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Welcome to the world of contours. and every other light front wheel drive car. (My moms sebring kinda spun out and hit a mailbox)
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Originally posted by todras:
If you state a Contour sucks in the snow you don't have adequate tires. I'm guessing all seasons. Any FWD car with good tires does a great job in the snow.
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Actually I meant to type summer not all seasons. If you have KDW's on a Contour in the winter you're insane.
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Originally posted by todras:
If you state a Contour sucks in the snow you don't have adequate tires. I'm guessing all seasons. Any FWD car with good tires does a great job in the snow.
i think more than anything its just being in my first snow with the SVT. my tires are fine. Today was alot better coming to work, just getting a feel for it in the snow was not fun cause it was insane last nite(some people took 5 hours to get home on a normal 20 min drive).
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My Contour handled wonderfully in the snow, best and most predictable car I've ever driven in snow short of my parents' Subarus. Definitely agree you've got the wrong tires if you're having problems.
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Originally posted by 98 SE:
My Contour handled wonderfully in the snow, best and most predictable car I've ever driven in snow short of my parents' Subarus. Definitely agree you've got the wrong tires if you're having problems.
My 97 SE handles like a champ in the snow, it has Yokohama Avid A4's on it. My SVT at the time had some bald cheap summer tires and it did horrible, i put some Sumotomo all seasons on it and so far it seems fine through our first two storms. I think it's all in the tires!!!
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First time I ever drove in the snow with KDW's was an ass-clenching experience - they are NOT a snow tire by any stretch of the imagination and trying to drive with those in the snow is a gamble with your life - GET SNOW TIRES!!!!
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Originally posted by Quick_SVT:
My 97 SE handles like a champ in the snow, it has Yokohama Avid H4's on it. My SVT at the time had some bald cheap summer tires and it did horrible, i put some Sumotomo all seasons on it and so far it seems fine through our first two storms. I think it's all in the tires!!!
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I was a little late getting the Parada Spec-2s off and the snow tires on. Driving in the snow with the Yokos is rather pointless. It snowed Saturday morning, so I figured I had to put the snow tires/wheels on. Took me an hour to get to my parents' house (where the snow wheels/tires are, and they live only 2 miles away), and it took another 40 minutes to get up their driveway.
Snow tires make a world of difference. I have absolutely no problem driving in the snow with them on, and I assume I get better grip than people with non-Contours with all-season tires, just by the way some others drive. The SVT gets an A+ in the snow from me. If your car sucks that bad, get new tires.
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Originally posted by Davo:
If your car sucks that bad, get new tires.
Yes, definetly. I just bought a barely used pair of blizzak ws-50's(?) off my buddy who sold his car, and I think it does really well as far as a fwd car goes(Compared to my f-250, first winter not driving it). Night and day difference from the all-seasons that were on there prior even.
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