Snow tire question

[ukrcan]

No places to buy winter tires... because no one needs them...ever... i wish i could live in a place like that...you can buy winter tires pretty much in a drug store around here LOL

[audiophool]

Originally Posted by racingbmwm3

You think the number is THAT high? I can't find real numbers doing a quick search, so I'll grossly exaggerate some here. How about 90% of passenger vehicles (excluding light trucks here) are likely FWD in the US. Modern US driver education is more about what guidelines (some people refer to these as laws) you should maybe follow while driving as opposed to actually knowing how to drive. I'm thinking maybe 5% of the people who have driven a RWD car without ABS or traction control will know what to do in a slide. That is maybe 5% of the 10% of the people who fall into that demographic.
The other 99.5% of people will either let go of the steering wheel, hit the brakes AND gas pedal (2 feet better than 1?), have a blank look on their face and do nothing, or hit the car/tree/ditch before they even realize they are out of control and then wonder what just happened while they were talking on the phone.

And for the 0.5% that do know to turn into the slide, 70% of them are driving FWD's and they've probably already done a 180 because they don't know they need to give it more gas.

and 0.01% of the RWD cars are probably practicing drifting and doing it on purpose...hehe

anyway...What Qsilver7 said. Those are all the online vendors to buy a wheel/tire package. You'll get a better deal on craiglist, but that requires more knowledge and time, at least with the online vendors you get a good price and you'll be able to bolt the wheels on without any worries about fitment, plus you can get extended hazard warranty.

Also, Bavarian Autosport sells winter wheel/tire packages, although its a little late in the season so their inventory might not be great.

I was going around a snowy curve behind a FWD car and watched as the rear end broke free. The woman driving it did 3 full spins then stuffed it into the side of a parked car. I stopped to help and noted she had good tires on the front and the ones on the rear were practically down to the wear bars. Never saw a more surprised looking person before or since. "but I just put new tires on it!" she cried.