Ted is a 32 year old high school English teacher. When he was 31 he fell in love with one of his 14 year old students. He gave her his number and stared at her in class. The whole school year passes by. The next year, his crush on her passed and he is acting normal again. He continues to teach. He nods at people. What do you think of this man?
Yes they do, but they were out faster and they do not have as much grip on warm roads as the summer tires so.
Sure. Why not? Just pretend it is a warm winter, so little to no snow on the road. The studs have to come out, mind you they should almost be worn out anyways. Road noise will be higher which makes it a Btch when the radio don't play so good and you are on FREEWAY speeds. Fuel economy will be not so good eitherjust like you were driving in the winter all year longas the tires have more rolling resistance.But if most of your driving is on gravel roads then the noise will be there(very loud and different gravelly sound) no matter if you have summer or winter tires.). If you are a frequent flyer(going to a town 300 miles one way) then you might want to reconsider(because of the noise factor and MPG) If cost is what is holding you back, go to the auto salvage yard and find some tires already on the rims and balanced. Auto salvage is only interested in the rim so give them your old summers on rim; or go to a tire store to see what they have in used summer tires. Maybe you can find some that are 60% of the tread is left. But by the time they take off your old ones and put on the new old ones and balance them, it will cost you an arm or legso really not worth it. But if you don't drive much anywaysjust to work and home. Yeah, winters will do. Look at those dudes that drive their big 4by4 with the gaping treads for mud bogs. Those are basically winter tires. Winter tires are just as solid as summer ones and can hold together all summer. Yeah I blew one out. The sidewall. Because that tire was a leaker and was low on air pressure, so too much flexing of the sidewall caused it to goboom. Not good as it was snowing and my spare was a summer tire and I had 150 miles of mountainous terrain to make it back to my town. Your winter may last you through next winter too. Just keep the air pressures as stated in your owners manual or glove compartment box sticker or door sticker. Check it once in a whilefor all tires do lose air.
because they were too busy spending money on more important things like starbuck's, and cell phones, and lexus. the problem with it now is that it would take unimagineable amounts of water to prevent this fire from consuming a home with sprinklers. as for hydrants, the county should have done something. there isn't enough water in a water well to supply a regular pump engine. they'd need to run pipes from somewhere. a dry hydrant that runs to a lake or river would work perfectly, then all they'd have to do is hook up with suction hose and draft. Hindsight is 20/20, though. armchair quarterbacking is easy.
They will work, but by the end of the summer, your $600 tires will cost $20 for disposal as the soft compound will wear at an incredible rate. I hosed a good set in about 60 days one year when I was too lazy/busy to get my summer tires out of storage (May-June). Dumb idea.
They work in that they are round and the car will be able to roll on them. But, winter tires are designed to remain flexible/pliable as the mercury dips. They are able to do so with silica compounds that do not harden as fast like many other rubber compounds do. The problem with silica compounds is that they burn up very quickly as the temperature rises so if you do drive on winter tires during the summer, the tires will not perform very well and the tread depth will disappear rather quickly. Also, winter tires usually have more aggressive tread patterns and a higher number of sipes. This makes them more suited to deal with snow and slush but makes them noisier and increases the rolling resistance. Driving on winter tires in the summer will therefore increase road noise and increase your fuel bill.
