View Full Version : summer tires


schnipster
03-05-2009, 11:19 PM
you think its too early?

rux
03-05-2009, 11:30 PM
2 more weeks, at least ?

risky business
03-05-2009, 11:38 PM
i rock em all year long baby.... course its FLORIDA here. haha

Maffu313
03-05-2009, 11:59 PM
I'd say wait till end of march...depends on where you are though, if it's warm enough then sure. But here in Toronto, not yet =( still below zero right now, supposed to go up to 16 C tomorrow but it'll probably drop again soon.

Thief
03-06-2009, 12:10 AM
April 1st for me!

maskedferret
03-06-2009, 01:52 AM
Temps for the next 5 days are showing consistency over 60 here in MO (that's saying a lot). My new tires come in tomorrow, and the first autocross event is in 3 weeks... gotta get them broken in, so they're going on ASAP!

rotarygreg
03-06-2009, 07:18 AM
schnipster, summer tires should come out when temps are over 7 degrees for good. summer tires do not work well and traction is very unpredictable under 7 degrees. even if its warm during the day the temps are still dropping alot at night you could be in trouble if you go out late and try some spirited driving.

Maffu313
03-06-2009, 09:09 AM
Right now actually I'm just worried that it's too warm for my winter tires, it's 16 C today in toronto, but it's supposed to drop back down in a week or so? at least I'm expecting it to.

Huey52
03-06-2009, 09:33 AM
No earlier than April 1st for me.

Rotary Mike
03-06-2009, 10:41 AM
April 1st for me. My new tires do not like temps below 10 degrees

StealthTL
03-06-2009, 10:43 AM
Yes, ten degrees celsius, so May27th for me:eyetwitch

Huey52
03-06-2009, 11:03 AM
^ sure nice that we have a resident "RX-8 Arctic environmental tester.'" ;)

dozer
03-06-2009, 11:05 AM
i already have mine on ;)

Sanguine
03-06-2009, 11:14 AM
At least I'm not the only one...

As much as I hate the tires I have, they will not slide unless I'm really, really trying to. In actual snow they are useless but they grip better in the cold than my winters when things are dry.

MyRXdrug
03-06-2009, 11:50 AM
-23 celcius here today. So I don't think anytime soon.

sw-ontarioguy
03-06-2009, 11:51 AM
I just bought my 8 (should be picking it up today) and they put new summers on for safety, damn snow better stay away.

schnipster
03-06-2009, 08:15 PM
put the summers on tonight....yeah baby

shazy
03-06-2009, 08:57 PM
5 Degrees celsius in Brossard!!!!!! FINALLY.

schnipster
03-07-2009, 04:53 PM
as long as it aint slick these things stick like glue....oh and no more mew 40th anniv rims for sale...lolhahahahaha these are nice baby!!!!

rotarygreg
03-07-2009, 07:20 PM
did you guys that jumped the gun hear the forcast for monday? be careful guys. yestarday morning i almost got stuck at a timmies drive throw. they had a cobblestone walkway that was sort of in a rut. anyways, it was all iced over. i had to stop with my rear tires right on it. went to pull forwards and spun the living hell of out my wheels and just sat there. and that was with my winters still on. you guys that are worried about burning your winters up....they arent made of butter. a couple weeks in a little warmish weather wont hurt them. although summer tires that are all frozen up and hard as a rock may wear strangly because they are all chunked up.

maskedferret
03-07-2009, 08:49 PM
Feh, I'm annoyed in that next wed/thurs are predicted to be 45/27 hi/lo around here.

did you guys that jumped the gun hear the forcast for monday? be careful guys. yestarday morning i almost got stuck at a timmies drive throw. they had a cobblestone walkway that was sort of in a rut. anyways, it was all iced over. i had to stop with my rear tires right on it. went to pull forwards and spun the living hell of out my wheels and just sat there. and that was with my winters still on. you guys that are worried about burning your winters up....they arent made of butter. a couple weeks in a little warmish weather wont hurt them. although summer tires that are all frozen up and hard as a rock may wear strangly because they are all chunked up.

schnipster
03-09-2009, 09:24 AM
wow great driving today...lol ok ok i jumped the gun on the summers...

prospectjtaz
03-09-2009, 09:43 AM
how was your drive today schnip? manageable or no control?

01Racing
03-09-2009, 12:57 PM
Ruben your such a maroon (lol)

schnipster
03-10-2009, 12:22 AM
al be nice...it wont hurt i promise...

schnipster
03-10-2009, 12:23 AM
i stayed home...lol couldnt drive 2 feet

Thief
03-10-2009, 01:35 AM
A little over two weeks before I pull my baby out from the warm, heated, underground garage she's in. :D

schnipster
03-10-2009, 06:11 PM
she is in what?

delhi
03-10-2009, 06:58 PM
I am so enjoying the marsh-mellow float on my car right now that I'm not sure if I want to get my hard side walled summers back on.