What kind of tires did you have?

Like everyone else said, good excuse to do a 2010+ conversion!

 

Hankook, which appear to be more of a performance tire rather than an all-season. I am definitely going to look into replacing those soon with 4 good all-seasons. . .. any recommendations?

 

Yes. You live in Rhode Island. Use snow & ice tires during the Winter months.

 

Blizzaks seem to get some of the best reviews IIRC.

 

Yea, I am definitely going to swap the tires before next winter. There was no way I was going to stop before hitting that truck. He had chains on his tires and stopped pretty abruptly, with Hankooks I knew it was over.

 

Good to know everything is okay with you.

 

Hmm, so the body shop and insurance guy have asked me the following:

They are saying that there is a minor scratch on my passenger side front rim and they said I have the following options:

1. I can live with the scratch and they will negate my deductible ($250)?
or
2. I can have them replace the rim and pay my deductible. . . . .

Am I missing something or is this normal? This seems strange to me. Any input would be appreciated. My initial though process is to have them leave the rim alone and I can take it elsewhere and get it buffed out for much cheaper than $250. . . .

 

Also, I been thinking about the 2010 bumper swap and IMO I like the 09' sport bumper with the lip more than the 2010. The only + would be the fog lights IMO.

 

Refinishing rims usually is about $200 per wheel. I'd pass and go to a shop where they'll cover your deductible like a good friend would.

 

The General AS-03's on my wife's G37xS are good enough to get us through Colorado winters, but they actually perform pretty well in warm weather as well.

 

Thanks, I will look into those.

 

My family is from Montpelier. Scary experience trying to drive there one time from western NY, got stranded in Saratoga where I had to spend the night because 1 inch of snow fell while driving. Nothing like gently applying the brakes and skidding 100s of feet with no control.

I use Michelin X-ice's for the winter. I recommend them.

Or if you want to go the all-season route, Nokian WGR-3's are about the only winter-biased all-season tire I know of. Maybe the only all-season tire with the snowflake/mountain symbol? They get good reviews.

 

Here's a pretty good review on snow/ice tires
10 Best Winter Tires - Gear Patrol

 

Running Cooper Weather Masters this winter. First time driving them and I can now say this car is on par with my Audi A6 in the snow.

 

Out of the shop and back home!