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Help! - close to selling 1997 960 because drives horrible in winter 900 1997

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posted by  jbowers on  Wed Nov 23 06:21 CST 2005
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Those tires you have on are probably great on dry clean pavement and may be good on warm wet roads but on snow they are NOT GOOD.

A set of of 4 real snow tires will be like the differance between night and day!

I assume you have the 16" wheels with 205/55-16 tires? Get a set of 15 inch wheels, like from a wagon off ebay or your favorite recycler, and put a recommended winter tire in 195/65-15 on them. The smaller wheel, higher side wall will make damage from pot holes less likely.

We have minimal snow days here in the Boston area so I choose the Michelin Pilot Alpins, H rated, for my winter time. They aren't the best in snow, but much better than "all season" and still work good on the dry days.

If you get a lot of snow where you are, perhaps others will make some recomendations
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'96 965, 16' wheels, Michelin Pilot Sports, rear 18mm bar + Koni, 201 HP cams, 130K. Put 200K on '85 745 TD.






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