There is a brand of tire (Bridgestone Blizzacks) available in the U.S. that are specially formulated for improved performance in snow/ice conditions. Not as good as studs, but definitely an improvement over any non studded tire. I put a set on my son's 4X2 Ranger pickup & the improvement in wet/snow/ice traction was very noticeable. The bad news was that like studded tires, their effectiveness fell off with wear, but used only in winter, their effectiveness was noticeable for several years, after which they were no worse than regular M+S tires.
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toralf Lund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Ford claims ownership of images > Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: >> [ ... ] >> >>> W >> Banning the studs here would be a mass murder. We know quite well how to >> drive in bad conditions but I think driving without studded tires can be >> compared to planning a suicide ;-). > I've used "studless" tires for several winters now, and found that they > are quite good. New studded tires are better on hard ice, but once > you've used them a bit, and the studs are starting to get worn down, I'm > no longer so sure. And which is safer is also a matter of how you drive. > Often when this discussion comes up, it strikes me that the proponents > of studded tires have way too much confidence in the studs, so that they > would probably be safer without them just because they would drive more > carefully. > > Remember that modern studless winter tires are not just studded tires > without the studs; they have a completely different rubber mixture etc. > > - T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
