Re: The VW Jetta GLX Mailing List Digest V3 #322

[Mike VanAmburgh <vwvr6r@fiber.net>]

I agree.  Even the crappiest snow tires are better than all season tires
for snow.  I have no-name 'Snow King' snow tires on my Jetta and they
rock. We just drove the car through 100 miles of nasty snow storms on
I-15 through Idaho and Montana a couple weeks ago and I was SO happy I
bought the snows.  I have Toyo Proxes FZ4 on my Scirocco and was happy
with them until I had to drive in snow.  Not fun.  No comparison
compared to snow tires.  

-Mike

Stewart MacLund wrote:
> 
>         Ola...
> 
>         If you're in any kind of winterish location, don't go with all-season
> tires.  Go with a good winter rated performance tire.  My personal fav
> are the Pirelli W210A's.  Rated for 210kph (130mph?), and quiet, too.
> 
>         Oh, and they cut through slush/snow, wet crap/wet, cold crap/wet, cold,
> and iced underneath crap with ease, and still maintaining your control.
> 
>         I've got steel winter wheels for mine, which makes a difference when
> cutting through snow, as well.
> 
>         Your best bet is to get a good summer set, and a good winter set of
> tires.
> 
> Sundie...
> 
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:22:36 -0500
> From: "Piecuch, Benjamin     HS" <benjamin.piecuch@hs.utc.com>
> Subject: All-Season Tires
> 
> I'm looking at putting High Performance All-Season Tires on my
> GLX, using the stock wheels.  I've narrowed the tires down to:
> 
> Toyo FZ4's                              $119/tire
> Dunlop SP 5000's                $109/tire
> Pirelli 7000SS's                        $129/tire
> 
> Prices from Town Fair Tire are above, and include mounting, balancing,
> etc...  Any suggestions/preferences by the group?  I'm leaning towards
> the Dunlops, but have always heard good things about the Toyo's.  Thanks
> in advance.
> 
>                                         BEN
> 
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