Summer tires in "winter" - compound "elastisity" ?
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Summer tires in "winter" - compound "elastisity" ?
I have Michelin Pilot Primacy summer tires on my car from the factory. It barely snows but just in case I got some Kumho winter tires for insurance. So anyway by march it snowed one day, and then that's it, mostly dry months so I switched my tires back to the Michelins. Now it's SNOWING for the first [EDIT] time in 3 months.... great
But it's raining so I think the snow is gonna die. Though it's kind of cold (like 34ºF) and I hear the compound of the summer tire cannot be very effective in "colder" conditions.
Does anybody know anything about tire compound and what temperature a summer tire will lose its elasticity and be deemed "unsafe" in cold weather?
But it's raining so I think the snow is gonna die. Though it's kind of cold (like 34ºF) and I hear the compound of the summer tire cannot be very effective in "colder" conditions.
Does anybody know anything about tire compound and what temperature a summer tire will lose its elasticity and be deemed "unsafe" in cold weather?
Last edited by Injuneer; Mar 9, 2006 at 11:52 AM.
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