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I have aging Falken 452 tires on my '05 GTO. The colder it gets here the less traction I get, which I expect. But the last few days when it's been really cold, half throttle or anything more than 20% throttle pressure gets little more than wheel spin and/or hop in gears 1-2. I've been looking for a deal on UHP tires, but am beginning to wonder if I really will benefit from that additional supposed performance on a daily driver, when 2-3 months a year it can get cold here. I don't track the car enough to make a difference, but am aggressive on the street.
Has anyone else experienced this severe loss of traction like I have? Should I go with AS tires?
All seasons will give you added traction down to ~20-30 degrees less than HP tires. My HP tires are good down to about 45-50 degrees. AS tires I have driven with the temps in the 20's, and traction was similar to the HP's.
All seasons will give you added traction down to ~20-30 degrees less than HP tires. My HP tires are good down to about 45-50 degrees. AS tires I have driven with the temps in the 20's, and traction was similar to the HP's.
How much will I lose while driving in warmer months? 5%? 10%? Hardly enough for an aggressive daily driver to notice?
How much will I lose while driving in warmer months? 5%? 10%? Hardly enough for an aggressive daily driver to notice?
I don't know, I would switch back to the HP's as soon as temps were consistently in the 60's or higher. I had some aftermarket wheels with the HP's that I ran for 9-10 months out of the year, and for the winter I'd put my stock wheels back on with the AS tires on them. Never ran them when the temps got back up there.
I doubt you'd really notice unless you are cornering very hard.
Try some and see. There's a category called "performance all-season" that give you the all-season compound and tread design, but with stiffer sidewalls than standard all-seasons.
I believe this is what you should shop for.
Performance all-seasons give you better steering response in everyday driving; you just can't push them as hard as a performance tire on dry pavement before they start to give up. They also tend to feel a little more mushy and imprecise near the limit than a true performance tire. But the daily commute is not a race or a time trial, so it really doesn't matter on a daily basis, and you'll be safer when it gets cold/wet/snowy.
I put performance all season tires on my old wheels (BS RE970AS) and got a second set of wheels for summer performance tires (BS RE11A) for April - October. I am very happy with the results.
My old high performance tires were impacted by temps below 45 and pretty worthless below 30 or in snow. The new AS tires work well in very cold temps an can even be used in light snow. An expense that has paid off.
I drive my truck if it snows, which is maybe 1-2 days a year.
I dropped the tire pressure from 35 to 32 PSI, and inflated the drag bags up to 20 PSI, which is the highest I've ever heard anyone fill them. That seemed to help a good bit, but it was in the low 40s today.
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