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  3. Winter Wheels and Tires

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    Makes sense if you already have them.

     

    I'm going to go out on a limb here... when your all-seasons eventually wear out from winter use, will you replace them with new all-seasons or will you buy snow tires? :smile:

     

    Yeah, I figure running the stock tires 'til their dead made more sense then buying a new set :)

     

    Probably go with a winter tire, the question will end up being RFT or not. Winter, to me, is the best time of year to have RFTs if you're going to have them. Who wants to be stuck on 495 in 20 degree weather ;)

  4. Winter Wheels and Tires

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    I'll chime in with Edge, depending on what kind of summer tire you have, you could very well find yourself driving around on concrete tires when the weather turns cold :)

     

    Both when I visited my dad (up north of Pittsburgh) and last week or so with the low night temps the performance of my tires dropped off dramatically (an "Extreme" summer compound, Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec ... they apparently felt a shorter name just wouldn't cut it).

     

    It's why I kept my stock wheels with all seasons around; an easy change once the weather required it. Which seems like it will be soon.

  5. Interesting Finding

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    Adner, it's definitely the automatic kickdown - when you push the throttle to the floor, it'll downshift because it assumes you want to accelerate :) There are a lot of automatic transmissions these days that do that, in fact you can read more about it in the Wikipedia if you'd like :) Just scroll down (or click on) section 6.

     

    I think if I had the option for a dual-clutch "automatic manual" like in current, higher end sports cars that I'd be for it. Having driven automatics all my life until the car right before the Mini, though, I really like having a manual - even in DC traffic :)

     

    Only time I hate it is when I'm stuck on like 267 headed west during rush hour ;)

     

    [edit] I should add that I have nothing against people's choices of what they drive - after all, you're driving it for you to have fun :)

  15. What tires to get?

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    Now that I've had the Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Specs (couldn't they have come up with a shorter name?), I can say that I love these tires. They do have a hum at highway speed tho. It's not that it's louder than the stock runflats, but it's different and I think a bit more noticeable.

     

    The treadwear is rated at 200 though, so I figure I'll get 1 1/2 - 2 summers out of them, depending on how many runs I go on ;)

     

    Edit: Oh, and I got my wheels + tires mounted out at Mach V. Did a great job, no problems with scratches on the rims or anything.

  18. BMW NCC Autocross

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    Great thanks! I'll probably catch the one at the end of August, or in September. So many plans with the family, so little time.

     

    I'm in pretty much the same boat - just got my Dunlop's installed (same as Jason (LV2CRNR)) an

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