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Winter tires for 9-5 Aero Wag. in Northern VA?
Posted by Bmister [Email] (more from Bmister) on Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:20:23
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I live on a street that sits at the bottom of a hill in Northern Virginia. I commute to downtown Washington, DC each day. Every time it snows more that 1 inch on the ground I can't get my 9-5 Aero Wagon out of the neighborhood!!! Source of much frustration. Still using 224/45/17 tires and rims but switched from the OEM Michelin's to Gislaveds to fix problem to no avail. What do you recommend? While we only get 2-4 small snow storms in the winter, we do get plenty of freezing rain and ice. I also travel to the snowbelt 2-3 times during the winter.
My wife's 9-5 sedan has Gislaveds 225/55/16's and it has no problems getting out. My old 9000 had Dunlop Sports on it and it worked like a charm.
So is this a tire size thing, a winter tire thing, or both? Given the amount of dry pavement driving time in the winter it sounds like I would blitz through the tread on Blizzaks pretty quickly.
Any recommendations and advice are greatly appreciated.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Winter tires for 9-5 Aero Wag. in Northern VA?, Bmister, Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:20:23 <-- Viewing This Message
- Tires Tires Tires...., AdamB
, Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:57:43 - it's not the wagon, it's the Primacies, TimBrown, Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:43:07
- Re: Winter tires for 9-5 Aero Wag. in Northern VA?, zyzzix, Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:26:15
- Got snows in DC on my Aero..., washaero, Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:03:53
- Dedicated winter tires make all the difference, Louis, Wed, 26 Jan 2005 04:39:01
- Are the Gislaveds on your Aero NordFrost models?, MI-Roger
, Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:33:17 - Re: Winter tires for 9-5 Aero Wag. in Northern VA?, Bmister, Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:27:12
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