Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
Originally posted by guitarman19853:
I had been driving a car in the winter with snow tires only on the front. it was the best driving car in the snow i have ever driven. not unpredictable at all.that honestly sounds like something the tire companies make up to get you to buy 4. if you live in an area with alot of hills and only have 2 snow tires like i do, then put them on the front.



Thats like claiming that Russian Roulette is safe because you didn't get your head blown off. Its extremely dangerous to drive any FWD car that has substantially more traction on the front tires. You're just asking for trouble.



if you know the limits of the rear tires then thats what matters... in my area its more important to be able to get up hills than have cornering grip... its a trade off between getting stuck on a hill and having to take corners slower and more carefully.

I regularly (every other week at least) drove back and forth to school at 30-35 mph on windy completely snow covered roads (they dont do a good job on cleaning roads in the middle of nowhere) and i must say that the car had the ability to handle well enough that i was going faster than all of the cars that i would get stuck behind

If you're spinning in a car with snow tires in the front, then you are going too fast.

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