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Something About Tires in Moscow…

How about an interesting tidbit of information today? In Russia as in Moscow everyone has two sets of tires. You have a set of high speed Summer tires and a set of Winter tires. The Winter tires are aggressive studded type tires…

The concept of all weather tires just does not sink into the Russia mind. I remember back in the old days in America and we always had Winter tires or Summer tires also. Then life became all weather tires… :)

I really do not think that all weather can handle the Winters here in Moscow. Much less a Winter in Siberia…

So when you have 7 to 8 months of Winter you need a tire designed just for Winter…

I myself run heavy mud and snow tires all year around. Since many back-roads in Russia are dirt and mud, I decided that running mud’s all the time would be the best. It has worked and we do not get stuck, no matter what the weather or where we drive… (Knock on wood please!)

The Winters are long and horrendous in Russia and I see people run studded tires year around. But that maybe is not a good idea. It really effects breaking and handling on dry pavement…

So now you know why an all weather tire is just plain worthless in Russia and everyone has Summer tires and Winter tires… (Everyone but me!)

Thoughts of Moscow!

 

Posted by on October 18, 2011.

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