Snow Tire update

markis64 · 12-08-2006, 12:30 PM

I go to school up in Ithaca NY and we just got our first batch of snow. After Thanksgiving i mounted some blizzak snow tires on my 18''. I was nervous that the 18''s would create a pancake-like condition because of the low profile and width... I found some parking lot on campus that hadn't been plowed yet and had some fun, not as much fun as i wanted to because with the combo of xdrive and snow and ice tires made the car stick like glue and stopped quick as well. And then I saw some fool with an sti with performance tires fishtailing up south hill... that made my day

Josh49 · 12-08-2006, 12:40 PM

You at Cornell or Ithaca College?

Lassaxi · 12-08-2006, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by markis64

I go to school up in Ithaca NY and we just got our first batch of snow. After Thanksgiving i mounted some blizzak snow tires on my 18''. I was nervous that the 18''s would create a pancake-like condition because of the low profile and width... I found some parking lot on campus that hadn't been plowed yet and had some fun, not as much fun as i wanted to because with the combo of xdrive and snow and ice tires made the car stick like glue and stopped quick as well. And then I saw some fool with an sti with performance tires fishtailing up south hill... that made my day

South Hill eh? Sounds like an ICer to me.

I always figured the best test for winter tires was whether you could make it up or down State St. before it's plowed without crashing into the Commons.

Actually, there's a pretty steep, twisty hill on Pleasant Grove Rd, on the back side of Bebe Lake/Falls Creek that gets ridiculously icy in winter. I once followed an A4 up that hill in a snowstorm and had to do some fancy driving in my Subie to avoid him as he spun out about 2/3 of the way up the hill and almost lost it into the gorge.

Josh49 · 12-08-2006, 01:42 PM

Lassaxi - what car do you have now/are you coming to the G2G tomorrow..

markis64 · 12-08-2006, 01:46 PM

yeah im an ICer....and DAMN proud of it haha but thats all in good fun between u ivy leaguers and us... ithaca does have some nasty hills and ur right lassaxi if u dont know what ur doing u will most definitely lose it into a gorge. We should try to get fellow e90ers out to meet somewhere in the ithaca/cornell area

Josh49 · 12-08-2006, 01:55 PM

Man good old Ithaca. Damn am I happy to be out of there..

Lassaxi · 12-08-2006, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh49

Lassaxi - what car do you have now/are you coming to the G2G tomorrow..

Negative. I'm still driving the same Subie I had in law school (for which I went to Cornell). My E90 purchase will be made in January, in time for a late-April ED.

Josh49 · 12-08-2006, 03:02 PM

Gotcha.. See you in the summer then..

Lassaxi · 12-08-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by markis64

yeah im an ICer....and DAMN proud of it haha but thats all in good fun between u ivy leaguers and us... ithaca does have some nasty hills and ur right lassaxi if u dont know what ur doing u will most definitely lose it into a gorge. We should try to get fellow e90ers out to meet somewhere in the ithaca/cornell area

There are definitely some good roads for driving up there too- or, at least there would be if there weren't so many ridiculously slow drivers.

Lassaxi · 12-08-2006, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh49

Man good old Ithaca. Damn am I happy to be out of there..

+1,000

Josh49 · 12-08-2006, 03:04 PM

There are tons of fun roads in Ithaca. I miss them a lot..

12-08-2006, 12:30 PM	#1
markis64 Lieutenant 60 Rep 419 Posts Drives: 2006 E90 Alpine White 330xi Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Long Island NY iTrader: (1) Garage List 3006 e90 330xi [0.00]	Snow Tire update I go to school up in Ithaca NY and we just got our first batch of snow. After Thanksgiving i mounted some blizzak snow tires on my 18''. I was nervous that the 18''s would create a pancake-like condition because of the low profile and width... I found some parking lot on campus that hadn't been plowed yet and had some fun, not as much fun as i wanted to because with the combo of xdrive and snow and ice tires made the car stick like glue and stopped quick as well. And then I saw some fool with an sti with performance tires fishtailing up south hill... that made my day
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markis64 Lieutenant 60 Rep 419 Posts Drives: 2006 E90 Alpine White 330xi Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Long Island NY iTrader: (1) Garage List 3006 e90 330xi [0.00]	yeah im an ICer....and DAMN proud of it haha but thats all in good fun between u ivy leaguers and us... ithaca does have some nasty hills and ur right lassaxi if u dont know what ur doing u will most definitely lose it into a gorge. We should try to get fellow e90ers out to meet somewhere in the ithaca/cornell area
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