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It's the first time I drive with winter tires in 33 yrs of driving. Last night the car in front of me made a sudden stop, when I applied the brake at my surprise I slid and almost rear-ended the car in front of me. On another occasion, I was turning after making a "dead stop" and when I starting to turn, my wheels spun making a "screeching" sound (first time I make my tires spin, I was surprised again. Is it normal for a winter tire to do so on dry pavement? or my "new" tires are no good? Both incidents never happened when I had my 4 season tires on even with there 30,000 milles on them.
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Replying to: grosloup (Nov 04, 2008 10:34 am) What style and brand of tire did you wind up with? Gonna be interesting if this edict has unintended consequences and causes more accidents up there.
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 04, 2008 12:13 pm) My winter tires are "Arctic Claw's" made by Vanderbuilt a division of Cooper Tires.
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Replying to: grosloup (Nov 05, 2008 4:27 am) Oh, and check out the thread here: tiff_c, "Snow/Ice winter tires" #552, 2 Oct 2007 2:41 am |
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Hi everyone. I am thinking about purchasing a 2005 Equinox LT w/ 24K miles.The list price is $10,995. I will be trading in a 2001 Volvo s60 Turbo w/135K miles on her. A fabulous car, but starting to get a little tired - I commute 100 miles a day mostly on highways, although the speed runs from 67 to 4.....traffic...I have never owned an SUV before, and I am afraid of roll overs. Can you all tell me really if this is a good idea? I have researched, and think that I will need to put 17" tires on it to make it run better - any advice will really really be appreciated - thanks!
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Replying to: moz28 (Nov 11, 2008 7:25 pm) Here are some S.U.V.'s that I had in the pass (all chevrolet).... 84 s-10 Blazer, 89 s-10 Blazer, 94 s-10 Blazer, 98 Tracker and now my 05 Equinox LT FWD. Never had problems with or scared with rollovers. It's true that they say S.U.V.'s are more dangerous but if you drive your S.U.V normally, I guess there's no problem. The only S.U.V. rollover that I saw was someone who thought he had a tank and was realy inclined in a hillside and.... I don't need to explain what happened next. You can't compare Blazers with Equinox, but still It's a fun machine to drive. P.S My Equinox came with 235/65/16 Bridgestone tires and still got theme on and they give a good ride.
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Replying to: grosloup (Nov 12, 2008 4:41 am) |
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Replying to: moz28 (Nov 11, 2008 7:25 pm) |
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I have an 06 Chevy Equinox (not AWD). I am headed to the mountains for Thanksgiving and want to know if I can put regular chains on the back tires? Somewhere we thought we heard you could not use regular chains. I asked the dealer and they keep giving me conflicting answers so I thought I would ask someone on here.  Can I use regular chains or do I need to buy cables instead? We don't go the snow often so we want to find the cheapest solution. Thank you!
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