Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:29:36 -0500 From: Malcolm W. Mason <arpicnopsammail.com> Subject: Re: buy snow tires or not?
At least one (that I know of) commercial fleet managers recommends agaist rotation and having a car delivered with six whheels two equipped with snows for the driving wheels in snow season and one used aas summer spare. >>Tire rotation is a silly idea which does nothing except insure that all of >>your tires wear out at the same time. > >But since they change tire models fairly frequently now, that's not a >bad goal. When it's time to buy, you buy four and get a matched set. > >> My rear wheel >>drive BMW and SAAB 9000 don't have snows, just all-season tires for the >>entire year. > >Can't take that RWD BMW out in the snow anyway. Now the Saab, that >would be right at home :-) > >Bob