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Originally Posted by cossie1600 It's too early no? It's only middle of October! I make the switch to winters usually mid-late November. Might roll into December depending on how the

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Old 10-16-2012, 08:38 AM   #1 (permalink)
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It's too early no? It's only middle of October!
I make the switch to winters usually mid-late November. Might roll into December depending on how the weather goes.
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I'll check tomorrow. Thanks man!
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You know the most important difference with this picture and the top of this thread?? There's no SNOW or ICE on the ground!!!
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You know the most important difference with this picture and the top of this thread?? There's no SNOW or ICE on the ground!!!
That's my old baby......don't make it sad.
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ohh my bad dude
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Dude, where the hell did you find that at?
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Dude, where the hell did you find that at?
Google search for doughnuts gif. It was the 2nd or 3rd one that popped up.
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Man, that is just funny...
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Sometimes you can't just decide to not drive your car. If you're at work and it suddenly starts snowing you gotta get home. In the first "epic blizzard" this happened to me and I had to get home. There is no way I was staying at work. I basically drove sideways from columbia to catonsville on 29 and 70 on the summer tires. Not fun and scary as hell. I ended up getting a set of michelin x-ice tires. Still haven't driven them in the snow/ice but they are a lot more grippy than the summer tire will be at 50 degress and below. The summer tires in the cold winter feel like riding around on 4 giant hockey pucks. Its dangerous and I don't recommend it. If you can't afford two sets of wheels and its your dd I would go with all seasons.

Also throw in there the snow tires are half as loud as the stock tires were.
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Sometimes you can't just decide to not drive your car. If you're at work and it suddenly starts snowing you gotta get home. In the first "epic blizzard" this happened to me and I had to get home. There is no way I was staying at work. I basically drove sideways from columbia to catonsville on 29 and 70 on the summer tires. Not fun and scary as hell. I ended up getting a set of michelin x-ice tires. Still haven't driven them in the snow/ice but they are a lot more grippy than the summer tire will be at 50 degress and below. The summer tires in the cold winter feel like riding around on 4 giant hockey pucks. Its dangerous and I don't recommend it. If you can't afford two sets of wheels and its your dd I would go with all seasons.

Also throw in there the snow tires are half as loud as the stock tires were.
This. That's pretty much what I did for the past year.
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Hey guys, I really appreciate the input!

It sounds like the idea in this area is "just get something" not necessarily that one thing is better than another. To be honest this was the feeling I had before creating the thread but it's good to see other opinions who live in my area. Again, appreciate it!

I am probably going to grab a set of LM-60s on some decent wheels for the winter as EazyD did in this thread. I do really like the sport package wheels and the grip of the Potenzas. We'll see what happens. Hopefully I can do this soon... two weddings this year and an expensive Christmas. Not to mention I bought the Z... lol I should be able to make it happen soon though.
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