Will I survive this winter? - Page 4 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Dipstik-sportech · 11-27-2013, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dnieves

This guy has it tough!:

I do that all the time in late January and February, it makes a cool noise lol

NOHOME · 11-28-2013, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jertronic

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and currently the stock all-seasons are my tires.

This is going to be interesting.

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Hope for no snow. No snow tires on this car would be nuts.

Jertronic · 11-28-2013, 11:42 AM

After a giving the subject a healthy amount of thought and absorbing many opinions I will be buying a set of Continental extreme winter contacts on black Friday.

I had all but ordered the blizzak ws70's but opted for the conti's for a couple reasons. 1) dry road handling is better w/conti's. 2) local tire shop is giving me a nice discount which makes them a better value than the ws70's.

The General Ultimax Arctic was the other finalist in my decision.

I can go with either the stock size of 215/45/17 on my oem rims or down size to 205/50/17.

mrceltic · 11-28-2013, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

I'm always more concerned about other drivers than myself, regardless of weather conditions.

Preach it.

Last night on the way home ran into whiteout snow, icy roads and high winds but the biggest danger was two people who had stopped their cars to discuss a fender bender. IN THE RIGHT LANE OF A 400 SERIES HIGHWAY (Interstate for my Yankee friends).

Are you fucking kidding me?

ZionsWrath · 11-28-2013, 12:02 PM

Maybe they were hoping someone would plow into them and foot both their bills

Crafty canuks

jarviz · 11-28-2013, 02:46 PM

I made it thru last year's winters with stock tires. daily driving from NYC to westchester. You'll live

Suberman · 11-28-2013, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jarviz

I made it thru last year's winters with stock tires. daily driving from NYC to westchester. You'll live

Possibly not. Get snow tires.

Continental ExtremeWinter Contacts are currently the best all around snow tire you can buy. Get a set. General is the same company.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=167

Mikem53 · 11-28-2013, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dipstik-sportech

I do that all the time in late January and February, it makes a cool noise lol

You people are crazy.. !! I wouldnt be outside throwing anything at -40

humfrz · 11-28-2013, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikem53

You people are crazy.. !! I wouldnt be outside throwing anything at -40

Is that -40 degrees Celsius or -40 degrees Fahrenheit .... ??

(check-en ta see if anybody is pay-en any attention here ....

)

humfrz

Dipstik-sportech · 11-29-2013, 03:26 AM

Lol. They're the same at that point

humfrz · 11-29-2013, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Dipstik-sportech

Lol. They're the same at that point

Yaaaaaa!.......Dipstik-sportech is pay-en attention ....

humfrz

deadwolfbones · 11-30-2013, 12:25 AM

I put the EWCs on Wednesday night and drove from Boston to Philly for Thanksgiving. Really smooth ride, not a lot of road noise, barely any squirm at highway speeds. Liking these tires a lot.

jarviz · 12-02-2013, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Suberman

Possibly not. Get snow tires.

Continental ExtremeWinter Contacts are currently the best all around snow tire you can buy. Get a set. General is the same company.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=167

Why not? I drove a 100 miles a day round trip on the stock tires. Sure I got stuck here and there (and most of this was tyring to parallel park in front of my own home) but than again I'm assuming he'll be cautious when driving and picking his routes... and not trying to plow thru 4 inches of snow on turn doing 40+.

Speaking of which - I just got the continentals installed a few days ago haha. My OEM tires were completely used in the back tires after 30K+ miles.

amram · 12-04-2013, 01:58 AM

Interesting numbers about 'wet and dry' winter capability of 'good' (mxm4) all seasons. Seems to be better than the (x-ice) winter tires (except for snow and ice of course). This was a big eye opener for me. I though winters would provide better 'wet and dry' winter (<40F) capability compared to all seasons. Something to consider for milder winter areas like NY/NJ
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20209

11-29-2013, 03:26 AM	#52
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amram Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2013 FR-S AT Location: New Jersey Posts: 102 Thanks: 642 Thanked 27 Times in 22 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Interesting numbers about 'wet and dry' winter capability of 'good' (mxm4) all seasons. Seems to be better than the (x-ice) winter tires (except for snow and ice of course). This was a big eye opener for me. I though winters would provide better 'wet and dry' winter (<40F) capability compared to all seasons. Something to consider for milder winter areas like NY/NJ http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20209 __________________ "That's why I like the GT86 so much..... It's a car designed for one thing only: fun." - Jeremy Clarkson

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