ATC399

its funny you see knuckleheads all winter long driving around on low profile performance tires...I usually give them extra spacing....

phileaglesfan

Heck Mad Max and I can tell you how crappy a set of A/S tires can be. My daughter's Sonic's OEM Hankook all season tires were crappy in the cold/snow/ice especially for a FWD car. Replaced them with Michelin Defenders and she said she felt like she gained 10 years of experience driving.

But you would think someone dropping $50k or more on a car would do so some research for their needs.

ATC399

MisterMidlifeCrisis

Did you know that Spring Mountain operates year round? When I was there in early December, the track and air temps were in the 20's at the beginning of the day, and we were lapping before the temps got above freezing. This was not even the coldest time of year for them, yet the Michelin tires they use have no such problems, and no problems with grip either.

Tires should not be damaged by being driven in those types of temps, period. I sense a recall in the works.

pewter99

I saw what it said...and I agree that is pretty bad

yes I do...and I also know from my own experience on the street in Florida when the temp drops you better be damn careful with quick manuvers or you will find yourself facing the opposite direction especially if the tires are still cold....I imagine you did a few laps before you were out running at speed. That being said I also venture to guess that those cars receive new rubber pretty frequently...

Mad*Max

MisterMidlifeCrisis

The tires were cold first thing in the morning (I checked), though the cars were outside idling to warm up the engine. We usually did one lap at about 60%, then one lap at about 80%.

And the tires probably last a week or two. So, you think the problem is that the Goodyear rubber gets hard as it ages? I hadn't thought of that and that might very well be. But the scary thing is that these tires are fairly new so I don't think there's any G2 tire that's more than a couple of years old.

jgallcny

"Summer" means different things to different folks in various parts of the country. I'd usually consider road conditions the primary issue in that no snow... don't need all season tires! However the F1s on my C5 were loosing their grip when the temps got onto the 50s. After getting a bit sideways a couple of times, they got my attention. A GOOD LESSON LEARNED here though. Aside from tire damage, the traction in the dry at moderate temps should be highlighted by the tire manufacturers for us "amateurs" to consider.

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Seadawg

I've been told by a Goodyear tire engineer that certain tire compounds for lack of a better term "crystallize" from repeated cold/hot heat cycle, and that is what I believe happens most dramatically with the Goodyears, including the GEN2's. I would break traction with "cold" tires at any temp below 60 degrees, in 3rd gear, straight line accelleration at about 4k rpms, when I had about 14k miles on mine, so I replaced them with Bridgestone Potenza RFs, and the issue was history.

The Bridgestones continue to grip very well cold (from the mid 20's cold traction on WV trips), to the low 100's here in parts of Florida. Meaning, very consistant traction cold, hot, wet, dry, etc. Cnsistancy is very important to me, so that you can predict how the car will handle, especially with a daily driver like mine.

A year and a half later, I now have over 20k plus miles on the Bridgestones, and the temp in my part of Florida was in the mid 50's this morning. I could barely get a chirp shifting hard to 2nd this morning, so they continue to grip well in the cooler temps, with many miles on them too.

phileaglesfan

My Super Sports are great down to 5 degrees or so (low as I had them) as long as it is dry. I even did a max power accel onto the interstate and had no issues.

But if someone looks at the G2's tread, or even the Michelin Cup tires tread one should be able to figure out that they are not made for cold weather driving. Run flats tend to be jumpy in the cold anyway, and that is the A/S ZP tires I had on my 08 before.

Force Corvette

What replacement tire is recommended for the Z06

tominohio

G/S, Z06, 427 Convertibles or ZR1 models are designated as such so the "High Performance Customer" can buy a car which is intended for let's say spirited driving.
I want tires on my G/S that are agressive when hot that's why I bought it. If you want to look cool and drive the car for mundane transportation.....buy a base model and leave the ZL1 camaro's to the people who know what the "ZL1 has ALWAYS stood for...."Maximum Performance with NO compromise."