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Car Forum / Toyota / Toyota Cars / November 2005

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SNOW TIRES for warm and cold weather???

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bigrog_98@yahoo.com - 19 Nov 2005 15:42 GMT
Hi,

I plan to drive my camry to Florida from Canada in the middle of
winter. I cannot use all season tires, as they are not suitable where I
live, as temp is too cold. I do not wish to carry all season tires in
trunk of car and switch them upon arrival in Florida.

Is there a winter tire on the market that can withstand the mid 70 or
less temp in Florida in the winter season without wearing out?

What brand and or model do you recommend?  Kindly reply by posting
only.

Thanks.

Big Rog
FanJet - 19 Nov 2005 16:32 GMT
> Hi,
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> Big Rog

Bridgestone LM-22 is a candidate.
Bruce L. Bergman - 19 Nov 2005 16:37 GMT
>I plan to drive my camry to Florida from Canada in the middle of
>winter. I cannot use all season tires, as they are not suitable where I
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>What brand and or model do you recommend?  Kindly reply by posting
>only.

 What flavor of Canada - Urban near the border, or way north?

 When do you plan to go back?  (still Winter, Spring, Summer?)

 This came up before recently, and the best suggestion I heard was
wait for the weather forecast to be mild, switch to all season tires
at home, bring a set of chains just in case, and then stick to plowed
major highways and watch out for Black Ice till you get to the warmer
spaces south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

 Full on snows are AFAIK totally incompatible with even lukewarm
weather.  You'll chew the tread off in no time.

 There are supposed to be some special Snows made that have a harder
compound underneath, meant for one years' use - when summer comes the
soft compound chews off, then you drive the summer on the hard
compound, then you buy new snows again in the fall.  But that concept
sounds like a total waste to me, and wouldn't work for you.

 Another thought:  Can you change tires along the way, and then ship
the snow tires home?  You'd need to....  Nevermind.  Fuhgeddaboudit.
You'd have to do it just north of the border - shipping them back from
the States is out.  Canadian Customs would certainly bollix that up,
unless there was an exemption you could quote on the shipping forms
you'd have to pay duties to import your own used snow tires.

 Trailer hitch and small trailer?  Switch tires along the way, throw
the snows on the trailer and tie them down, and park the trailer for
the duration when you get to Florida.   Extra advantage being you can
probably buy good tires in the States cheaper, even after the exchange
rate.

 The trailer would also be useful for hauling home any Stuff you find
along the way that won't fit in the trunk.  And I won't go into what
kinds of Stuff, because people collect everything imaginable under the
sun - and then some.  If you or your spouse collect heavy Stuff like
steel anvils or cast iron wood stoves, it should of course be a very
stout trailer...    ;-P

     --<< Bruce >>--

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bigrog_98@yahoo.com - 21 Nov 2005 03:08 GMT
ADDENDUM:-
To whom ever who cares. I purchased yokohama winter tires.

Roger
Bruce L. Bergman - 21 Nov 2005 10:12 GMT
>ADDENDUM:-
>To whom ever who cares. I purchased yokohama winter tires.
>
>Roger

 Okay, but what are you going to do when you head to Florida?

 They don't do winter down there, it just gets a bit cool, sometimes
wet, and sometimes windy - seriously windy.

    --<< Bruce >>--

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Richard - 23 Nov 2005 02:43 GMT
Last winter I drove down from Albany, NY to south Fla on a set of Dunlop
M3's. They tended to understeer a bit in the 80 degree F weather but they
did not suffer any major wear. I hit major snow and ice on the way back so
it was a good decision. Some snows would scrub themselves to death in that
heat. Keep the pressure about 5 lb cold above standard tires, up to the max
printed on the tire.

Richard.
 
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