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Originally Posted by cfg83
So this is what your tread looks like?
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Yup, that's the tire. I noticed the channel the other day -- I'm thinking it's may carry similar components from the Goodyear "Aquatread" to move water away from the outside tread.
Apparently they get loud after a while. I would oppose with the deep snow votes at the Tire Rack website. On the contrary, the vehicle itself may handle traction well. I'm basing it on climbing up a sloped driveway in about 6+ inches of snow -- it just dug its way in and gently ascended the grade. While moving 3 other vehicles on the same day ('05 Civic, TSX and Teggy) they all became stuck and required running starts to make it. Around town and on the highway, 2-3" of accumulation proved to be no problem.
Wet Weather forward traction is good, as is skid-pad adherence (off-ramps), and resistance to hydroplaning. But this is all on less than 300 miles. Dry performance is pending on, well, dry weather
The Insight is getting break for a while -- I'm driving a rental '09 Ford Fusion V-6 until next Friday for work. 221 HP is quite a lot (it seems like way too much)! It cruises at about 28 mpg highway, which is considerably less than the 4-cylinder version. Monday I had an '09 Focus SE in South Bend for about 20 miles (it's a nice evolution of the model lineup). Ford is looking good these days -- the quality seems to have returned. Perhaps more on those later
RH77