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02-23-2006, 02:05 PM | #1 |
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When to put on summer tires?
Finally had enough in my car fund to get SSR GT2 + Goodyear F1 GS-D3. I was figuring to run them April through Sept. Anyone else have these tires up here in the great NW? What is your experience? When do you put on and take off these tires?
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02-23-2006, 02:15 PM | #2 |
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put them on when you're not going to go skiing any more...
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02-23-2006, 02:33 PM | #3 |
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I run my SO-3's year round. But it doesn't go skiing and stays in the garage if it ever snows.
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02-23-2006, 10:02 PM | #4 |
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i just put on my pilot sport 2's today.
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02-23-2006, 10:04 PM | #5 |
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My rule is winter tires November-March. This year, I've still got PLENTY of snow driving ahead of me (ski a lot, my stockers have Dunlop Winter Sport M3's on em), but I can always throw those wheels back on to head up to the mountains if I need to. Or get someone else to drive.
I'm thinking of putting my summer wheels back on this weekend (I can never QUITE make it to march, but hey its close enough, right? ) |
02-24-2006, 08:58 AM | #6 |
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Summer tires??? We have summer around here????
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02-24-2006, 10:54 AM | #7 |
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This morning is a good example of why you should wait a bit more time before putting them on.
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02-24-2006, 06:03 PM | #8 |
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change it up depending in track conditions!
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02-24-2006, 11:43 PM | #9 |
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Planning to run Nokian WR about 9 months of the year.
Or, if 10 months of rain, then 10 months... |
02-25-2006, 02:58 AM | #10 |
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Well, it was too sunny this afternoon, so I put mine on. ALMOST made it to march
Going from 4 months of Dunlop Winter Sports, to sticky yokohama's.... its very wierd. Steering feels so heavy, but man I forgot the bliss that is grippy tires |
02-25-2006, 04:26 AM | #11 |
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I ran my GS-D3 year round except when we had a freak snow storm here on Whidbey Island. The the RE-92's went on to limp around for thoes few days.
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02-25-2006, 07:22 PM | #12 |
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middle of march for me.
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02-26-2006, 03:11 AM | #13 |
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Nice to see I'm not the only one getting the itch. I figured as soon as I put my summer wheels/tires back on it would start snowing again though. And since I washed the car today, I figured that would be a double whammy, so I resisted the temptation.
Don't everyone thank me at once |
02-26-2006, 10:54 AM | #14 | |
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summer tires ftw! |
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02-26-2006, 09:05 PM | #15 | |
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02-26-2006, 09:18 PM | #16 |
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Just put them on today (or I should say back on, they were on earlier this winter).
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02-26-2006, 09:41 PM | #17 |
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But you must understand, my jinxing if anything is intentional, as I ski on a more-than-regular basis (if there's such a thing)
i just have to make other people drive me |
02-26-2006, 10:05 PM | #18 | |
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It's my understanding that the problem with the RE070s is that they work better when it's warmer, I just don't know how much warmer that is. The WRs work extremely well, just not as well as the RE070s. Guess I'll have to wait to see what the weather is doing before I make my decision, unless some of you have a recommendation on what the right temperature is... |
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02-26-2006, 10:20 PM | #19 |
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i ran my nokian WRs year round....now i am on pirelli pzero nero m&s's.
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02-27-2006, 08:40 AM | #20 | |
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