[MR2] Winter Tyres

[Ken Blake]

Hi Andy,
       Any Z rated tire is going to be bad in snow and ice, because their rubber compound is designed to shed heat. David
Hillman can probably make some snow tire recommendations, because he does ice racing in his MR2.

I found that my 93T actually got around pretty well in the snow and ice, even on Z rated tires where my 91T was horrible in
the snow. I attribute the difference to the factory viscous-coupling LSD on the 93T where the 91T had an open diff.

Kind regards,

Ken Blake
Royal Moore Toyota Parts
Direct: (503) 693-6893
kblake at royalmoore.com
AIM: RoyalMooreToyota
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-----Original Message-----
From: mr2-bounces at mr2.com [mailto:mr2-bounces at mr2.com] On Behalf Of Andy Champ
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 12:27 PM
To: 'mr2.com'
Subject: [MR2] Winter Tyres

... or is that tires?

We've actually got _snow_ over here - up to the splitter :( - which is the first time for years.  Mr 2 is a bit of a handful
TBH and I wonder if the tyres have anything to do with it.  My wife's nearly-a-Geo-Metro is great fun though.  For the first
time ever.

Have any of you guys that get proper winters any idea how Toyo Proxes compare with Yokohamas on an SW20?  As we only get snow
every few years for a week or two it isn't worth me getting a proper mud-and-snow set.

Thanks

Andy

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