Its hard to get all-season tires for the Teg so this summer I was stuck getting summer tires for it. The tread looked like they might be ok in winter. Well, winter is here and no, they’re not ok. Luckily no damage has been caused. I got caught on a hill with a traffic light at the top of it and I spent the entire duration of the green light trying to get the car to move forward (it was creeping at about 5-10 miles but wouldn’t go any quicker).

Olessia and I were going to go to Mentor yesterday evening. I had heard from John they had 12 inches of snow already and snow tires would definitely be a requirement for getting around over there.

I slip-slided home from work and pulled the snow tires out from the shed. I had them mounted in an hour. Then I went to put some air in them and what a difference! Sure, they still slip here and there, but for all the silly things I did, I had grip and no loss of control. I went into the gas station and they hadn’t plowed or salted and there’s an inch of snow and the snow tires gripped. Starting and stopping was not a problem. With the summer tires, you’d have to gently slip the clutch and hope there’s enough traction to get the car to start rolling. Then once its rolling, you kind of have to keep egging it on to move forward. Then braking is a whole other problem. My car has ABS and at 20 miles an hour, would have to plan on 50 feet at least for stopping distance! With the snow tires, its not a problem! The car has plenty of grip to get going and stop, almost as if its summer outside.

The other cool part? I was able to change tires IN THE GARAGE and with plenty of LIGHTS! Whoa! Awesome. Not long ago this wasn’t possible…