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View Poll Results: Would you drive your ZL1 in 44* temps?
Yes 16 61.54%
No 8 30.77%
I'm a Prick and think you're stupid. 2 7.69%
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Old 04-02-2015, 05:29 PM   #1
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TIRE WARNING

Replace your Good years with Mickey Thompson's ASAP. Just Saying....
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Old 04-02-2015, 05:32 PM   #2
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Old 04-02-2015, 05:52 PM   #3
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Old 04-02-2015, 09:10 PM   #4
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I was out today (50*) and my Goodyears worked great.
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Old 04-02-2015, 09:53 PM   #5
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Replace your Good years with Mickey Thompson's ASAP. Just Saying....
I'm in Tennessee just like you and have driven 3 winters on the Goodyears without any issue. Just have common sense below 40 deg.
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Old 04-06-2015, 08:13 AM   #6
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44* and was driving normal

I'm just saying they turned into skis and now my rides in a wrecker lot. I wasn't driving crazy, I wasn't speeding, I wasn't texting, I was just driving and my car decided it didn't want to turn. Just trying to keep someone else from the same fate. I know if I get another one, first thing I do is going to be swapping the tires out.
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Old 04-06-2015, 09:14 AM   #7
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I'm just saying they turned into skis and now my rides in a wrecker lot. I wasn't driving crazy, I wasn't speeding, I wasn't texting, I was just driving and my car decided it didn't want to turn. Just trying to keep someone else from the same fate. I know if I get another one, first thing I do is going to be swapping the tires out.
We have cold day drivers training here in Michigan, its called rush hour.. Havent seen any shelby's or 1LE's pr Z sliding of the road and they were all out this weekend on Woodward, and they were texting, riping freeway exits , and jamming on each other..
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Old 04-06-2015, 07:04 PM   #8
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I'm just saying they turned into skis and now my rides in a wrecker lot. I wasn't driving crazy, I wasn't speeding, I wasn't texting, I was just driving and my car decided it didn't want to turn. Just trying to keep someone else from the same fate. I know if I get another one, first thing I do is going to be swapping the tires out.
I bet the insurance company or the police didn't like to hear "the tires just stopped working"... These are not cold weather tires as stated in the manual and all over this website. Sorry your car got hurt but happy you didn't!
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Old 04-06-2015, 10:17 PM   #9
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I bet the insurance company or the police didn't like to hear "the tires just stopped working"... These are not cold weather tires as stated in the manual and all over this website. Sorry your car got hurt but happy you didn't!

Yup.... Ladies and Gentlemen..... you have just met Mr. Sensitive He'll be here all week....and don't forget to tip your waitress
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Old 04-06-2015, 11:23 PM   #10
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Yup.... Ladies and Gentlemen..... you have just met Mr. Sensitive He'll be here all week....and don't forget to tip your waitress
What is that supposed to mean smart guy?

The guy wrecked his car because the temps were too cold for the tires and with this in mind, he was going too fast for the conditions (both the road and his vehicles ability). Blaming the tires is just an excuse and I have very little sympathy for it seeing how this is the 50th thread about the tires being dangerous in the cold. (Obviously)

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Old 04-07-2015, 03:09 PM   #11
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Old 04-07-2015, 03:52 PM   #12
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I drove a newly purchased ZL1 from Tulsa, OK to Los Angeles, CA in late December 2014. The temps hovered in the 20F-40F range the whole time. With some sleet/snow in northern TX on the I-40. My wife was in the passenger seat, and my 2 year old son was in a car seat in the back. I was driving normally, was texting and speeding with the stock Goodyear tires and managed to keep the car on the road for all 1800 or so miles.
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Old 04-09-2015, 05:59 AM   #13
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Mine were Goodyear F1 supercar tires, like the ones that come from the factory, not P0's
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Old 04-09-2015, 06:00 AM   #14
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Thanks. Fresh dew fell, they didn't like it.

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I bet the insurance company or the police didn't like to hear "the tires just stopped working"... These are not cold weather tires as stated in the manual and all over this website. Sorry your car got hurt but happy you didn't!
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