snow tires in the snow.

lemming · 12-04-2005, 10:57 AM

light dusting today of 1-3" but the trucks are slow to awaken on a sunday so all sideroads are still covered.

fx35 with all-season (horrible) re92s --> very fishy and fun. nissan's DSP lets you get some yaw going before it will try to correct. funny how much torque that little engine has. fun.

CTS-v with blizzak lm22's --> boring. stops better than the fx35 (this one was obvious) but bite and handling was a snooze. GM's stabilitrak is really, really, really good. it engages the traction control plus the mechanical LSD really well and the s'trak absolutely will not let you put a tire in the wrong direction. amazing.

anyway. no excitement this winter even with 395ft#'s of torque to deal with on skinny little 245s. i thought it would be more feral than it is. happy to report that snow tires change the nature of the beast when you're in their element. otherwise they're loud, squishy and generally horrible.

12-04-2005, 10:57 AM	#1
lemming Western Anomaly Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: White Orca Posts: 16,612	snow tires in the snow. light dusting today of 1-3" but the trucks are slow to awaken on a sunday so all sideroads are still covered. fx35 with all-season (horrible) re92s --> very fishy and fun. nissan's DSP lets you get some yaw going before it will try to correct. funny how much torque that little engine has. fun. CTS-v with blizzak lm22's --> boring. stops better than the fx35 (this one was obvious) but bite and handling was a snooze. GM's stabilitrak is really, really, really good. it engages the traction control plus the mechanical LSD really well and the s'trak absolutely will not let you put a tire in the wrong direction. amazing. anyway. no excitement this winter even with 395ft#'s of torque to deal with on skinny little 245s. i thought it would be more feral than it is. happy to report that snow tires change the nature of the beast when you're in their element. otherwise they're loud, squishy and generally horrible. __________________