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Old Jan 1, 2012, 02:47 PM
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Evo X in snow ?!?!

so whats the trick to drving this car in snow ....I came off of having an STI and that was bad *** in the snow and this car is all over the place.. Ihad a ton more power in the STI..Please Help !!!!
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Tires!!!!
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Make sure you have good tires. When I first picked up my evo, the first purchase I made was a good set of winter tires. I picked up a set of Blizzaks and they are amazing.
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Simply put, best car I have ever driven when used with snow tires. I had a small thread on this in November: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...011-evo-x.html

There are lots of threads on this subject btw.
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Old Jan 1, 2012, 02:55 PM
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Peruse all these threads I found by searching for you: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/se...rchid=16926627
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Tires... Just watched an episode of US top gear and they were killin it in the snow
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dont use extreme summer performance tires.

depending on where you are all-season tires will do the trick, if not get blizzacks.

Point and gun it then jerk the other way around and start drifting in a CLOSED road/parking lot.
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Tires. I live in Minnesota and I use all seasons (highway driving) instead of blizzaks and they work great. Summer tires are horrible on show and ice.
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Why do people still not understand that you can't use SUMMER tires in the snow?
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Originally Posted by black95tt
Why do people still not understand that you can't use SUMMER tires in the snow?
Why do people always assume he's on summer tires? OP lives in Reno so its possible but if he had an STi before I would HOPE that he knows how important tires are.

Like someone said above, I have to add a +1 to the X being the best car I've ever driven in the snow. The between AYC and the extra weight over my evo8, it is leaps and bounds better, simply amazing.

OP, do you have any CELs at all, maybe your AWC system is acting up?
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If the car is all over the place, I cant help to think that your still on stock Advans?? If so, you def. need to get some tires. Thats my only assumption. We've had a few dustings of snow so far this year. My g/f's evo x has the continental dws and it gets around great.
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here is one of your best possible trick for DD. in the snow and winter.
You need nothing more then that, and the same token nothing less then a dedicated winter +snow tire for a winter.



http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....97&sortSize=18

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Originally Posted by Robevo RS
here is one of your best possible trick for DD. in the snow and winter.
You need nothing more then that, and the same token nothing less then a dedicated winter +snow tire for a winter.



http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....97&sortSize=18
This. And if you can't drive this car in the snow you shouldn't be driving any car in the snow.
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I'd say it's a pretty good assumption. Seven posts, MY 2010....still on stock tires I'd bet. If he was on a good all season or winter tire, would he have posted this question?

No.

*edit* I think this dude is trolling.

Originally Posted by scheides
Why do people always assume he's on summer tires? OP lives in Reno so its possible but if he had an STi before I would HOPE that he knows how important tires are.

Like someone said above, I have to add a +1 to the X being the best car I've ever driven in the snow. The between AYC and the extra weight over my evo8, it is leaps and bounds better, simply amazing.

OP, do you have any CELs at all, maybe your AWC system is acting up?

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There's even a warning when you buy a X that the Yoko A13's aren't to be used as winter tires. Hope the tire's is the answer the OP needed.
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