Blizzak's are great snow tires.I put a skid plate on my MINI as defense against the icebergs of winter. To tell the truth after driving my MINI since December of 2005 a skid plate is probably overkill. With a heads up driving style you should be able to steer clear & not recreate the Titanic adventure.
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Mini/Blizzak tires. What a combo!!!!!!! I work second shift, and driving home on the last 2 nights has been an absolute witch (or something that rhymes with that). Blowing snow, drifts, whiteouts, etc. It's a 56 mile commute, and the Coop never missed a beat, or caused me any real scary moments. Awesome.
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wmwny Well-Known Member
I took my wife to Dayton Friday and hit a stretch of US 40 in our way home that had drifted over. A car and a truck were already in the ditch and I couldn't turn around so I drove thru about 8" of the drifted snow and deep ruts. Again, my 15" Blizzaks pulled us thru, although my wife was terrified as the snow plowed up over the hood and the roof as we sought lesser snow.
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Purchased a set of R93 OEM 5 spokes, 15", on e-bay for $145 + $94.87 shipping ($238.87 total). These are the same as the rims on the M1N1. Look to be in great condition, with MINI centre caps.
Now, what is the best way to store my rims/winter tyres during the summer?-
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wmwny Well-Known Member
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My R53 has seen 6-8" snow and has gone thru areas that had blown over after having been plowed with large chunks of packed snow in the roadway. I have185-65-15 Blizzaks on oem 8-spokes for Winter use. While the car bogged a bit until it got its ABS footing, everything after that was smooth sailing. It was funny to watch the snow lifting up over the bumper, windshield and down the roof to the hatch, but I'm glad no one else was on the road.
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Should have opened the sunroof Jeff. Now that would have been funny. :wink:
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Jokes Jeff these are jokes. Don't open the sunroof until spring. Sounds like your dog has a good outlook.
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wmwny Well-Known Member
It wasn't a rant, Chuck...just caught me off guard a bit and I overreacted. Sorry...chalk this one up to yet another weather-related incident.
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No harm no foul Jeff. :donut1:
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Great idea. Tires are not meant to be repeatedly mounted & un-mounted from the rims. Have a second set of rims makes the change over so easy.
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Mounting and unmounting tires 2x a year gets $$ and can cause issues getting a good seal....tires are made to be mounted/unmounted a couple of times at most....not the 5 or 6 times a mid mile drive might get out of their tires ....
OEM rims can be had for a song....they tend to be strong...and decent coatings do they survive salt/sand.....
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