Cold Weather Warning
12-08-2006, 10:31 AM
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Cold Weather Warning
We discussed this last year, but just a reminder, the OE Pirellis (and many other high performance tires) noticeably lose their grip below 40 degrees, even on a dry road, especially before the tires are warmed up. I almost spun the car on a entrance ramp this morning. Not surprisingly, the colder the temperature, the more noticeable it is...it was 19 degrees here in NJ this morning.
12-08-2006, 02:33 PM
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'93 RX-7, SLK55
We discussed this last year, but just a reminder, the OE Pirellis (and many other high performance tires) noticeably lose their grip below 40 degrees, even on a dry road, especially before the tires are warmed up. I almost spun the car on a entrance ramp this morning. Not surprisingly, the colder the temperature, the more noticeable it is...it was 19 degrees here in NJ this morning.
Seriously, its not indicative of onlly high performance tires - all tires lose traction when its cold. Having a softer compund/higher performance tire will help moreso than a harder compound/lower rated speed tire. Just keep the ESP engaged & ease into the throttle more gently when its cold (and/or don't accelerate hard when cornering or the car can/will rotate on you). 
-Matt
