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Hey all-
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I mounted a set of Continental Winter Contact TS790 on my 17" rims just in time for the first real snow of this season. School was cancelled, but I drove in to pick up some music theory papers to grade.
Driving through about 2" of slush and snow before the back roads were plowed, I find these to have much more "bite" than the "all season" tires and are a huge improvement in these conditions. Much more grip in turning, stopping, pulling away, and braking.
After performing the standard and required 5-10 doughnuts in the parking lot, I headed home. From what I have read and experienced, the rubber is softer and has more grip in colder temps. Likewise, once it gets warm, they'll have to come off or I will wear them out very quickly.
Once it gets drier out there, I'll come back with a report of how they do then. Now, it's time to grade some counterpoint!
Cheers!
-Scott
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Here in MD we got mostly ice. I only have sport tires but was curious how I would do handling the rear wheel drive 68 in such conditions.
[quote name='Scott Collins' post='66258' date='Jan 28 2009, 10:00 AM']Hey all-
SNOW REPORT
School was cancelled,[/quote]
CANCELLED. Kids these days are too soft. I remember when...
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[quote name='rhudeboye' post='66264' date='Jan 28 2009, 03:29 PM']Here in MD we got mostly ice. I only have sport tires but was curious how I would do handling the rear wheel drive 68 in such conditions.
CANCELLED. Kids these days are too soft. I remember when...[/quote]
Soft is right! Back when, we walked to school, always through snow and rain and sleet, ten miles round trip, uphill both ways.
As for the car, I used to throw a 50lb bag of sand into each rear wheel well for extra weight over the rear wheels, but last summer they got used to fill my daughter's backyard sandbox. Oh well....
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