Originally Posted by MOFSTEEL

^ I'm guessing you don't have winter tires?

Originally Posted by deznuts05

2011 Bridgestones Summers and my Q5 was a champ

I love AWD cars!

I'm sure if I had dedicated winter tires this car would be a tank.

Just a tip for summers only drivers who play in the snow; little to no gas can/should get you out of most spots, even 2ft snow drifts.

In the event that you do get stuck, 1. rock the car back and forth with little to no gas or 2. use brute force and just peg the gas, be mindful that the same amount of grip you have pulling your car out is equal to the grip of stopping it when shooting out of a stop.

Needless to say no need for winter tires here unless I do some major traveling in the snow. Summer tires do work, you just have to work with what you got haha

-Rudy

Originally Posted by MOFSTEEL

There should be little issue when creating momentum with summer tires but stopping is another story.

Originally Posted by Coolieman1220

First I'd like to comment on your signature, "Power is nothing without control" ummmm how does this make sense? you're saying to use the power of your car to rock it but you have really bad tires for control? Total contradiction.

I read this post and I am offended by your exageggerations. There is no way in hell you made it through 2 foot snow drifts on summer tires. I bet many other members will call BS on that as well.

I love how you never mentioned turning or stopping becuase thats where your summer tires will do nothing for you.

I've seen summer tires in the snow, minimal snow and those people just spin tires all day without even high centering.



Let him try pulling out of a 2 inch snow drift on a hill with his summers. Then he will understand what a hard compund and small tread will do when the snow gets clogged in it and turns your tires into hockey pucks!

Originally Posted by kidd07

From Tirerack.com

i ordered a set of OZ 17" Rims, with the Michelin Xice for $1050 shipped, and tirerack is offering a $70 american express gift card for the purchase of these tires. It was a decision between the Bridgestone Blizztak or these, and i choose these because it was recommended to me, and because of the gift card.

$1050 small price to pay for me and my families safety in the snow. I live in jersey and went down to the jersey shore outlet when the snow first began, when i got there, it was about 3 inches of snow max, I made a right turn from a stop sign, and midway through the turn I felt the rear swaying. Another time was coming down a very small hill, and i had trouble stopping.

Then i came home and went on tirerack to read the reviews of the Goodyear LS2 tire, and out of 10 for snow traction it got about a 3.5 or 4, which is pretty bad, then reading more reviews, a lot of people complain about their bad traction in snow.

Originally Posted by Coolieman1220

Wow I was just going over this thread and i just read this. That's funny that you were at the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets earlier that day as well. My family did the same with the 335d while I was skiing. The 335d has winter tires, (Dunlop WinterSport 3D's) They said the drive that was pretty bad but they made it home in time.

Oh by the way the reason this storm was so bad in NYC was because the sanitation crews did a terrible drive cleaning. They purposely didn't clean as a way to protest budget cuts. Many side streets weren't cleaned till 2 days later. It was a mess.

Originally Posted by Epicurus88

Coolieman, this thread is so hyperbolic. Saved your lives? C'mon! Would you have died without your Q5?

Originally Posted by Epicurus88

Coolieman, this thread is so hyperbolic. Saved your lives? C'mon! Would you have died without your Q5?