Winter Tire Information

[idreamofmazda]

http://www.canadianautoreview.com/tires.htm

[Melenium]

Hmm.. not sure I put too much faith in that site. It seems like their reviews are just writeups from the tire brochures. My last car had a set of Yoko Avid V4s and let me tell you, they were absolutely fantastic tires... for summer. On dry roads, they\'d stick like glue.


Yokohama racing experience, creating exceptional grip in wet and dry conditions

or



The new Yokohama Avid H4s/V4s line of all-season high performance tires combines best-in-class handling, ride and all-weather confidence for the owners of premium cars in Canada, Yokohama Tire (Canada) Inc. has announced.

I\'m sorry, but that however is just BS. If there was so much as a drop of water or a flake of snow on the ground the tires would spin, slide, and slip. I found myself taking off in 2nd gear most of the time, and when I took a corner at about 5-10km on an icey night and the car kept going into the curb I decided I\'d had enough and got rid of them. Aside from making a hole in the tire, car was a-ok, so it got me off to finally get a new set :D

I\'d recommend checking out Eopinions (http://www.epinions.com/auto-Tires-All) if you want decent, unbiased reviews (of not just tires)

[Melenium]

I hate to be a post whore, but I thought that its pretty important for everyone to read these reviews:

One (http://www.epinions.com/content_151408578180)
Two (http://www.epinions.com/content_31032315524)
[root] (http://www.epinions.com/auto-Tires-All-Goodyear_Eagle_RSA)

(I hope I\'m not wrong about that being the tire that comes with the 17\" wheels!)

Anyway, the long and the short is that it seems to be a serious liability to use these in winter!