VERY IMPORTANT: buy winter tires
Dec 21, 2010, 11:13 PM
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I look at paying extra for good tires and winter tires as just part of insurance coverage. If you wreck due to crappy tires then all the money saved by not buying higher quality will be negated very fast. Tires are the most important thing of any car.
Dec 26, 2010, 11:26 AM
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Were getting some snow right now in jersey. I have all seasons on my car and my gf has winter tires on her fwd mazda 3. I drove both to compare. The verdict.......mazda 3 would run circles around my evo lol. The all season get the job done, but you do need to be a little cautious. Kinda wish i had some winter tires to really see what my car was capable of doing in the snow.
Dec 26, 2010, 01:08 PM
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Were getting some snow right now in jersey. I have all seasons on my car and my gf has winter tires on her fwd mazda 3. I drove both to compare. The verdict.......mazda 3 would run circles around my evo lol. The all season get the job done, but you do need to be a little cautious. Kinda wish i had some winter tires to really see what my car was capable of doing in the snow.
Does anyone know if the tires need to be mounted at a dealership or something because I think I saw a thread about some sensors or something needing to be reset/setup if you mount new tires?
Dec 26, 2010, 01:22 PM
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you made a newbie mistake .. most here know advans come off in this kind of weather...... all-seasons will work in this storm if you are cautious, i have done it MANY times. winter tires are if you want to drive it like an evo in snow 
Dec 26, 2010, 02:01 PM
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Haha yah.. i just ordered a set of winter tires aswell and am forced to drive my sisters mazda until they get here.
Does anyone know if the tires need to be mounted at a dealership or something because I think I saw a thread about some sensors or something needing to be reset/setup if you mount new tires?
Does anyone know if the tires need to be mounted at a dealership or something because I think I saw a thread about some sensors or something needing to be reset/setup if you mount new tires?
Dec 26, 2010, 03:44 PM
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I just bought my Evo X last Tuesday, and Thursday night it decided to snow like 4 inches here. I already ordered some new Blizzak LM60's and rims from Tire Rack, but they won't be here for another few days so I'm still on summer tires. I had to drive to switch cars for work, there's a big hill I have to go down, ended up losing traction about 1/3 down and slid sideways the rest of the way. Fortunately the road was empty so I didn't hit anyone or anything, but I learned my lesson; no more driving til the blizzaks show up.
Dec 26, 2010, 03:44 PM
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Got a little snow yesterday and today. We rarely get much here, and 99% of the time we do, I just drive the wife around in her CR-V (on all seasons), since she is from the south and doesn't have any idea how to drive in snow.
We went out to Target this morning and there were so few people out, so we took the Evo. I'm from Indiana, so I started out driving in snow.
I'm on Star Specs, so they are summer tires only too, but common sense applies, like don't drive on any inclines. One thing that is great is the way these tires slide around in a parking lot, just crazy. Very controllable spins on a flat surface. But would I drive the car with a lot of other traffic where there are hills? No way.
My reason for keeping summer tires on all year around is that we get snow 3-5 days out of 365, and I have a back up other car to drive.
We went out to Target this morning and there were so few people out, so we took the Evo. I'm from Indiana, so I started out driving in snow.
I'm on Star Specs, so they are summer tires only too, but common sense applies, like don't drive on any inclines. One thing that is great is the way these tires slide around in a parking lot, just crazy. Very controllable spins on a flat surface. But would I drive the car with a lot of other traffic where there are hills? No way.
My reason for keeping summer tires on all year around is that we get snow 3-5 days out of 365, and I have a back up other car to drive.
Dec 26, 2010, 03:45 PM
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Hey guys - well today I royally f*ed up my brand new evo, thanks to not buying winter tires. The stock summer advans SLIDE AROUND LIKE YOU ARE ON A ICE RINK.
I was about 30 seconds from driving into my parking space, but the lot was covered in about an inch of snow, with possibly some ice underneath. There was a slight decline to the hill, and basically my car ended up smashing into a parked car, I lost total control. I was driving 5 mph.
The whole passenger side of my car is banged up, from the headlight housing to the rear tire well. What is killing me is it looks like the bottom just past the right rear door got hit too, and i'm not sure that's even replaceable.
I'd figure the least I can do is warn you all. Don't even think you can try to make it through the winter with the advans. The all wheel drive system is completely worthless without the right tires.
I was about 30 seconds from driving into my parking space, but the lot was covered in about an inch of snow, with possibly some ice underneath. There was a slight decline to the hill, and basically my car ended up smashing into a parked car, I lost total control. I was driving 5 mph.
The whole passenger side of my car is banged up, from the headlight housing to the rear tire well. What is killing me is it looks like the bottom just past the right rear door got hit too, and i'm not sure that's even replaceable.
I'd figure the least I can do is warn you all. Don't even think you can try to make it through the winter with the advans. The all wheel drive system is completely worthless without the right tires.
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Dec 26, 2010, 07:39 PM
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I drove to and from work today and had only some minor slippage with the stockers, but definately if this happens again soon, winter tires will be bought, I just want to be able to manuever around all the other idiots on the road. but I just took it slow and had no problems love my car though was pretty fun driving in the snow.
Dec 27, 2010, 07:56 AM
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i drove mine with stock advan till the middle of the december due to late shipping of my tires ..scared all the time driving my car .. bt after installing my dws continental .. gave me some confindent .. bt still u may nt get ur self into accident bt theres still people around that can do that to u ..
Jan 27, 2011, 12:55 PM
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I don't understand people who drive on the stock advans in the winter. It's not even the snow that gets you, it's the cold temps. The car ships with a friggin sticker on the DASHBOARD saying they're not meant for winter..lol
Jan 27, 2011, 12:59 PM
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I always suggest getting winter tires for any car. Once you have winter/snow tires and use them through snow, you'll never want to be without them in the winter time. Used my Q7 last night on Blizzaks in the D.C. area and it was unstoppable.
