Cliff Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 With my LGT being lowered, I'm sure there will be days that I'll be driving the wife's Outback rather than my LGT. I love snow. Snowboarding FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooberoo Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Here in Calgary we had rain over the weekend which cleared out yesterday leaving us with no insulating cloud cover overnight. The result? We had frost! It's too early for stinkin frost! When it was raining, I couldn't help but notice how bad my stockers were hydroplaning. I know I will need to replace them soon, but with winter fast approaching, I was going to buy dedicated winter tires any way and then buy some nice racy summer performance tires next spring. Regarding snow tires, last winter I bought Hankook Turnpikes for my Miata and I think 440's for my old 1998 Subaru Outback and was pretty happy with the results. Too bad I can't use the old Sube winters, unfortunately they are too tall. I was eyeing the 'Kook 300 Icebear and was wondering if anyone had tried this setup? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobE Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 smuggs. but just learned that the friends are too poor to get their passes too... that sucks man....i hate having poor friends. http://newenglandsubarus.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimy101 Posted September 3, 2007 Author Share Posted September 3, 2007 A word to the wise, narrower tires provide better snow traction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Can you link to any tests that back that up? It's been conventional wisdom forever and its sort of intuitive but it's one of those things where I wonder if anyone actually checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimy101 Posted September 3, 2007 Author Share Posted September 3, 2007 Basic physics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncretter Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Vehicle weight will be distributed over a small total area on thinner tiers, which results in more compacted snow. However, does that work for sand too? If not, then what is going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimy101 Posted September 3, 2007 Author Share Posted September 3, 2007 ^ Sand has, in no effect "bottom". Better to ride on top. Wide tires and let the air out of them. For snow you have to cut down to the surface. If you can't, get snow shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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