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Message: Re: Perhaps if I lived in Florida, but here - thanks, but no thanks, Gary.
Changed By: John Brown of SE SoDak
Change Date: December 30, 2010 02:04PM
Re: Perhaps if I lived in Florida, but here - thanks, but no thanks, Gary.
Change Date: December 30, 2010 02:04PM
Re: Perhaps if I lived in Florida, but here - thanks, but no thanks, Gary.
I took a good look on the Tire Rack and the reviews, while positive overall, clearly indicated that tire is not a winter tire and is not good in snow of any substantial amount.
When I talk about compromises, for example, I mean all-season tires can't possibly have the soft, stickly rubber compounds that dedicated high performance summer tires have for summer driving as just one example that I consider critical in a Porsche. They aren't great in the summer, they aren't great in the wet, and they're maybe okay in light snow. Where I live there are extremes of heat, wet, cold, and heavy snow. I get by year round with M&S Goodyear SilentArmors
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Wrangler+SilentArmor
on my 4X4 Ford truck but on Holly's and my passenger cars, it's dedicated summer and winter tires. This is especially important for Holly's car as she's a child of the South, unused to driving in winter conditions and I consider her safety one of my major responsibilities. In the case of my Boxster, my experiences with summer and winter tires is are so positive, I see no reason to risk my car and our personal safety on anything less than the best.
When I talk about compromises, for example, I mean all-season tires can't possibly have the soft, stickly rubber compounds that dedicated high performance summer tires have for summer driving as just one example that I consider critical in a Porsche. They aren't great in the summer, they aren't great in the wet, and they're maybe okay in light snow. Where I live there are extremes of heat, wet, cold, and heavy snow. I get by year round with M&S Goodyear SilentArmors
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Wrangler+SilentArmor
on my 4X4 Ford truck but on Holly's and my passenger cars, it's dedicated summer and winter tires. This is especially important for Holly's car as she's a child of the South, unused to driving in winter conditions and I consider her safety one of my major responsibilities. In the case of my Boxster, my experiences with summer and winter tires is are so positive, I see no reason to risk my car and our personal safety on anything less than the best.
Changed By: John Brown of SE SoDak
Change Date: December 30, 2010 02:02PM
Re: Perhaps if I lived in Florida, but here - thanks, but no thanks, Gary.
Change Date: December 30, 2010 02:02PM
Re: Perhaps if I lived in Florida, but here - thanks, but no thanks, Gary.
I took a good look on the Tire Rack and the reviews, while positive for an overall tire, clearly indicated that tire is not a winter tire and is not good in snow or any substantial amount.
When I talk about compromises, I mean as a category, all-season tires can't possibly have the soft, stickly rubber compounds that dedicated high performance summer tires have for summer driving as just one example that I consider critical in a Porsche. They aren't great in the summer, they aren't great in the wet, and they're maybe okay in light snow. Where I live there are extremes of heat, wet, cold, and heavy snow. I get by year round with M&S Goodyear SilentArmors
I took a good look on the Tire Rack and the reviews, while positive overall, clearly indicated that tire is not a winter tire and is not good in snow of any substantial amount.
When I talk about compromises, for example, I mean all-season tires can't possibly have the soft, stickly rubber compounds that dedicated high performance summer tires have for summer driving as just one example that I consider critical in a Porsche. They aren't great in the summer, they aren't great in the wet, and they're maybe okay in light snow. Where I live there are extremes of heat, wet, cold, and heavy snow. I get by year round with M&S Goodyear SilentArmors
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Wrangler+SilentArmor
on my 4X4 Ford truck but on Holly's and my passenger cars, it's dedicated summer and winter tires. This is especially important for Holly's car as she's a child of the South, unused to driving in winter conditions and I consider her safety one of my major responsibilities. In the case of my Boxster, my experiences with summer and winter tires is so positive, I see no reason to risk my car and our personal safety on anything less than the best.
When I talk about compromises, I mean as a category, all-season tires can't possibly have the soft, stickly rubber compounds that dedicated high performance summer tires have for summer driving as just one example that I consider critical in a Porsche. They aren't great in the summer, they aren't great in the wet, and they're maybe okay in light snow. Where I live there are extremes of heat, wet, cold, and heavy snow. I get by year round with M&S Goodyear SilentArmors
I took a good look on the Tire Rack and the reviews, while positive overall, clearly indicated that tire is not a winter tire and is not good in snow of any substantial amount.
When I talk about compromises, for example, I mean all-season tires can't possibly have the soft, stickly rubber compounds that dedicated high performance summer tires have for summer driving as just one example that I consider critical in a Porsche. They aren't great in the summer, they aren't great in the wet, and they're maybe okay in light snow. Where I live there are extremes of heat, wet, cold, and heavy snow. I get by year round with M&S Goodyear SilentArmors
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Wrangler+SilentArmor
on my 4X4 Ford truck but on Holly's and my passenger cars, it's dedicated summer and winter tires. This is especially important for Holly's car as she's a child of the South, unused to driving in winter conditions and I consider her safety one of my major responsibilities. In the case of my Boxster, my experiences with summer and winter tires is so positive, I see no reason to risk my car and our personal safety on anything less than the best.
Changed By: John Brown of SE SoDak
Change Date: December 30, 2010 01:59PM
Re: Perhaps if I lived in Florida, but here - thanks, but no thanks, Gary.
Change Date: December 30, 2010 01:59PM
Re: Perhaps if I lived in Florida, but here - thanks, but no thanks, Gary.
n/tI took a good look on the Tire Rack and the reviews, while positive for an overall tire, clearly indicated that tire is not a winter tire and is not good in snow or any substantial amount.
When I talk about compromises, I mean as a category, all-season tires can't possibly have the soft, stickly rubber compounds that dedicated high performance summer tires have for summer driving as just one example that I consider critical in a Porsche. They aren't great in the summer, they aren't great in the wet, and they're maybe okay in light snow. Where I live there are extremes of heat, wet, cold, and heavy snow. I get by year round with M&S Goodyear SilentArmors
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Wrangler+SilentArmor
on my 4X4 Ford truck but on Holly's and my passenger cars, it's dedicated summer and winter tires. This is especially important for Holly's car as she's a child of the South, unused to driving in winter conditions and I consider her safety one of my major responsibilities. In the case of my Boxster, my experiences with summer and winter tires is so positive, I see no reason to risk my car and our personal safety on anything less than the best.
When I talk about compromises, I mean as a category, all-season tires can't possibly have the soft, stickly rubber compounds that dedicated high performance summer tires have for summer driving as just one example that I consider critical in a Porsche. They aren't great in the summer, they aren't great in the wet, and they're maybe okay in light snow. Where I live there are extremes of heat, wet, cold, and heavy snow. I get by year round with M&S Goodyear SilentArmors
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Wrangler+SilentArmor
on my 4X4 Ford truck but on Holly's and my passenger cars, it's dedicated summer and winter tires. This is especially important for Holly's car as she's a child of the South, unused to driving in winter conditions and I consider her safety one of my major responsibilities. In the case of my Boxster, my experiences with summer and winter tires is so positive, I see no reason to risk my car and our personal safety on anything less than the best.
Original Message
Author: John Brown of SE SoDakDate: December 30, 2010 01:43PM
Re: Perhaps if I lived in Florida, but here - thanks, but no thanks, Gary.
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