Joey
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Or, just move to a place with a climate where humans were meant to live and never have to buy winter tires again. Better riding season, better 4x4 season, better deer season, better wabbit season, better duck season... better every season.
You know what a golf course is? A horrible waste of real estate that would’ve been a great rifle range. 9 iron... pfft.
I think he’s made a few legit comparisons to illustrate the point. Tires are compromises. We don’t run slicks on the street, lest we end up in the weeds when it rains hard enough. We shouldn’t run winter tires year round. KO2’s are great all around tires for the Rap but a decent MT will absolutely handle muddy conditions with much greater effect. But on the street you’re sacrificing wet weather performance and at least some dry traction, as well as handling. big tire cleats don’t take too well to repeated, high g force side loading on pavement.
Maybe I should raise my hand? snow has my number. I’ve done track days, ride bikes, been to driving schools, do pretty well in the rain but despite multiple engagements in all manner of snow, I just do my best to avoid it and if I have to drive it, I don’t like it. If I were imprisoned ... err.. had to live in a state with hateful winters, I’d actually consider dedicated snow tires, but the math just doesn’t add up for me.
Still, I’m just wondering what’s the big deal here?
No, no, no. It’s HERESY to suggest running a proper winter tire, not blasphemy. Jayzuss. but then... what to expect from someone using a 9 iron and not a 9 mil
I was stationed in several deep snow states, was a HUMMER winter driver trainer @ have logged thousands of miles on light ice/snow to deep snow/roads closed deep assed snow and had BFG MT’s on my personal truck & had no issues that driver skill did not address.
nope, not the best by a long shot, but had them sipped for the icy roads & zooom zoommmm away we went.
Even drove it up to Yellowknife one winter and back & the roads were not plowed, but just driven on and packed down & the sipped MT was the best tire for that trip
All street tires are a compromise, I run summer tires on my Hellcat & winter dedicated tires in the winter, but it’s a Hellcat pushing 840hp on a mustang dyno
Might get the MT Baja AT’s just to see how they do, research says they have a dual rubber compound & it “looks” good for winter use as a compromising year round tire
Oh and a golf course is a excellent waste of a rifle/pistol range lol