Snow tires on Moose

[yakdude01]

Night and day difference and a must for living in the north.

Yep! When I bought my 1995 Mark VIII back in Nov 2006, it had stock all seasons. I was living outside Boston, MA then....and when we got the first 1/2 in snow....I was spinning the rears all over the place and the steering wasn't much better. "Traction control?" really.

I put 4 Bridgestone Blizzaks on it and it was like I had sticky 4 wheel drive. My driveway back then, was on a 35 degree angle with a hard left turn into the garage. We got 8 inches of nice new snow one night....and when I got home, had an unplowed driveway. Made it up the driveway without slipping, and right into my garage spot. Like the snow wasn't even there.

 

[Lvnmarks]

Retractable studs

[video]http://autos.yahoo.com/video/nokian-winter-tires-featuring-retractable-135606602.html[/video]

 

[tixer]

Eric: I fixed that for you.

Also, this:

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[steve]

Now that they have a bring out the stud button on cars when will they have a the chick magnet button?

 

[Sierra3]

Best thing for snow? A winter rat beater 4 cylinder 5 speed like a reliable 87-88 Nissan Sentra or an old Honda or Toyota. Serious. When I lived and grew up in NY every one had their big bad muscle cars, but when the snow hit and salt slushy roads, everyone bought 800.00 "beaters with a heater" to get back and forth to work and put their hotrod up in the barn for the winter. Unless you had cash to burn back in the day or had a brand new 4X4. I know I know, FWDs suck. But nothing beats them in the wintertime. Just bog them down with a high gear less torque and hardly any wheel spin. Plus you get to have all the drifting fun with that pull up E brake. haha Way to get off subject Jeff. Were supposed to be talkin about tires.

 

[billcu]

Best thing for snow? A winter rat beater 4 cylinder 5 speed like a reliable 87-88 Nissan Sentra or an old Honda or Toyota. Serious. When I lived and grew up in NY every one had their big bad muscle cars, but when the snow hit and salt slushy roads, everyone bought 800.00 "beaters with a heater" to get back and forth to work and put their hotrod up in the barn for the winter. Unless you had cash to burn back in the day or had a brand new 4X4. I know I know, FWDs suck. But nothing beats them in the wintertime. Just bog them down with a high gear less torque and hardly any wheel spin. Plus you get to have all the drifting fun with that pull up E brake. haha Way to get off subject Jeff. Were supposed to be talkin about tires.

Who wants to drive a 4 cylinder rice car just because it's winter? I've been driving beater Mark VIII's for years, they are a great winter car! :thumbsup: