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Posted by saabaru (more from saabaru) on Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:21:27 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: would it be a good idea to.., nt moore, Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:01:09
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Narrower is apparently better in deep snow, but I'm not convinced it is in hard packed or on ice. Of course, much of what we end up driving on in northern urban areas is thick slush, due to the dubious practice of trying to melt a huge snowfall with truck after truck of salt. Do they do that in MN like they do in WI?

Anyway, I digress, as usual. It would be worth switching the wheels to see if you get an improvement. One caveat would be that having less grip at the rear can cause the rear to swing around. I once had a set of Blizzaks, two of which were pretty worn, and I put them on the back and ended up in a ditch from oversteer.

I've tried Nokias, Blizzaks and Arctic Alpins, and I've finally come to the conclusion that the Blizzaks were the best. I didn't like the fact that they wear down to an all-season tread; seems like a rip-off, but the grip is tremendous. I think that snows on separate rims are a must for northern driving.

Regarding spinning the wheels, keep the RPM's low and most of the time you can avoid wheelspin. I drive an '88 9kt in the winter and find that sometimes I need to start in 2nd. Shift before 2500 rpm to keep the turbo from kicking in if the road is slick. Wheelspin in a FWD car eliminates much of the friction between wheels and road surface, as does locking them up. Steering suddenly becomes ineffective. It's a coefficient of static friction vs. kinetic friction thing. This is an interesting way to suddenly find that the road has a sideways slant to it. Instead of trying to fight the drift with steering, back off the gas or go to the next higher gear to stop the spin, and steering will then come back "on line."

For emergency braking, find some virgin snow, or even hard packed. It's far superior to the thick salt slush for braking. That slush is almost like driving on grease.

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