View Poll Results: Would you ever consider going through a snowy winter on stock tires?
Yes.
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15
16.67%
No.
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12
13.33%
Are you f***ing nuts?
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53
58.89%
I don't get snow where I live / I don't own an RX-8.
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11.11%
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Winter of 2005 - Defeated on stock tires! :-D
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My bad guys, what I was referring to was the vibrating feel when I was holding my foot down. That was the anti-locking brakes in action. I don't know why I said pumping. :-/
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Jeez, you just don't get it. Many here are being nice when they suggest you're a danger to everyone, instead of simply calling you a jackass...I have no such problem. And I'm the first one that hates safety *****, but you're something else. Even if you are the SLOWEST driver on the road, you're still a danger to all those trying to get past you. Summer tires in winter months is an accident waiting to happen - it isn't skill that got you by that winter, it was luck.
And you buy a RX8 and can't afford winter tires...what's wrong with that picture?
It's also possible to speed through red lights without hitting anybody, should you do it? Also you have a far bigger chance of crashing into people rather than trees, maybe you noticed there's far more of those pesky creatures on the roads?
For such a carefull driver, too bad you don't understand that you don't "pump" brakes on an ABS equiped car.
And you buy a RX8 and can't afford winter tires...what's wrong with that picture?
understand that it is *possible* to get by a winter safely without them. Your risks of crashing into a tree are quite a bit higher, but there is still a fair chance that won't happen.
I was pumping my brakes several seconds before I was able to actually slow down.
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The problem I have with this thread is that you are missing the point everyone is trying to make. As a result, if you ever do lose control...I hope there isn't a tree in your path...I hope it's your first born child. Then...MAYBE...you will understand just how STUPID your actions are!
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