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mdxj · 01-09-2014, 06:00 PM

There is a very good chance, that with winter tires, he would have recovered but with how bad the roads were, OK does a piss poor job with clearing and sanding, it's hard to tell. I was sliding in 4low while in my jeep and my tires do great in snow and ice. With the weather we have here, you need a dedicated winter set for days like that, summer will not work as the OP learned the hard way.

synolimit · 01-09-2014, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mdxj

There is a very good chance, that with winter tires, he would have recovered but with how bad the roads were, OK does a piss poor job with clearing and sanding, it's hard to tell. I was sliding in 4low while in my jeep and my tires do great in snow and ice. With the weather we have here, you need a dedicated winter set for days like that, summer will not work as the OP learned the hard way.

I had wranglers on my jeep wrangler. Worst tire ever combined with that jeep for any snow or ice! Firestone winter force ice/snow tires made the thing a tank! I still by any car, any legal situation, with a ice/snow tire.

dtul · 01-12-2014, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mdxj

There is a very good chance, that with winter tires, he would have recovered but with how bad the roads were, OK does a piss poor job with clearing and sanding, it's hard to tell. I was sliding in 4low while in my jeep and my tires do great in snow and ice. With the weather we have here, you need a dedicated winter set for days like that, summer will not work as the OP learned the hard way.

I live in Dallas not OKC, buy I can't imagine them getting drastically more ice than us. Our winters just aren't harsh enough to require winter tires. We do fine on all seasons and I'm pretty sure the vast majority up there do as well.
For the few times a year it does get bad enough to need them you just have to drive really carefully or call a cab or something.

Edit: I just saw you were from OKC so you obviously would know better than me. I still don't think it would get bad enough to need them most of the time, but I'll defer to you here.

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mdxj Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: OKC Posts: 290 Drives: 09 Nismo, 98 Jeep XJ Rep Power: 15	There is a very good chance, that with winter tires, he would have recovered but with how bad the roads were, OK does a piss poor job with clearing and sanding, it's hard to tell. I was sliding in 4low while in my jeep and my tires do great in snow and ice. With the weather we have here, you need a dedicated winter set for days like that, summer will not work as the OP learned the hard way. __________________ '09 370 base - RIP '09 370 Nismo - New track car