[MR2] Winter Tyres

[Chris]

These aren't snow tires, but I've found summitomo htr's are pretty decent, 
even though tirerack calls them a summer performance tire.  they aren't good 
on ice, but what is..snow, however, is really good until you get to the 
treadwear indicators

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From: "Ken Blake" <kblake at royalmoore.com>
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 3:33 PM
To: "'Andy Champ'" <andy.champ at tesco.net>; "'mr2.com'" <mr2 at mr2.com>
Subject: Re: [MR2] Winter Tyres

> 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
> http://www.supra411.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=63
>
> 20% off list price on Toyota and TRD parts, free shipping, and no sales 
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>
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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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