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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 05:45 AM
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Going to Pennsylvania for ski season. Flying sucks, always gotta drive for the scenery With the recent snow storm up there, I'm concerned the Azenis aren't going to do too well with the melting snow/ice seeing as though they aren't that great in the Florida rains. What do you all use during the winter/snow/cold season?

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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 05:55 AM
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Blizzaks, Michelin Alpin...

keep them for future drag use in flowida...
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 06:03 AM
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a lot of that snow is gonna melt tonight with some rain. might wanna wait about a month so we get a nice snow pack. some of the resorts are open but not near full operation.

Firestone has a new snow tire out and its SICK.
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 07:09 AM
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If your going to make the run up north then this weekend or next week should be your best bet for clear roads but the snow on the hills might not be so good.
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 07:20 AM
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Nokian Hakkapeliitas...

Relatively noisy on asphalt (R's are noisy already, our engines'll probably mask most of the sound anyway... ), but awesome in snow and ice...

I'm sure they will last you forever, seeing as they will not get much use while you are in Florida...
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 07:31 AM
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https://honda-tech.com/zerothre...55881
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 07:48 AM
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screw the snow tires... Let's pimp the CRV.

Chris---> who is waiting for clay to chime in.
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 07:50 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxtasy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">https://honda-tech.com/zerothre...55881</TD></TR></TABLE>

hrmm... just a bunch of sissies argueing over FWD v. RWD in the snow with no real answer
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 08:23 AM
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I would look to Nokian or Gislaved's

and when you coming up this way? i'm 35minutes from Philly which means you may be driving right past me
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 08:27 AM
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Toyo RA-1's......... errr, i mean blizzaks

I had to drive the R last winter rolling on the 17 inch yoko paradas that came with the car.... that wasnt fun
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 09:05 AM
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You going to Seven Springs? We'll be up there in mid-January

We always take a couple of Suburbans though.
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 09:28 AM
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I got Michelin Artic Alpins

Where in Pa are you going?
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 09:30 AM
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Realitor....... I am going Snowboarding(or attempting to), this weekend. When are you coming up??
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 09:45 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Smitdog &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Realitor....... I am going Snowboarding(or attempting to), this weekend. When are you coming up?? </TD></TR></TABLE>

We are looking at Dec. 31 - Jan 5th or so. Still narrowing down slopes to go to I usually go to camelback, PA - http://www.skicamelback.com
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 09:59 AM
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Dont know what your skill level is, but http://www.mountaincreek.com in northern NJ has a pretty good park and super pipe set up for this year. Not sure if all that will be complete by the time you get up here though. I usually go up to stratton though and dont usually ride around here much.
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 10:02 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RealTypeR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

We are looking at Dec. 31 - Jan 5th or so. Still narrowing down slopes to go to I usually go to camelback, PA - http://www.skicamelback.com</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh geez. if your going there let me know. i'll break out my ski stuff that i haven't used in 4 years.

blue mountain is smaller but fun. you start from the top of the mountain instead of the base which is kinda cool. couple **** holes local too. whenever i go to camelback its always ice and not good on probably the narrowist trails in the Poconos
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 10:11 AM
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Something tells me this trip is going to get ugly
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 10:12 AM
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Sonny Bono Style
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 10:29 AM
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blech
if your gonna ski in PA, you gotta wait till feb or so.. otherwise, its boring. cover the whole mountain in 1/2 day..

since we are stuck on the east coast, might as well do it right, head up to VT! mt snow and killington are great areas, and lots of fun.. but i think its been a slow start for them so far this season too..

oh,and ya, im with jeff, either way, get gislaveds!
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 10:31 AM
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How often are you going to drive on the tires?

I just put a set of Blizzak LM-22's on my car. Haven't had a chance to test them out in the snow yet, but dry traction is nice and they're less 'mushy' feeling than the WS-50's.
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 11:50 AM
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&lt;=== been rocking the Michelin Pilot Alpins in stock size for three winters now (rolling on steelies). Those tires are perfect for the R - not bad on the highway (H rated) and decent in the white stuff... I've driven through 4+ unplowed inches of the white stuff without much difficulty.
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 11:57 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Leo95SE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">might as well do it right, head up to VT! mt snow and killington are great areas, and lots of fun.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Organizing a trip to Killington using my girlfriends presidential suite guaranteed time share room any where in the world

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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 12:01 PM
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rent a hummer.
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 12:08 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by opie112 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Organizing a trip to Killington using my girlfriends presidential suite guaranteed time share room any where in the world

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Killington OWNESSS!!!

I doubt the Realitor wants to drive that far north......
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 12:15 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RealTypeR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hrmm... just a bunch of sissies argueing over FWD v. RWD in the snow with no real answer </TD></TR></TABLE>

If you looked at the post I linked you to, instead of the most recent posts, you would have found exactly the advice you were looking for.

But "no good deed goes unflamed" on h-t.com

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Philly_NBP_R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">decent in the white stuff... I've driven through 4+ unplowed inches of the white stuff without much difficulty.</TD></TR></TABLE>

As Mae West once said (not to me) - "4 inches? Is that all you've got?"
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