What Type of Tire Will You Be using this year?
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depends on the weather
What Type of Tire Will You Be using this year?
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What Type of Tire Will You Be
Using This Winter?
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By design, all-season tires trade a little dry and wet road traction in moderate and warm temperatures to provide light snow traction in below freezing temperatures (best suited to the 20- to 100-degree Fahrenheit range). Winter tires trade a little dry and wet road handling in moderate and warm temperatures to emphasize wet, ice and snow traction in cold to moderate temperatures (best suited for 0- to 50-degree Fahrenheit range).
In order to get a better understanding of how much ice traction is provided by summer, all-season and winter tire types, members of The Tire Rack Team recently conducted an "Ice Rink Performance Drive" on the glare ice of a skating rink. We compared Bridgestone's Ultra High Performance Summer Potenza RE750 to their Standard Touring All-Season Turanza EL400, as well as to two Blizzak Winter tires, the popular Blizzak WS-50 and the new Blizzak REVO 1.
What We Learned at the Ice Rink
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3...r_tire_type.jsp
Read More About the Tires in This Test.
Bridgestone Blizzak REVO 1
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3...=Blizzak+Revo+1
Bridgestone Blizzak WS-50
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3...l=Blizzak+WS-50
Bridgestone Turanza EL400
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3...l=Turanza+EL400
Bridgestone Potenza RE750
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3...l=Potenza+RE750
Read Other Test Results
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3.../testSearch.jsp
What Type of Tire Will You Be
Using This Winter?
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
By design, all-season tires trade a little dry and wet road traction in moderate and warm temperatures to provide light snow traction in below freezing temperatures (best suited to the 20- to 100-degree Fahrenheit range). Winter tires trade a little dry and wet road handling in moderate and warm temperatures to emphasize wet, ice and snow traction in cold to moderate temperatures (best suited for 0- to 50-degree Fahrenheit range).
In order to get a better understanding of how much ice traction is provided by summer, all-season and winter tire types, members of The Tire Rack Team recently conducted an "Ice Rink Performance Drive" on the glare ice of a skating rink. We compared Bridgestone's Ultra High Performance Summer Potenza RE750 to their Standard Touring All-Season Turanza EL400, as well as to two Blizzak Winter tires, the popular Blizzak WS-50 and the new Blizzak REVO 1.
What We Learned at the Ice Rink
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3...r_tire_type.jsp
Read More About the Tires in This Test.
Bridgestone Blizzak REVO 1
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3...=Blizzak+Revo+1
Bridgestone Blizzak WS-50
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3...l=Blizzak+WS-50
Bridgestone Turanza EL400
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3...l=Turanza+EL400
Bridgestone Potenza RE750
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3...l=Potenza+RE750
Read Other Test Results
http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AL3.../testSearch.jsp
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Joined: Jun 2004
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From: NW Ohio
2008 335 vert, 2004 MDX
Luke - I'm getting ready to buy winter tires and wheels for my E55's first winter in Ohio. I have TPMS and I'm trying to figure out what to do next. The TireRack site allows me to pick with or without TPMS, but there's no price difference. I'm assuming that means no sensors. Can I order tires mounted on wheels with the sensors in place?
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,149
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From: NW Ohio
2008 335 vert, 2004 MDX
Thanks Luke! Ordered wheels and tires Tuesday AM with TPMS transmitters pre-installed. Delivered Thursday PM!!! And I even messed up the billing address and delayed things a few hours.
