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Old 01-21-2011, 08:25 AM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by antbear View Post
When the car was new in the winter of 2009 the tires had good traction even into the single digit temps. That traction started to decrease in September 2010. Tread was still good on the old tires so the stickey compounds in the tires must have gone south. Maybe I should have kept them for doing a little drifting
It could be your mind playing tricks on you. When you got the car you were probably babying it a bit and as the spring/summer hit you started to push harder. Pretty much any summer tire with a tread wear rating under 200 doesn't drive worth a damn in the cold, in my experience anyway.
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