[pianotech] winter tires

[Ryan Sowers]

Thanks for the reminder! My nephew manages a Bridgestone up in the Seattle
area. I'll have to have him fix up my Acura! Last year I did $800 worth of
front end damage to my minivan skidding on ice - there went a couple days
worth of tuning!! This year I'm definitely going with winter tires!

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Ron Koval <drwoodwind at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Getting off-track a bit from the other thread - I'm amazed what the new
> winter tires do for regular cars.
> We got rid of my wife's 4x4 last year, but got a set of Bridgestone
> Blizzaks for her New Beetle.  This was
> after reading about the tests comparing the traction between 4 wheel drive
> with all weather tires and
> dedicated winter tires.  Winter tires win in all areas except hill
> climbing.  While my Scion Xb was sledding
> around the snowy streets, I could barely get a slide out of her car!  (If I
> didn't enjoy sliding around, I would
> probably get a set for myself!)
>
> Ron Koval
> chicagoland
>



-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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