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The car is fitted with Michelin PA4 N-specs and the TireRack/Porsche "approved" aftermarket wheels. The car also has PTV; that includes a mild limited-slip differential. The snow it's sitting on is just about "right" as it's not higher than the car's ground clearance, and not the very hard packed icy stuff that just about any tire short of studded ones would slip on. Some weeks ago I had to stop on that sort of surface (more icy than hard packed snow actually) on a mildly inclined driveway, and once I wanted to move up a bit more the car just wouldn't go any farther-- a little disappointing. The Michelins, while "essential" for <45º weather, and have the mountain snowflake symbol, have fairly shallow tread depth (thinking of snow traction here.) They're certainly adequate for most everything, and their steering response, etc. is very close to the summer tires', at least up to 6/10ths driving. They're confidence inspiring in the rain, what with all the block voids and siping. Next go-round, I might try the N-spec Contis or whatever is [i]de rigueur[/i] then. Picture taken at a parking lot for the Dutchess County Rail Trail (NY)
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The car is fitted with Michelin PA4 N-specs and the TireRack/Porsche "approved" aftermarket wheels. The car also has PTV, ; that includes a mild limited-slip differential. The snow it's sitting on is just about "right" as it's not higher than the car's ground clearance, and not the very hard packed icy stuff that just about any tire short of studded ones would slip on. Some weeks ago I had to stop on that sort of surface on a mildly inclined driveway, and once I wanted to move up a bit more the car just wouldn't go any farther-- a little disappointing. The Michelins, while "essential" for <45º weather, and have the mountain snowflake symbol, have fairly shallow tread depth (thinking of snow traction here.) They're certainly adequate for most everything, and their steering response, etc. is very close to the summer tires', at least up to 6/10ths driving. They're confidence inspiring in the rain, what with all the block voids and siping. Next go-round, I might try the N-spec Contis or whatever is [i]de rigueur[/i] then. Picture taken at a parking lot for the Dutchess County Rail Trail (NY)
[IMG]http://i57.tinypic.com/2s844rk.jpg[/IMG]

The car is fitted with Michelin PA4 N-specs and the TireRack/Porsche "approved" aftermarket wheels. The car also has PTV, that includes a mild limited-slip differential. The snow it's sitting on is just about "right" as it's not higher than the car's ground clearance, and not the very hard packed icy stuff that just about any tire short of studded ones would slip on. Some weeks ago I had to stop on that sort of surface on a mildly inclined driveway, and once I wanted to move up a bit more the car just wouldn't go any farther-- a little disappointing. The Michelins, while "essential" for <45º weather, and have the mountain snowflake symbol, have fairly shallow tread depth (thinking of snow traction here.) They're certainly adequate for most everything, and their steering response, etc. is very close to the summer tires', at least up to 6/10ths driving. They're confidence inspiring in the rain, what with all the block voids and siping. Next go-round, I might try the N-spec Contis or whatever is [i]de rigueur[/i] then. Picture taken at a parking lot for the Dutchess County Rail Trail (NY)
[IMG]http://i57.tinypic.com/2s844rk.jpg[/IMG]