Calgary - random talk thread
BTW who is the ******* idiot i see driving around in the cobalt SS/SC with custom paint, he has black base color, and the top half (from his door handles up) is red. he is on fricking stock tires, SUMMER ******* TIRES, he was in the parking lot at my work trying to get to the exit and it took him like 2 minutes in a deserted parking lot, he just sat there spinning his tires. i wanted to go kick him in the teeth! **** he choked me, why is he even driving...anyone know who this tool is?
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nope i haven't even scene one of those come into **** either. no two tones. we've had a few idiots come in on stock tires and i just shake my head as they try and get into our drive through. its quite funny.
BTW who is the ******* idiot i see driving around in the cobalt SS/SC with custom paint, he has black base color, and the top half (from his door handles up) is red. he is on fricking stock tires, SUMMER ******* TIRES, he was in the parking lot at my work trying to get to the exit and it took him like 2 minutes in a deserted parking lot, he just sat there spinning his tires. i wanted to go kick him in the teeth! **** he choked me, why is he even driving...anyone know who this tool is?
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BTW who is the ******* idiot i see driving around in the cobalt SS/SC with custom paint, he has black base color, and the top half (from his door handles up) is red. he is on fricking stock tires, SUMMER ******* TIRES, he was in the parking lot at my work trying to get to the exit and it took him like 2 minutes in a deserted parking lot, he just sat there spinning his tires. i wanted to go kick him in the teeth! **** he choked me, why is he even driving...anyone know who this tool is?
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side wall has little to no affect on snow tires, the tread compound, overall softness, and sipping are the main intrigal parts in a snow tire. INFACT on a lower sidewall, the weight of the car opens the sips more allowing for BETTER traction, not to mention the fact u lose almost no handling ability when u stay at ur normal tire size.
silly boy, i worked at dt distributions, the major tire wholesaler in northern alberta for 2 years.
side wall has little to no affect on snow tires, the tread compound, overall softness, and sipping are the main intrigal parts in a snow tire. INFACT on a lower sidewall, the weight of the car opens the sips more allowing for BETTER traction, not to mention the fact u lose almost no handling ability when u stay at ur normal tire size.
side wall has little to no affect on snow tires, the tread compound, overall softness, and sipping are the main intrigal parts in a snow tire. INFACT on a lower sidewall, the weight of the car opens the sips more allowing for BETTER traction, not to mention the fact u lose almost no handling ability when u stay at ur normal tire size.
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Last edited by tREBs; Jan 30, 2008 at 05:06 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
heres a question splitimage........ will a lowered car affect how it acts in snow??? my sunfire is slammed, and on studded winter tires, and it completely sucks in snow...... not from bottoming out, but from no traction, and spinning.
first off, with studdded tires i would NEVER run them on a lowered car.
secondly, a studded tire is still only as good as the tire thats is studded (i.e. 25$ canadian tire special winter+studs doesnt = good)
More then likely your traction loss has to do with the camber. If you dropped it and didnt add a camber kit your basically driving like this / \ which greatly takes away from the tires ability to control the car.What it can also do is open interior sipping while leaving the outside of the tire almost weightless, greatly reducing its ability to attain and retain traction. If thats the case, your tires are affectively pulling inwards on themselves, yet at the same time are on an angle that forcefully pushes then away. its like 2 siblings fighting over a donut, not good
well i bought the car this way, its lowered on AGX Adjustables and TEIN springs....... on my summer wheels and tires they are wearing normal, and it tracks completely straight (more so that my year old cobalt) ..... my wheels dosnt look / \ at all.....




