(there is an 05 tire thread but everyone seems to hate on me endlessly for searching and posting (sometimes) relavent info according to (sometimes ancient) threads )
So its dumping out today. I had about 18" of snow at my house (lake level, tahoe) i'm quite happily brushing all the snow off, and then i drive into work. i make a left turn onto elks point off of 50 (all roads are way snow) the jeep in front of me is literaly doing 1mph !?!. which makes me loose it. i'm sorry if you can't drive at least 5 mph on a snow day (should be 20) stay home. so i just lay on my horn. like 2+ minutes of full horn blare as i wait to travel the 800 yards to the next corner . (which this jeep is also taking) my coworker / buddy jose is behind me in a jeep, and he got even more agrivated then i did. he passes me in the oncoming lane, and goes to pass the jeep who is now starting to turn in for the corner and just pulls in behind him. (rather reckless, yes that 1st jeep was going way to slow , but reckless)
so Jose parks in a spot in our parking lot. and i pull into the spot above him (this part of the parking lot is Sloped) well what i didn't know is there is glare ice, under the snow. as i was pulling into the spot (maybe 2 mph) my tires lock up and i start to slide . i was very worried at this point cuase of how slow i was going and the huge snow bank infront of my car. But i slide into that and then just started sliding towards the left (down hill) and very very slowly maybe 1/16th a mph ? but in slow motion i am sliding towards jose's jeep. i let go of the brakes and try the ebrake (i dunno obivously nothing is gonna help when all tires are already locked and you are sliding 100% sideways)
I was thinking of rolling down my window and just grabbing his car. i had plenty of time to roll down my window . i ended up decided against that. even with almost no speed. a 3200 pound car has a lot of momentum, that is probably bet not stopped through your hand/arm.
so i just sit there and tap into his car. very luckily my front fender contacts his Tire and his tire only . (he has his steering cranked way to the left so i contact the back right, of his front right tire) i had him straighten out his wheel (which actually pushed my car !) and then he backed up and parked elsewhere. i went to back up soon as i moved an inch backwards i started sliding sideways again (towards coworker #2's car) this time i stop with a few feet of room. so i go ask her to move her car. she does. i try to back out a 3rd time and slide a bit more but catch . back out. and then i drive up and park in an unplowed spot that has no camber.
Can you get studs added to Any tire ?
I have a set of Dunlap M3 wintersport tires. I only have about 5,000 miles on them and they seem to have a lot of tread left. perfectly even tread wear (if any)
On packed snow they have GREAT traction. amazing Dry/wet traction for a snow tire. amazing. in Slush you slide around Big time, i know slush is toughter to get traction on then packed snow. but its a night/day difference on these tires. also my Ice traction seems rather poor. (my last car, wrx, i got stuck when i pulled over on the side of a fairly flat road to assist someone who was stuck) (my luck i stop to push someone and get stuck myself) i could get my wrx going, but the camber of the road slide me back into the snow banks.
so after 2 seasons of driving on the M3 winter sports. i really want more ice grip. Now i do a lot of dry road driving on my snow tires , down to carson/reno/sac. Studs are probably gonna be just horrible. i could almost maybe get a set of crap rims and put studs ont hat and switch out for the storms but i have no garage. i do really lke that the M3 winter sports are speed rated to 149. again on my old wrx i had a tire blow on me due to heat issues it was speed rated to 99. then again that was like a 110 degree day down in sac .
has anyone used studs before (i never have) how bad are they on dry roads? all handling gone ? is there a tire with better ICe/slush grip that is speed rated a touch higher then 99 ?
thanks for the advice (or ridicule) which ever comes first
