And now, a word about snow tires...

Yeah, it's late, but it's still snowing here in the great Northeast,so I'm
still riding on my snow tires.

At the beginning of the winter I wanted some Bridgstone Blizzaks. Tire
Rack had them for $57. The local tire store said he could match that.
Well, he did, but with Hankook iPike snows instead. That was OK, I had
seen them on cars last year and they looked pretty good.

I put them on my Mazda 626 and they were pretty impressive, until you got
on ice. I did not have them studded, and the roads in this area turned to
glare ice under certain situations, and they couldn't handle it at all.
But, in any kind of snow or just plain rain, they are great. There is no
stopping the car; it drives like it's on tank tracks.

When I put the Subaru on the road, I was going to get a set of Pacemark or
Wintermark snow tires (they are the same tire). You can get them studded
for around $50. Aggressive looking tread, and a good price.

Well, I did get them , but not from a store. The singer in my band had a
set of 13" Pacemarks from his GFs Protege, maybe 5,000 miles on them
before someone wrecked her car (by sliding into it in a snow storm...)
SCORE! Free tires!

Yeah. At least they're studded. It's the only thing that saves them. That
and being on a AWD car. In Front Wheel Drive, they slip and plow and can't
get out of their own way. They are pretty good on ice, but again that's
with the AWD turned on. And I did managed to get stuck with them twice,
but that was just as much my fault as the tires. But I had $30 All Season
radials that did better in FWD...

So, next year, I will keep the iPikes for tha Mazda, and probably get
another set for the Subaru, if it doesn't rust out before November. Either
that or I'll get the '97 Legacy waggin running and put some on that.

And a note: we had about 3" of snow here yeasterday, followed by about
1/4" of rain. Very early this morning, coming down a hill in AWD at ~30
MPH, I passed some guy in a Honda trying to go up the hill. I could tell
by the 19" wheels that he probably didn't have snow tires and was sitting
in one spot, not stuck, but spinning his wheels in one place trying to get
up the hill. You could see by his tracks he had gone from one side of the
road to the other trying to get up the hill, he almost spun a couple
times, but wouldn't give up.

For GOD'S SAKE, MAN! We've had over 5 feet of snow this year! How dumb can
you be???! BUY SOME SNOW TIRES!!!

"Hachiroku ãƒ�ãƒ�ãƒ*ク" > wrote in message
news:iSoxj.5833$tH.2812@trndny01...
> Yeah, it's late, but it's still snowing here in the great Northeast,so I'm
> still riding on my snow tires.
>
> At the beginning of the winter I wanted some Bridgstone Blizzaks. Tire
> Rack had them for $57. The local tire store said he could match that.
> Well, he did, but with Hankook iPike snows instead. That was OK, I had
> seen them on cars last year and they looked pretty good.
>
> I put them on my Mazda 626 and they were pretty impressive, until you got
> on ice. I did not have them studded, and the roads in this area turned to
> glare ice under certain situations, and they couldn't handle it at all.
> But, in any kind of snow or just plain rain, they are great. There is no
> stopping the car; it drives like it's on tank tracks.
>
> When I put the Subaru on the road, I was going to get a set of Pacemark or
> Wintermark snow tires (they are the same tire). You can get them studded
> for around $50. Aggressive looking tread, and a good price.
>
> Well, I did get them , but not from a store. The singer in my band had a
> set of 13" Pacemarks from his GFs Protege, maybe 5,000 miles on them
> before someone wrecked her car (by sliding into it in a snow storm...)
> SCORE! Free tires!
>
> Yeah. At least they're studded. It's the only thing that saves them. That
> and being on a AWD car. In Front Wheel Drive, they slip and plow and can't
> get out of their own way. They are pretty good on ice, but again that's
> with the AWD turned on. And I did managed to get stuck with them twice,
> but that was just as much my fault as the tires. But I had $30 All Season
> radials that did better in FWD...
>
> So, next year, I will keep the iPikes for tha Mazda, and probably get
> another set for the Subaru, if it doesn't rust out before November. Either
> that or I'll get the '97 Legacy waggin running and put some on that.
>
> And a note: we had about 3" of snow here yeasterday, followed by about
> 1/4" of rain. Very early this morning, coming down a hill in AWD at ~30
> MPH, I passed some guy in a Honda trying to go up the hill. I could tell
> by the 19" wheels that he probably didn't have snow tires and was sitting
> in one spot, not stuck, but spinning his wheels in one place trying to get
> up the hill. You could see by his tracks he had gone from one side of the
> road to the other trying to get up the hill, he almost spun a couple
> times, but wouldn't give up.
>
> For GOD'S SAKE, MAN! We've had over 5 feet of snow this year! How dumb can
> you be???! BUY SOME SNOW TIRES!!!
>
>

We had 80 today, I took the snow tires off the BMW convertible and put the
summer rubber back on.

Wait, I use summer rubber all year long, I put the top up in winter.
Nevermind.

=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= >
wrote in news:iSoxj.5833$tH.2812@trndny01:


>
> For GOD'S SAKE, MAN! We've had over 5 feet of snow this year! How dumb
> can you be???! BUY SOME SNOW TIRES!!!
>
>



Get with the program, buddy.

Your perceived snow does not actually exist, in spite of your unfortunate
hallucinations. Global warming, you know?

--
Tegger

Tegger wrote:
> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= >
> wrote in news:iSoxj.5833$tH.2812@trndny01:
>
>
>
>>For GOD'S SAKE, MAN! We've had over 5 feet of snow this year! How dumb
>>can you be???! BUY SOME SNOW TIRES!!!
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
> Get with the program, buddy.
>
> Your perceived snow does not actually exist, in spite of your unfortunate
> hallucinations. Global warming, you know?
>

I'm just waiting for the last snow before I take mine off. It could be
the mildest winter ever, but wherever I live, we ALWAYS have a blizzard
within two or three days of my birthday (mid-March.) This has been true
since about 1997 (my freshman year in college.) I never got squat for
my birthday from my parents because they'd always plan on coming up and
taking me out to dinner etc. and they never did because they were snowed
in. I couldn't make this up if I tried, and the snows stay on until the
third week of March.

nate

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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:25:04 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= > wrote
> in news:iSoxj.5833$tH.2812@trndny01:
>
>
>
>> For GOD'S SAKE, MAN! We've had over 5 feet of snow this year! How dumb
>> can you be???! BUY SOME SNOW TIRES!!!
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Get with the program, buddy.
>
> Your perceived snow does not actually exist, in spite of your unfortunate
> hallucinations. Global warming, you know?


Do I wanna know what that 5 feet of white stuff in front of my house is?

BTW, heard on Rush Limbaugh AND the BBC: there is more snow covering the
earth than any time since 1966. Includes the US, Scandinavia, GB, Siberia,
Russa and China. Oh, and the North Pole, too.

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:33:50 -0500, Nate Nagel wrote:

> Tegger wrote:
>> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= >
>> wrote in news:iSoxj.5833$tH.2812@trndny01:
>>
>>
>>
>>>For GOD'S SAKE, MAN! We've had over 5 feet of snow this year! How dumb
>>>can you be???! BUY SOME SNOW TIRES!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Get with the program, buddy.
>>
>> Your perceived snow does not actually exist, in spite of your
>> unfortunate hallucinations. Global warming, you know?
>>
>>
> I'm just waiting for the last snow before I take mine off. It could be
> the mildest winter ever, but wherever I live, we ALWAYS have a blizzard
> within two or three days of my birthday (mid-March.) This has been true
> since about 1997 (my freshman year in college.) I never got squat for my
> birthday from my parents because they'd always plan on coming up and
> taking me out to dinner etc. and they never did because they were snowed
> in. I couldn't make this up if I tried, and the snows stay on until the
> third week of March.
>
> nate


Damn, where do you live?!?!

I have 5 feetin the banks in front of my house. We have had almost 6 feet
or more here.

However, if I go 15 miles south, last week I was looking at grass...

Hachiroku ãƒ�ãƒ�ãƒ*ク wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:33:50 -0500, Nate Nagel wrote:
>
>
>>Tegger wrote:
>>
>>>=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= >
>>>wrote in news:iSoxj.5833$tH.2812@trndny01:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>For GOD'S SAKE, MAN! We've had over 5 feet of snow this year! How dumb
>>>>can you be???! BUY SOME SNOW TIRES!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Get with the program, buddy.
>>>
>>>Your perceived snow does not actually exist, in spite of your
>>>unfortunate hallucinations. Global warming, you know?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I'm just waiting for the last snow before I take mine off. It could be
>>the mildest winter ever, but wherever I live, we ALWAYS have a blizzard
>>within two or three days of my birthday (mid-March.) This has been true
>>since about 1997 (my freshman year in college.) I never got squat for my
>>birthday from my parents because they'd always plan on coming up and
>>taking me out to dinner etc. and they never did because they were snowed
>>in. I couldn't make this up if I tried, and the snows stay on until the
>>third week of March.
>>
>>nate
>
>
>
> Damn, where do you live?!?!

Lessee... Pittsburgh, then Cleveland, then DC area, Dearborn (OK, that
one isn't particularly noteworthy), Annapolis, back to DC.

>
> I have 5 feetin the banks in front of my house. We have had almost 6 feet
> or more here.
>
> However, if I go 15 miles south, last week I was looking at grass...

wow, 5 feet? It's been years since I've seen that much snow. Would
have to go back to when my grandparents still had their old place.

nate

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Nate Nagel > wrote in
:

> Tegger wrote:
>> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= >
>> wrote in news:iSoxj.5833$tH.2812@trndny01:
>>
>>
>>
>>>For GOD'S SAKE, MAN! We've had over 5 feet of snow this year! How
>>>dumb can you be???! BUY SOME SNOW TIRES!!!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Get with the program, buddy.
>>
>> Your perceived snow does not actually exist, in spite of your
>> unfortunate hallucinations. Global warming, you know?
>>
>
> I'm just waiting for the last snow before I take mine off. It could
> be the mildest winter ever, but wherever I live, we ALWAYS have a
> blizzard within two or three days of my birthday (mid-March.) This
> has been true since about 1997 (my freshman year in college.)



You're a young fella, then. With your '55 Stude I figured you older than
that.

My birthday is...today, actually. I'm 46 today. Happy birthday to me.
Getting slower and more wrinkled and balder and more shiny-pated every
year. Still 180 pounds though, and still a 36-inch waist. No belly
overhang, either. Guess that counts for something.

The winter we're having this year (and what we had last year) is just
about a dead-ringer for the sort of winters we had in the '70s. Same
snow, same temperatures.



> I never
> got squat for my birthday from my parents because they'd always plan
> on coming up and taking me out to dinner etc. and they never did
> because they were snowed in. I couldn't make this up if I tried, and
> the snows stay on until the third week of March.
>



You must live in the Tropics.

Up here in Ontario, our snows come off mid-April.

In Alberta they can have snow up to JUNE. I still cannot believe my
brother-in-law moved back there. 40-below in the winter and he's OK with
that. It's not even like he's an oil rig worker and has to be there to
find work; he sells cars for a living (Hyundai at the moment). You can
sell cars anywhere. I told him he should sell cars in the Caribbean
where it's warmer and he just laughed.

--
Tegger

=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= >
wrote in news:2fpxj.13356$o23.4131@trndny09:

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:25:04 +0000, Tegger wrote:
>
>> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= >
>> wrote in news:iSoxj.5833$tH.2812@trndny01:
>>
>>
>>
>>> For GOD'S SAKE, MAN! We've had over 5 feet of snow this year! How
>>> dumb can you be???! BUY SOME SNOW TIRES!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Get with the program, buddy.
>>
>> Your perceived snow does not actually exist, in spite of your
>> unfortunate hallucinations. Global warming, you know?
>
>
> Do I wanna know what that 5 feet of white stuff in front of my house
> is?



It's Venezuelan cocaine.

It's a promotional move by Chavez. You didn't know? Snort some and see.



--
Tegger

On Feb 27, 9:18 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B > wrote:
> Yeah, it's late, but it's still snowing here in the great Northeast,so I'm
> still riding on my snow tires.
>
> At the beginning of the winter I wanted some Bridgstone Blizzaks. Tire
> Rack had them for $57. The local tire store said he could match that.
> Well, he did, but with Hankook iPike snows instead. That was OK, I had
> seen them on cars last year and they looked pretty good.
>
> I put them on my Mazda 626 and they were pretty impressive, until you got
> on ice. I did not have them studded, and the roads in this area turned to
> glare ice under certain situations, and they couldn't handle it at all.
> But, in any kind of snow or just plain rain, they are great. There is no
> stopping the car; it drives like it's on tank tracks.
>
> When I put the Subaru on the road, I was going to get a set of Pacemark or
> Wintermark snow tires (they are the same tire). You can get them studded
> for around $50. Aggressive looking tread, and a good price.
>
> Well, I did get them , but not from a store. The singer in my band had a
> set of 13" Pacemarks from his GFs Protege, maybe 5,000 miles on them
> before someone wrecked her car (by sliding into it in a snow storm...)
> SCORE! Free tires!
>
> Yeah. At least they're studded. It's the only thing that saves them. That
> and being on a AWD car. In Front Wheel Drive, they slip and plow and can't
> get out of their own way. They are pretty good on ice, but again that's
> with the AWD turned on. And I did managed to get stuck with them twice,
> but that was just as much my fault as the tires. But I had $30 All Season
> radials that did better in FWD...
>
> So, next year, I will keep the iPikes for tha Mazda, and probably get
> another set for the Subaru, if it doesn't rust out before November. Either
> that or I'll get the '97 Legacy waggin running and put some on that.
>
> And a note: we had about 3" of snow here yeasterday, followed by about
> 1/4" of rain. Very early this morning, coming down a hill in AWD at ~30
> MPH, I passed some guy in a Honda trying to go up the hill. I could tell
> by the 19" wheels that he probably didn't have snow tires and was sitting
> in one spot, not stuck, but spinning his wheels in one place trying to get
> up the hill. You could see by his tracks he had gone from one side of the
> road to the other trying to get up the hill, he almost spun a couple
> times, but wouldn't give up.
>
> For GOD'S SAKE, MAN! We've had over 5 feet of snow this year! How dumb can
> you be???! BUY SOME SNOW TIRES!!!

Shoulda got the Blizzaks. I got them with alloy wheels from Direct
tire for my Corolla. I've used Blizzaks since before they got here.
John Quirk got them for me on a special order. Never looked back.
Pretty good on ice. I'm about 50 miles from you and the sander just
went by. I always have summer wheels and winter wheels. Cheap
insurance.

Ron