Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:42:40 GMT From: "X" <xnopsamm> Subject: Re: Winter tyres for Saab 9-3 converts
Sorry, I disagree, and also have years of experience with this. Simple research on any winter tire manufacturer's site will offer a scientific answer. Europeans have far more experience with this than we do, you don't see them doing anything but buying quality winter rubber for their rides. Also, offroading is a different world than winter driving on roads. X "Joseph D. Farrell" <joefarrellnopsamcway.com> wrote in message news:mt26hukpupipo5c32p4kamvmupicgno8c3nopsamcom... > Look, I've been offroading for YEARS and can tell you that you ned > narrower tires in the snow AND that you also shoud have higher tire > pressure to all the tireto bite and as prevoiusly been said to shake > off the snow. > > You 'air down' to gain off road t raction by making the tire more > compliant - that wiill work to some degree on snow but that is not a > good strategy if you have already put on snow tires and done a -1 or > -2 conversion. > > > As for smaller rims, the is tire aspect ratio, not rim size per se - a > 45 aspect ratio tire, like the 17" on the '02 Sport pkg will skate all > over the snow and ice, while going up to 65 aspect ratio in a 15" > wheel will work better - you alse need to main whel/tire diameter as > close to the same so you need a narrower tire with a bigger aspect > ratio on a smaller wheel to get the same tire height and therefore > tire diameter and speedometer / odometer will remain accurate. . . . > > Joe in CT
