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Old 11-01-2012, 11:35 PM   #12 (permalink)
Ryland
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Watching people go spinning down a hill at nothing more then a crawl... yeah...

I'll take max traction over fuel economy anyday!
I've had the same thing happen, 5mph and they are sliding side ways and I want to have the traction to get out of their way!
I also don't like having to push my car to get it out of a parking spot.
the Michelin X-Ice snow tires wear really well, figure I have about 40,000 miles on my current set and like I said, the X-Ice didn't cause a MPG hit and are pretty quite, so what's the draw back?
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