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11-18-08, 11:00 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2001 DTS, 2000 ETC, 1994 ETC  | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: canada | | | snow tires rule
they really do.
saved my life tonight.
i saw two fords fall off the road right in front of me as well as a big rig side down the hill behind me.
a police cruiser in the ditch. a tow truck ontop of a F150
and me ... nice and safe ontop of the road with my hankook winter tires mounted on 94 Cadillac eldo rims on my 2001 DTS.
pics will come tomorrow.
looks very funny but in a seriously OLD person kind of way! |
11-19-08, 06:45 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2001 DTS, 2000 ETC, 1994 ETC | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: canada | | | Re: snow tires rule
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11-19-08, 08:32 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Enthusiast Cadillac(s): 99STS,98 Deville Scrapped.1997 GrandPrix GTP | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Port McNicoll, Ontario Age: 46 | | | Re: snow tires rule
I don't think you are giving yourself enough credit as the driver, being able to recognize the hazard and adjust accordingly would be about 95 percent of it, having the forethought to put snow tires on ahead of time would cover the rest. I have a set of 98 Deville rims being used as my snowtire set, it does look funny but it still looks way better than steel. |
11-19-08, 08:58 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 1998 Eldorado, 1995 Deville | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chicago Age: 59 | | | Re: snow tires rule
I thought I knew how to drive in snow until I spent a winter in Oswego, NY, (that winter 340" of snow). I didn't see the pavement on the road in front of my apartment from October until April. The driver is still the most important factor in a vehichle being able to operate safely in the snow. I still get a kick out of the 4 wheelers who don't realize that although they can go better that the 2 wheelers, they stop the same. |
11-19-08, 09:17 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2001 DTS, 2000 ETC, 1994 ETC | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: canada | | | Re: snow tires rule
people just drive way to fast and don't give enough lead time
one thing is winter tires are a very important part. street reads just turn into slicks |
11-19-08, 10:32 PM
|  | Keeping an eye on things Cadillac(s): none | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Arkansas Age: 33 | | | Re: snow tires rule
I love your car.  Glad you didn't end up in a ditch too. 
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11-20-08, 01:50 AM
|  | Redneck with class Cadillac(s): 1990 350 Brougham (Its big), 1988 Mark VII LSC (Its fast) | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Woodridge, Illinois Age: 19 | | | Re: snow tires rule
I LOVE driving in the snow, mainly because I do most of my driving late at night coming home from work when the roads are empty. I have fun with it. I never go more than 25 on snow covered roads, but I have fun. Last year I was doing tokyo drift in my dad's full size van around corners on the way home one night. The night after that there was a cop behind me and I did it and he pulled up next to me (after drifting around a corner himself) and commented on how well I was able to control it through the corner. Another night I was doing donuts in a parking lot in the van and a cop stopped by and said he would let me go simply because it was the "funniest damn thing I have seen all night."
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11-20-08, 10:32 AM
|  | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 75 Eldo Convertible | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Boston North Age: 29 | | | Re: snow tires rule
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Originally Posted by dirt_cheap_fleetwood  I LOVE driving in the snow, mainly because I do most of my driving late at night coming home from work when the roads are empty. I have fun with it. I never go more than 25 on snow covered roads, but I have fun. Last year I was doing tokyo drift in my dad's full size van around corners on the way home one night. The night after that there was a cop behind me and I did it and he pulled up next to me (after drifting around a corner himself) and commented on how well I was able to control it through the corner. Another night I was doing donuts in a parking lot in the van and a cop stopped by and said he would let me go simply because it was the "funniest damn thing I have seen all night." | you're playing with fire.
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11-20-08, 01:57 PM
| | Redneck with class Cadillac(s): 1990 350 Brougham (Its big), 1988 Mark VII LSC (Its fast) | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Woodridge, Illinois Age: 19 | | | Re: snow tires rule
^ Yeah, but its warmer to play with fire than hide in the cold. |
11-20-08, 06:08 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2001 DTS, 2000 ETC, 1994 ETC | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: canada | | | Re: snow tires rule
i got a ticket doing donuts on my V in the parking lot.... mind you it wasn't winter either! LOL
yeah i love the snow... i leave for work at 3:45 AM and come back around 6:30 ish. but in the afternoon i am at a computer most of the time so i can spend my time here  ... its 5:07 now.
so winter driving thought fresh snow that hasn't been driven on is cool. |
11-20-08, 06:18 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2001 DTS, 2000 ETC, 1994 ETC | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: canada | | | Re: snow tires rule
Oh, and thanks rolex....
what do you think of the rims... they make it look alot more slower and older look to it.
better then black steelies tho! |
11-20-08, 08:50 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 1993 Fleetwood Brougham V4P | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO USA Age: 26 | | | Re: snow tires rule
Awesome. I have Blizzaks in the basement that are going on the Fleetwood at the beginning of our "snow season" - probably around the 1st of December. |
11-20-08, 09:10 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2001 DTS, 2000 ETC, 1994 ETC | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: canada | | | Re: snow tires rule
i found the same thing with the Blizzaks as i did with the nordics.
they were quite noisy but worked great!!!!! better then the nordics for sure | | Cadillac Discussion Tools | | | 
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