Re[2]: Goodyears

[Warren.Gleich@marcam.com]

     hey guys,
     
     yea, first snow in the southern New Hampshire region this year.  Take 
     some advise from someone who has been dealing this white crap and 
     performance tires for longer than I like.  
     
     If you are anywhere there is any amount of snow, invest in a second 
     set of rims with the new generation of "ice" tires (blizzaks, 
     graspics).  They make a world of difference.  For about $600 for all 
     four, you can save you car from sliding into a guard rail.  Plus, you 
     don't have to compromise on the summer tires.  Your summer tires will 
     last longer since you will be running the snow in winter.  You 
     expensive alloys won't take the hit come those mid winter potholes.  
     Plus with real snow tires, back roads become a lot of fun in the snow. 
      You learn a lot about car handling when 4 wheel drifts are the norm.
     
     Anyway, not looking forward to the commute home, but at least I will 
     not get stuck.
     
     Later...
     
     Warren
     
     94 Passat GLX with Graspics (put on this morning)
     97 Jetta GLX with graspics on order


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Subject: Re: Goodyears
Author:  tfp <tfp@tsil.net> at SMTPGATE
Date:    11/14/97 2:49 PM


I got my 97 last December, but the winter was REALLY mild and I didn't have 
any problems with the GoodYears. Methinks, however, this winter I may not 
come to that same conclusion. We had an ice storm yesterday and there were 
wrecks all over the place. I was doing a bit of slippin' & slidin', but I 
think (I KNOW!) everyone else was too! Nothing's going to help much on ice, 
but I sure dread the one hour drive to work, over VERY hilly terrain, this 
winter. They're calling for a bad one!!! YECH!
     
Good luck!
Thom
     
stock '97 GLX
black/biber beige leather
automatic  -------> DON'T GIVE ME NO GRIEF! The lady can't drive a stick! 
(I've been moaning about it since day one!)
     
     
     
     
At 02:38 PM 11/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I was driving in the same stuff Don was.
>I agree whole-heartedly! I don't think they're much
>good on dry pavement either...but, I'll probably have to keep 
>them until the belts are showing. :(
>--Pete (Natick Ma)
>Dan Bairos wrote:
>> 
>> Well today was my 1st time driving my 97 GLX (stock) in the snow and these 
>> Goodyears suck...
>> 
>>   Dan from Boston Mass
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