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Icy roads are dangerous to drive on, even if you have studs or Blizzak-type tires. If your 9-5 is late enough to have ESP, that can help a bit (actually, pretty considerably), but it's still not a good combination.
You didn't mention how old the tires are, other than "fairly new". One season? Two? Could there be any cupping from an alignment problem that may only show itself in the tenuous traction conditions of an icy road?
4mm in offset difference would be hardly noticeable, so long as all the wheels are straight. More importantly, they are the same width. right? AND, has the alignment been checked since the pothole hit?
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Posts in this Thread:
- Extremely twitchy handling on icey roads, MI-Roger
, Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:00:18- Re: Extremely twitchy handling on icey roads, BenL, Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:42:28
- Same thing here, dtech, Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:12:01
- Dragging brake caliper?, john b, Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:27:22
- Sounds like 4-wheel alignment time..., MI-Roger
, Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:01:09 - Check the direction of rotation......, Herb Hirsch
, Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:26:24 - Re: Extremely twitchy handling on icey roads, Larry West
, Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:30:59 <-- Viewing This Message - ET-45 versus ET-49, MI-Roger
, Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:28:48
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