skiiirt Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 After much debating I decided the cutty needs some new rubber. Im not one for winter tires. Ive never driven with winter tires and I dont have rims so I dont have summer tires. Im used to slip slididng out of control. So I bought the BF Goodrich Traction A/T's The final cost was $575 CAD. I got quotes on these tires from as little as that to as high as $869 for 4. I wish I was in the USA so I could order from tirerack and have them shipped to me at a reasonable price. $72/tire is amazing! Those of you with the Traction A/T's how do you like em? Worth the investment? They get installed on Saturday. Hopefully it snows a pile so I can test em out. I now have a full sized spare! Does a full sized fit in the spare tire well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94CutlassSLCoupe Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 you mean Traction T/A's? My mom has them on her GP and my sister has them on her CS...My mom says they're great in snow...SO much better than the Mastercraft P794's that were on it...not to mention they are SO much quieter on dry roads and its much harder to get the tires to spin now (it was so bad with the old tires, they'd start spinning if you gunned it at 20mph). I plan on getting a set for my CS and selling my dad my Cooper Classics for the Quad 4 CS (i'm driving it and it NEEDS new tires). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 supposed to be really good tires..i almost bought those, but got new Uniroyal's for my b-day present lol so i couldnt complain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 What model of the Traction T/A? T? H? V? I'm eyeballing a set of T/A T's for the Impala (225/60/16's.) The local tire chain has them for $89 each (not including mounting/balancing/disposal) and TireRack has them for $72 at their Reno warehouse only. To have them shipped from Reno to my house would cost $60, so I'm better off going to the local tire chain. I've heard they're excellent tires, so you gotta let me know how well they handle in rain/snow/ice. They've gotta be better than the shitty Eagle GA's that the car came with (more like Eagle G-A-Y's ) ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 794's arent real good mastercraft. better than as-iv's though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94CutlassSLCoupe Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 both our cars have traction t/a t's, they have said they are sweet in rain/snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiiirt Posted December 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 I believe I got the T/A T's. I will know more tomorrow Its pretty warm here and the snow has melted quite a bit. Although the roads are still slippery. I will put some miles on the tires tomorrow to see how everything is. I'll post more when I get some more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 I have Cooper tires...they are pretty surprising how good they are in snow, and ice. They grip pretty good on pavement, and snow. Ice they struggle, but are better then some other one's I've seen people try to use. (We have a couple hills on the way to school at have a decent incline to them and you know who has good tires and who doesn't when it ices over and the light turns red half way up lol) Though bothof them leak a little bit of pressure in spring/fall. I'm guessing this is a fault of my rims (clear coat peeling probably around the seal)...oh well. Good to hear you got a good deal on those tires man. I have BF's on the back on my car..not bad, but I can't really tell because they are pretty much bald...real hard rubber on mine though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 For the winter, Im running Dunlop's Graspic, and I love em, there the best tire Ive ever had in the snow/ice and just winter conditions. No doubt that BF Goodrich's are deff a good tire though! The only thing I dont like about the Dunlops, if you try any high speed moves, or are feeling rather sporty in the rain, lol watch out, theyll keep you on your toes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 what kind of coopers you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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