as easily.

What about places like Tucson, and other places that don't get snow? Don't want to exclude them!

[Dark_Accord]

Good advice.
I would never run a Firestone or Bridgestone tire on any vehicle I own.

i would buy firestone and i would buy bridgestone but i would never ever ever buy bridgestone potenza re92s ! damn things rotted out soo fn fast my friend also had a set that rotted out hella fast

[Dv8]

we call them moose around here.

oh and the Sasquatch is real.

I know. There HAS to fucking be one about an hour east of this city. From the amount of stories I have heard, not completely drunken I may add, some blurred pictures, etc etc, theres something there. Its almost worth me going out there with my gun, some scotch and a pickup to lay the fucker out.

Somehow I dont think winter tires gonna save anyone from that shit.