Wife's car

Lots of it's Ford cousin available at good prices just about anywhere.

Ok great...and NOW you will call the ambulance for your wife?

Well , probably not since she's not seriously hurt . She got more injuries from slipping and falling on the slick road surface than she got in the wreck .

On 01/11/2014 06:12 AM, Snag wrote: hing>

Glad she came through ok.

Sorry to hear that. I've lost vehicles to wrecks. No fun, go shopping for another vehicle, and get the tools and such moved from one to the other. Heck of a lot of time, and of work.

Hi, Tissue damage can cause long term effect. Better put it on the record with the insurance company. By any chance did her vehicle have winter tires? I found out some winter tires are good on ice, some are good in snow. The Finnish Akkapelka winter tire is pretty good on ice. Pretty expensive tires. We're on Michelin X Ice IIs.

You mean the Nokian Hakkepelitas - or Haks as we used to call them in the rallye fraternity back in the late seventies. The old Blue Metzlers were EXCELLENT on ice too.

Never heard of Nokian until a month ago. Put a set of Nokian WRG3 on my car. So far, they seem to be pretty solid performers in snow but with little ice experience. They are a good year round tire.

The Hak is DEFINITELY a winter only tire. VERY agressive - they are a bit noisy, but will handle anything finland and russia can throw their way. In the non-studded class ice racing the Haks and Metzler Blue were the only tire that could hack it (no pun intended) back in the '80s - before the Blizzaks and GraspIc and Michelin Ice tires were developed.

AFAIK, the Haks are not sold here. The WRG3 is touted as being a tire specifically designed for North America. They do have a snow rating, but can also cruise at 149 mph.

W deon't usually carry tools in her car . She expects me to maintain it so that tools are seldom necessary . And I do .

Hi, Firestone Blizzak is good winter tire but it wears too fast. Heard they have ground walnut shell in their rubber compound. Also I think Toyo winter tires contain citrus oil.

I had Hakks a decade back. Nice Winter tires but make sure you don't run them for any distance when it gets warm. They are strictly a Winter tire. ...or at least were. Maybe they've compromised some.

Hakks aren't sold here? Where's "here"? I had several sets of Hakks when I lived in Vermont. I bought them at Costco, even.

I guess that is why these were engineered they way they were. Very good on dry but I've not had summer heat yet. They handle well at higher speeds, but I've not gone over 100 yet and doubt many of us do on a regular basis.

Maybe I got bad information. Here is CT and MA.

I had them on my '93 Vision TSi, which I junked in '01, so it's been a few years.

I'm sure they'll drive very well in the desert, too, for a few miles. The composition isn't meant to withstand summer tire temperatures. Unless something has changed, they'll wear very badly. They're intended to be "sticky" in cold weather.

Yes, me too.

Was she able to drive when the wheels were up?