Vermont Trip

[bloodredsmurf]

woah, love everything about your car. good luck have SAFE fun

Thanks! Safe is the key lol

Keep the hammer down youll be good..

Lived in VT for 4 years, slammed MK4 Jetta on all seasons, sucked at some times, but made it through everything. Just be cautious and don't do anything stupid hahaha.

Just gotta keep my eyes pealed for potholes

[boostAbear]

Keep the hammer down youll be good..

Lived in VT for 4 years, slammed MK4 Jetta on all seasons, sucked at some times, but made it through everything. Just be cautious and don't do anything stupid hahaha.

[Devo]

woah, love everything about your car. good luck have SAFE fun

[bloodredsmurf]

So your snow tires are bald? Sounds more like you have a set of slicks at this point. I say get some new snows. Swap them on my A4 every winter, and I've never gotten stuck. Are falken's all seasons? Shouldn't be a problem if they are

I say bald because I deemed them useless. They have no tread on the inside and minimal on the outside. Yeah they're all seasons but haven't driven yet with them in snow.

[NeedingAnAudi]

So your snow tires are bald? Sounds more like you have a set of slicks at this point. I say get some new snows. Swap them on my A4 every winter, and I've never gotten stuck. Are falken's all seasons? Shouldn't be a problem if they are

[NickBroderick]

Also, this!

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[NickBroderick]

Camber worn 512's up front, 1,000 miles on the NS2's in the rear. The NS2's SUCKED and the 512's were just okay driving through the stuff in the picture. I drove through about 2 inches of fresh powdery snow with 512's all around back in March and there were a couple slippery moments.

[bloodredsmurf]

what are your wheel specs?

18x9.5 et 25f 20r on 215/40

Somehow missed the fact that you're on 512's... I had them on my R32 and drove through a snow storm last year. No traction but the Haldex kept me on the road. I wouldn't recommend 512's for winter driving to anyone. They're not really 'all season' tires.

Yeah they'll low grade all-seasons in the grand scheme but they're pretty good in wet and dry.

[Alex@BagRiders]

Damn dude, sorry to hear about your horrible trip back. Sounds like a nightmare. My car isn't stupid low..but it's enough to give me problems if there are more than a couple inches on the ground. Luckily the hotels are close to the mountains so I won't be doing too much driving once I'm there..except for some exploring

8 hours to get 60 miles ha fuck that. Round trip is about 1500 miles. Should be interesting.

I'll be sure to post some pictures of the trip. Surprised more people with audi's or sti's don't have input from being slammed on falken 512's.

Somehow missed the fact that you're on 512's... I had them on my R32 and drove through a snow storm last year. No traction but the Haldex kept me on the road. I wouldn't recommend 512's for winter driving to anyone. They're not really 'all season' tires.

[Okoye]

what are your wheel specs?

[bloodredsmurf]

Raise it up to stock height or at least 2 more inches. Think about how bad it would suck to have to get out of your car in the freezing weather to jack up all 4 corners so you can get home. I was stupid with a low car and it took me 8 hours to get 60 miles in the snow. Got stuck, destroyed my plastics, almost got frostbite.

Damn dude, sorry to hear about your horrible trip back. Sounds like a nightmare. My car isn't stupid low..but it's enough to give me problems if there are more than a couple inches on the ground. Luckily the hotels are close to the mountains so I won't be doing too much driving once I'm there..except for some exploring

8 hours to get 60 miles ha fuck that. Round trip is about 1500 miles. Should be interesting.

I'll be sure to post some pictures of the trip. Surprised more people with audi's or sti's don't have input from being slammed on falken 512's.

[bloodredsmurf]

AWD is def a benefit in the snow but it has NOTHING to do with stopping. winter tires required for real safety in the snow/ice. anyone contesting that is contesting the laws of physics.

consider top fuel drag racers have thousands of hours put into building a motor/trans around a set of tires. im serious, without traction the +9000hp is useless and those cars are built with that in mind. 1/4mile in 3 seconds means the motor rotates like 450 times end to end where they shut it down and have to rebuild it. think all that money and time is planned and executed around the grip of the tires, then think if spending $600-$800 on some half decent snow tires is worth it.

cheaper than bodywork when that dude pulls out in front of you.

Appreciate the honesty. I know I'll be absolutely ****** life if anything happens (knock on wood) and yeah the main difference is the stopping and turning traction. Just hope vermont doesnt get blanketed with snow lol. I have high hopes haha

[zxert]

Raise it up to stock height or at least 2 more inches. Think about how bad it would suck to have to get out of your car in the freezing weather to jack up all 4 corners so you can get home. I was stupid with a low car and it took me 8 hours to get 60 miles in the snow. Got stuck, destroyed my plastics, almost got frostbite.

[deckard]

AWD is def a benefit in the snow but it has NOTHING to do with stopping. winter tires required for real safety in the snow/ice. anyone contesting that is contesting the laws of physics.

consider top fuel drag racers have thousands of hours put into building a motor/trans around a set of tires. im serious, without traction the +9000hp is useless and those cars are built with that in mind. 1/4mile in 3 seconds means the motor rotates like 450 times end to end where they shut it down and have to rebuild it. think all that money and time is planned and executed around the grip of the tires, then think if spending $600-$800 on some half decent snow tires is worth it.

cheaper than bodywork when that dude pulls out in front of you.

[Zack01GC]

When I had my A4, I never put snow tires on it. I drove on all season performance tires year round, and never had a single bit of trouble. Driving no problem in up to 8" of snow. My car was not lowered, so that may be a factor.

I have never put snow tires on any AWD vehicle of mine. The RWD ones got snows, though.