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- From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Snow Tires on the non drivable wheels
- Message-ID: <SS.93Jan27142450@wpi.WPI.EDU>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:24:50 GMT
- References: <BOAZ.93Jan27140205@concerto.lcs.mit.edu>
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- In-reply-to: boaz@concerto.lcs.mit.edu's message of 27 Jan 93 19:02:05 GMT
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- >>>>> On 27 Jan 93 19:02:05 GMT, boaz@concerto.lcs.mit.edu (Boaz Ben-Zvi) said:
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- boaz> A question for people in the "snow belt": Do snow tires on the
- boaz> non-drivable wheels do any good ? I ask this because I already
- boaz> have snow tires on the rear wheels of my rear-wheel-drive car
- boaz> (and on the front of my other, front-wheel-drive car) and I just
- boaz> got an extra pair and wondered whether I should go into the
- boaz> trouble of putting them on the other (non-drivable) pair of
- boaz> wheels.
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- I put them on all 4 on my Integra (FWD). Figure, it will help to keep
- the rear end from sliding out. Also in RWD cars, putting them on the
- front would help steering and control in heavy snow.
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