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Re: ESC (or in our case ESP) is only a must if...  1 Saabers Like This Post!
Posted by Snowmobile [Email]  (#686)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Snowmobile) on Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:44:16
In Reply to: Re: ESC (or in our case ESP) is only a must if..., Dave The Ice Age Knave  [Profile/Gallery]
, Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:41:00
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I'm running 205/55R16 hakka R. I previously had 215/55R16 Michelin Primacy Alpin. The car's behaviour has been pretty similar regardless. Next year I will either get R2 or Hakka 8... anyway, these are all top notch winter tires...
On the 1989 winter beater, I'm running 185/65R15's and this year it has brand new General Arctic Altimax whatever (basically a gislaved/hakka clone at lower cost). This replaces old hakkas. The hakkas were probably better, but these are decent, and the cost was half a new set of hakkas, so given that I don't know how many more winters I will get out of it, I opted to go the lower cost route - I've liked General AS-03 so far on the summer car...
anyway, I've run this car with worn out old winter tires before and even then it was better than the 9-5 in snow... I think weight is part of it (c900 and 9000 are lighter than 9-5 even if they feel more solid)... I think tire width is a factor (16" 205's are *wide* performance tires on a c900, yet narrow on a 9-5!)... I'm not sure what else, but those c900's sure can plow through snow. In most winter situations I'd rather have my 1989 than a new Subie (the exception being very deep where clearance is an issue). The main reason we may not keep this '89 indefinitely is rust... I'm slowly losing the battle on this one... I hate salt and what it does to our cars!
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