Re: Studleeness

[Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>]

On Thu, 8 Feb 1996, Robert Myers wrote:

> There is at least one other disadvantage to driving with studs which I 
> have not seen mentioned here.
> 
> Studs, on dry roads (as they are in my area much of the time), give much 
> the same feel as driving on sand or grit.  They give the feeling of 
> *LESS* traction on dry roads.  Imagine the feeling of driving on ball 
> bearings.  :-(

that is the tradeoff for having grip on ice.  i take them off the
moment the ice melts.  i know that regular snows are just not
good enough for ice.  the corrado with 210s cannot adequately
handle ice....  and we have lots of ice here.


eliot