This blog is about tires.
This is not a tire.
This is a garden fairy that got flash frozen in Niagara's
first snow fall of the year.
This is not a tire either.
This is Flynn the dog wearing red so I can find her in the
snow.
These are tires.
And the fact that they are on the spy car is the reason for
the blog.
You see, they are ALL WEATHER tires.
Not All Season tires - ALL
WEATHER tires.
Each tire has both winter and summer treads and they are
made of a new kind of rubber that 'likes' Canadian summer and winter
driving.
They stay on your car
all year round.
I decided to try them because I havee no place to store snow tires anymore.
The brand I chose , (Optimo), was the brand that our local Canadian
Tire Store carried.
The only test rating I found was from Germany where they
gave them a very good score.
I figured that if the
tires were good enough for the people who invented the Panzer tank they were
good enough for me.
Today was one of those sleety, snowy, icy days when the roads are very slippery.
I managed to do some city driving and some highway driving.
I had great traction. I was even able to stop easily on a snowy 45% angle slope.
I managed to do some city driving and some highway driving.
I had great traction. I was even able to stop easily on a snowy 45% angle slope.
And that's it.
No more tire blogs.
I promise.
To make up for it here's a cute picture of Flynn sitting in the spy car watching me scrape the ice off the windows.
