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Originally Posted by JockoT
So 2.8% of all fatal accidents are caused by vehicle defects, of which the bulk are down to defective tyres.
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This is one thing I love about my old cars, the tires. Sure, ol' bias plies and such supposedly are terribly compared to modern tires, and yep they sure are in some respects. But I've noticed that on snow and ice the thinner older tires just seem to do much better. Where my Leaf gets stuck with chains on my Beetle bombs through as if it were nothing. Well, at least the Beetle would be much easier to push back out. And the Golf does great with its 155's in the snow too. I threw on a set of chains on the golf and pulled a 4x4 Ford Explorer out of the snowbank once! I offered to pull out a brand new Subaru too but the guy was too embarrassed!
There just seems to be something to those thinner wheels used on older vehicles that just works better with the snow. Or at least it feels that way to me.