Is it trouble to have sport package wheels in snow?
12-05-2002, 11:30 AM
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Tires, of course, are more important but (m)
The wide spoke pattern of our sport wheels can cause snow and ice accumulation within the wheel, which is suboptimal.
We had almost a foot here in Harrisburg today, and my sport rims with Sumitomo HRT+ All-seasons performed extremely well. I slid around a little, but not more than I expected, and had no trouble climbing tough non-plowed grades.
There is definitely snow buildup in the wheelwhich I will clean out before it freezes in there.
Anybody else have an opinion on this?
Drew
We had almost a foot here in Harrisburg today, and my sport rims with Sumitomo HRT+ All-seasons performed extremely well. I slid around a little, but not more than I expected, and had no trouble climbing tough non-plowed grades.
There is definitely snow buildup in the wheelwhich I will clean out before it freezes in there.
Anybody else have an opinion on this?
Drew
12-05-2002, 11:38 AM
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Amen to that
I made it work without any major incidents today, but I knew 1 minute into my commute that I definitely to change the sport tires to winter or all-season tires!
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12-05-2002, 01:12 PM
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Drove in the snow with my sport package
for the first time today. Yeah, it's slick as grease but a lot of fun. I didn't mind it at all, to be honest. With quatro you won't get stuck, but stopping is an issue. I got around just find using the engine to gradually break...