Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 20:24:29 +0100 From: tangennopsamcom (Leif Tangen) Subject: Re: 9-5 Snow tires or not?
someguy <someguynopsamhere.se> wrote: > If you want snow tires make sure to have them on all four wheels. A general > recommendation is to place the tires with the best grip on the rear wheels to > have the car stable when braking and to avoid the car oversteering. Thus snow > tires on the front and normal tires at the rear will be really dangerous. Right - and wrong. All wheels should wear the same make and quality of tires. However, if you follow the advice above - putting the pair with the best grip on the rear, your car will turn 180 degrees once it starts skidding. Which shouldn't happen in the first place if you know the first thing about handling a car in winter, of course;-) In Norway all cars come with double set of tires, and winter tires are in use from mid-October till mid-April in our country. -- Leif Tangen, Svelvik, Norway 1976 96L V4 1977 99 GLS 1986 900i 1992 900i 2,1 Griffin 1998 900S 1999 9-5 2,0t
