Sunday, November 20, 2011

Our cars in winter mode

Winter is almost here. It dropped into the 20s last night in Portland and we had some freezing fog.

This year I picked up a set of used 15" alloy wheels and shod them with a set of gently used 205/65/15 General Altimax studded tires. Coupled with all-wheel drive, the SX4 should be a snowmobile--just in time for ski/snowboard season. Speaking of, I need to put my ski rack on.

The Yaris uses the same setup as last year: 14" steel wheels (via our old Honda Civic) wrapped in 185/65/14 Hankook iPike studded snow tires. These proved themselves last year in the snow and ice last season. I hope the General tires are as good as these.

Bring on winter!



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2 comments:

  1. brickautoNovember 21, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Nice winter setup! What's the offset for the 15" alloy wheels you used on the SX4?

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  2. Andy LilienthalNovember 21, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    I think the 15s are a +38.

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