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12-21-2004, 03:16 AM

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yes i totally agree stylis...studed tires or snow chains are absoultely the right way of doing things.

12-21-2004, 03:17 AM

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tractor tires are not needed on a tC, but do remember to keep things rated PG. So please no more rants in here, this topic may get to a personal level and thats not needed. Just post up the facts and info please.

12-21-2004, 05:14 AM

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gabe, so mild tempered

12-21-2004, 04:59 PM

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guys give it a rest i was venting because i hate the tires as a whole and last night topped it off, hell i spin and skid in rain its not just snow, can someone lock this so nobody gets indigestion from the Ethug arguing

12-21-2004, 05:51 PM

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It was 11 degrees outside the day you posted this in Maryland so I know it was at least 10 degrees colder than that in NY. You think tires are supposed to stop you in the snow under light braking? Youre an idiot.

12-21-2004, 05:59 PM

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You sure you didn't hit a patch of ice :?: No regualr tire can help you there

nah it was that hard packed snow right before an intersection that i hit while i was already breaking

Doesn't that make you the problem, not the tires?

12-21-2004, 06:02 PM

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no one is arguing that it wasnt the "snow". People are just saying that the potenzas performance in snow compared with other tires (including other performance) is very poor.

Again, I wasnt expecting good snow traction from performance tires to begin with, but these are actually poorer than anticpated.

Would you like Scion to also include a set of snow tires with every car? How about an extra set of rims? Maybe they could just keep them at the dealership and then you can just come by for your winter switch so you dont have to do anything yourself.

12-21-2004, 06:05 PM

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The RE92's are fine winter tires if you don't drive like an asshat.

BTW Jakies they are not summer tires.

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12-21-2004, 06:12 PM

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The RE92's are fine winter tires if you don't drive like an asshat.

BTW Jakies they are not summer tires.

john

That makes this thread even scarier...

12-21-2004, 06:13 PM

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namecalling is so mature, bet mommas proud... non of u were there so nobody can say anything... end of story

12-21-2004, 07:07 PM

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I drove once with Bridgestone S03 Pole Positions in the snow. I was stopped at an intersection that was on an incline. With my brakes on, I just slid backwards down the hill. If I used the gas, I'd spin, so I just had to let it idle me along. Needless to say, people were flicking me off.

I'd like to note that I never did that again.

12-21-2004, 07:21 PM

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This is obviously a case of the conditions, and not the tires.

I don't care what kind of tires you have, be it snow/studded tires, or topline of the line sticky race tires, if you over-drive the conditions that Mother Naure has created, then its no one's fault but your own.

You are the one in control of the vehicle if you are the one stepping on the gas pedal and turning the steering wheel.

With that said, I love the S-03s on my Matrix and the Neo Gens on my xB, but if I'm driving in conditions less than 32 degrees I'll be driving like an old person. Wait, I am an old person.

I'm not an expert, I just slept at a Holiday Inn last night.