- Joined
- Apr 13, 2011
- Threads
- 90
- Messages
- 894
interesting concept
pop-out tire studs
- Thread starter Antarctican
- Start date
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
That is frickin' cool
I was attempting to drive to Vernon today, didn't work out so well. I knew the 5 was going to be a sh*t show, so I elected to drive the 1. Wrong! A line of vehicles were sliding off the road, including a 1 ton dodge pulling a trailer right behind me, I left enough room in front of me to allow for situations like this, as he slid towards me I kept creeping forward, I left about 30 feet of room for this. I also left enough room in case I needed to turn around. This all happened today on Hwy 1, about 20 Kms East of Yale, just past Spuzzum Creek. The snowflakes were the size of silver dollars and falling like rain, the road was completely iced over, but corrogated from tractors with chains. I'm having no trouble with traction, the new to me 62 came with a new set of winters with studs, studs really do dig in. I turn around and begin to head back to Hope when I see a semi travelling towards me at about 80km/hr, I try to signal him (flashing lights, 4 ways, didn't have time to get the window down), he barrels right by me. As I watch him go into an uncontrollable skid, and him swerving into the oncoming lane I lose sight of him over the horizon. The guy in the Dodge behind me was out of his truck assessing how to get unstuck, the big rig drivers were ou of their rigs starting to chain up. I really hope no one was killed, I saw three ambulances heading up that way, and two heavy tow trucks. They already had Hwy 1 shut down at Yale when I got down off the mountain. The morale of the story: studded tires rock, I tested the road several times by applying the brakes hard, on roads that had not seen a plow, with compact ice/ snow, came to a stop quite abruptly. The Coq was closed today as well
I was attempting to drive to Vernon today, didn't work out so well. I knew the 5 was going to be a sh*t show, so I elected to drive the 1. Wrong! A line of vehicles were sliding off the road, including a 1 ton dodge pulling a trailer right behind me, I left enough room in front of me to allow for situations like this, as he slid towards me I kept creeping forward, I left about 30 feet of room for this. I also left enough room in case I needed to turn around. This all happened today on Hwy 1, about 20 Kms East of Yale, just past Spuzzum Creek. The snowflakes were the size of silver dollars and falling like rain, the road was completely iced over, but corrogated from tractors with chains. I'm having no trouble with traction, the new to me 62 came with a new set of winters with studs, studs really do dig in. I turn around and begin to head back to Hope when I see a semi travelling towards me at about 80km/hr, I try to signal him (flashing lights, 4 ways, didn't have time to get the window down), he barrels right by me. As I watch him go into an uncontrollable skid, and him swerving into the oncoming lane I lose sight of him over the horizon. The guy in the Dodge behind me was out of his truck assessing how to get unstuck, the big rig drivers were ou of their rigs starting to chain up. I really hope no one was killed, I saw three ambulances heading up that way, and two heavy tow trucks. They already had Hwy 1 shut down at Yale when I got down off the mountain. The morale of the story: studded tires rock, I tested the road several times by applying the brakes hard, on roads that had not seen a plow, with compact ice/ snow, came to a stop quite abruptly. The Coq was closed today as well
I really don't want another experience like my avatar
But looking back on it, and speaking from my own rollover experiences, they were kinda fun.
It was really quite cool how everything just slowed right down as you sat there and said " ohhhh fxxx".
Mine was more like "This isn't going to end well"
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2007
- Threads
- 514
- Messages
- 4,700
- Location
- Fraser Valley, British Columbia
- Website
- www.ajae.ca
Hope all is well with everyone up there!
Glad you made it back this time Phil unscathed, perhaps the turn around back to Hope is a metaphor for your driving adventures ending well!
He was beyond Hope, get it? OK, it's a little out there, I tried.
Glad you made it back this time Phil unscathed, perhaps the turn around back to Hope is a metaphor for your driving adventures ending well!
He was beyond Hope, get it? OK, it's a little out there, I tried.
I was thinking the same thing Rob, another 60 seconds and i would have been (possibly) part of the carnage
Cruisin'
Out in the shop, building something cool!
Getting back to the clip Pete posted. Reminds me of a lady I know who was telling a group of people about her great new car (ford Focus), and how the salesman told her that when you push this button spikes come out of the tires. And she really believed this happened. Pretty sure it was traction control, and some similes or metaphors were used...
And now this! My wife is going to have a great laugh when I show her.
And now this! My wife is going to have a great laugh when I show her.
hmmm, tires with steel nipples, there's a concept
Cruisin'
Out in the shop, building something cool!
...when it gets cold out they get pointy...
Glad you said that and not me.
But the new Nokians do not seem to be wearing so well as they use to. A friend told me they changed when they started making them in China. Not sure about that. Still, I like dedicated winter studded tires. Maybe another set of studded Coopers.
Anyone had the opportunity to run new winter tires versus studs on a similarly equipped vehicle (ABS, stability control).
Under emergency conditions how much better are the studs over certified winter tires?
Under emergency conditions how much better are the studs over certified winter tires?
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2009
- Threads
- 86
- Messages
- 1,655
I run yoko's it's for my winters, but if I lived were it was freezing all the time no questions studs for sure. Nice work Phil., hope it worked out kind of alright. Ya funny the hope joke, in my trade spuzzum is a nick name you don't want ,beyond hope.
I have run studded Nokian and non studded Micheline ice radials on the abs equipped van we had. The difference is substancial, especially on icy corners. But it is also significant when braking. The ABS would not kick in near as often or as quickly.
...via IH8MUD app
Thanks