Aveo's in winter?

[brendan.melanson]

I put my Aveo through some pretty rough driving conditions, and I didn't really adapt my driving to handle the winter roads I still cruise as if it's summer. Now, last night I ended up taking the van last night and ABS kicked in, flew into a snow bank couldn't even turn the wheel in the parking lot.. ****ty situation, if only I was driving my Aveo, could've ripped the e-brake and maybe not have gone head first into the snow bank.

Luckily, the van was rear wheel drive so it wasn't hard getting out.

[northguest47]

He's slammed, as those dubbers like to put it.

Northguest: No rubbing issues with that big of a sidewall at stock height?

No problem at all with stock height, thats why I thought 75 series could possibly work too although they would be getting very close to rubbing under load. I bought these winter tires off craigslist and apparently they are ancient.. probably came out of someones shed... my mech said he thinks they are from the 80's - he used to put them on his Dodge Dart.. apparently the rubber is a bit harder than what we'd find on a new winter tire.

Anywho never had a problem with this setup so far in winter.. in summer I hope to go wider and smaller diameter than stock still on 14's for a bit more torque and better cornering. Oh and by the way thats the stock hankooks on my avatar picture which is from 2008.. had to strip off the front window tints because bc doesn't allow them tsk tsk..

[dragonwarrior2016]

It snowed really good last February but my car was on blocks due to the Power Steering pump had to come from South Korea. But it did good in the sleet that we got last month. Although the windsheild wiper blades froze but that was alright.

[petrified.rabbit]

my mech said he thinks they are from the 80's - he used to put them on his Dodge Dart.. apparently the rubber is a bit harder than what we'd find on a new winter tire.

there is a dot # on them that will give you a date of manufacturing. IF they are that old, i would seriously hope you replace them. they say 5 years or so for the life of a tire, i would give it a little more. but if those are that old, they might explode on the highway.

[northguest47]

ran 185/60/r14 hankook icebear for winter 07/08 and 08/09. pretty great but other were saying blizzaks. these goodyear tires are working great i will check the number for sure. they haven't been rotated yet so i can check tread wear.. i found this winter i get 24 to 32 mpg which isn't great it gets cold like -20C/-4F. car always starts with 5w30, it complains when its cold but it starts, and thats awesome. the coolant temperature has never changed season to season over 5 years of testing, and that is impressive to me. that means the engine runs at pretty consistent temp and that makes sense from the honey colored oil it has when the oil change is due.

[northguest47]

So here are the details:
Goodyear Ultra Grip DOT POJ6 PCHR 247 made in canada 19811 GURSMW-92P
-they say M+S but no winter symbol to see
-they are studdable but couldn't get it done because they were slightly used, but overall appearing to be in mint condition when i bought them its the rims that were rusty and needed wire brush which i did
-perhaps they were stored out of the sunlight, so nothing to react with

And here are the tires which have been on all season. They have performed great at 44psi never ran them at lower pressure for mileage. Yes the snow turds collect quickly.