Snow Travel?

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Rainbow1616
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Snow Travel?

Postby Rainbow1616 » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:48 pm

Is it just Me or do these cars suck in the snow?? It still has the factory tires do I need to install snow tires to get around?
Thoughts? opinions? Thanks!


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dhomovich09
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Re: Snow Travel?

Postby dhomovich09 » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:59 pm

i got a set of hancooks put on after the stocks were bald and i havent had any problems in PA with their slushy roads
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Petrified.Rabbit
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Re: Snow Travel?

Postby Petrified.Rabbit » Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:23 pm

just went up 79 on snow covered and icy spots. the only person doing 70=80 mph consistently aside from the state trooper behind me..

the stock tires are terrible i imagine, i have studded snows, which get me traction everywhere, but are like pillow soft on the highway..

lowering helped a bit too, i noticed when i was higher, if you could see the snow blowing across the highway, then the car you blow around with it.

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Re: Snow Travel?

Postby WOLFMAN AK907 » Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:04 pm

I got around ok on the stock Kuhmo 14's that came on it, but I swapped to a set of 16x7's with Hankook iPike 205/50/R16 studded snow tires and I get around great.
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Re: Snow Travel?

Postby trempus » Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:24 pm

and wolfman would since he has snow 9 months out of 12...lol
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Re: Snow Travel?

Postby Denis » Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:08 pm

my aveo is great in the snow even with stock tires, and with snows, its a beast
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Re: Snow Travel?

Postby dhomovich09 » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:30 pm

last night route 100 in PA was shut down in a state of emergency due to rediculous amounts of snow haha, aveo did great with my hancook rubber all the way from my job to my apt.. just couldnt get in my driveway due to snow that was halfway up my doors haha. aveo does great in my book.

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