33s on an LR3? Yes, but...
#11
I've only been turned around once, and not by the CHP. Entering Yosemite Park, December '08, in a new BMW 335 with summer performance tires. The rangers said nobody allowed without chains. I actually had chains from another car I had brought just for the hell of it but with the run flats the BMW didn't even have a jack and there wasn't clearance anyway. I pulled up to the parking lot and sort of fumbled around for about 10 minutes then took off anyway. Strangely enough I was able to drive everywhere in the valley just fine as well as up to Badger Pass (even though the road was 'closed') without dying. Funny how a little attention to driving in a normal sedan with summer performance tires will get you past an idiot with a 4wd. But then again I guess they have to assume the worst given the average level of driving skilled displayed by the american public.
#12
Bite your tongue! The 335 was rear wheel drive with a manual transmission, just as God intended a proper sports sedan to be!
Now the A4 before it was AWD. Because Audi. But the one snow attempt I made in it only lasted about a car length. Seems AWD doesn't help much when the snow is soft and over a foot deep when you're driving a sedan with a few inches of ground clearance.
Now the A4 before it was AWD. Because Audi. But the one snow attempt I made in it only lasted about a car length. Seems AWD doesn't help much when the snow is soft and over a foot deep when you're driving a sedan with a few inches of ground clearance.
#13
Nice! Reminds me a bit of a couple years ago spending Christmas in the Canadian Rockies near Banf.
#14
Tongue bitten! My Infiniti Q50S is RWD and FUN AS HELL...but I'd never consider taking it out in the snow.
Agree on not wanting an EAS ghost while remote. When I did the trip back from the Yukon Territory, I was on stock sized Nokians. No way was I coming back on the 32" MT/Rs.
Agree on not wanting an EAS ghost while remote. When I did the trip back from the Yukon Territory, I was on stock sized Nokians. No way was I coming back on the 32" MT/Rs.
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#16
Don, are you talking old school MT/R or the new ones with Kevlar?
I have the older ones (I bought them in 2009) and they have been fantastic. Tough as hell, wear well, terrific traction in anything I can throw at them. Great for NW terrain. They aren't great on wet pavement or hard-packed snow (on pavement) but just about everything else.
I have the older ones (I bought them in 2009) and they have been fantastic. Tough as hell, wear well, terrific traction in anything I can throw at them. Great for NW terrain. They aren't great on wet pavement or hard-packed snow (on pavement) but just about everything else.
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#18
I've actually heard similar things. Someone who said that the one circumferential band of "street tread" hurt their performance. I think he'd actually switched from the Kevlars to the Discoverers. I was asking him about the Coops and he elaborated.
They look cool...the Kevlars...but haven't met expectations. Another issue is that in our size (275/65R18) they only come in Load Rating of "C." Hence the sidewall issues.
I really like the Kumho Road Venture MT 71 tires (I think I got that right) but they don't sell them in the US in our size.
This is one reason I sort of "nurse" my old school MT/Rs. They are badass tires and I know I can't get them...so I avoid driving them on pavement unless I have to (I have the Nokians too for Nov - March, and I just don't drive the Rover much these days). I know I'll run out of time before I run out of rubber, but I am neurotic about it anyway.
They look cool...the Kevlars...but haven't met expectations. Another issue is that in our size (275/65R18) they only come in Load Rating of "C." Hence the sidewall issues.
I really like the Kumho Road Venture MT 71 tires (I think I got that right) but they don't sell them in the US in our size.
This is one reason I sort of "nurse" my old school MT/Rs. They are badass tires and I know I can't get them...so I avoid driving them on pavement unless I have to (I have the Nokians too for Nov - March, and I just don't drive the Rover much these days). I know I'll run out of time before I run out of rubber, but I am neurotic about it anyway.
#19
...just stumbled on these:
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company - Discoverer STT PRO?
...and I've also eyed these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=fier...e1DvQQ_AUIBygC
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company - Discoverer STT PRO?
...and I've also eyed these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=fier...e1DvQQ_AUIBygC
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#20
...just stumbled on these:
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company - Discoverer STT PRO?
...and I've also eyed these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=fier...e1DvQQ_AUIBygC
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company - Discoverer STT PRO?
...and I've also eyed these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=fier...e1DvQQ_AUIBygC
The Fierce looks a lot like a slightly more aggressive Duratrac. Given that it's made by GY, that's entirely possible. I've heard that they use the same carcass as the DT, though I have no actual proof of that. It seems to have good siping like the DT, so should be good in the wet/snow. They are certainly a bargain.