Tire advice
Racer
Joined: Jan 2016
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About consider the following
For some reason the listing of those cities complete with avg daily high & low temps - did not appear
fyi those cities all had avg low temps for April below 40 - meaning - sometime during April, like late April at best, a tire would reach a minimum of 40 degrees.
fyi those cities all had avg low temps for April below 40 - meaning - sometime during April, like late April at best, a tire would reach a minimum of 40 degrees.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2014
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From: Detroit
Forgot to include as part of information from Tire Rack about the Michelin’s :
”... these tires should not be serviced ( mounted or dismounted ) or stored in temperatures at or below freezing and should not be driven until tires have warned to 40 degrees ...”
so so if you lived in ( or north of - and there’s a big slug of America north of these locations )Average April temperatures for US cities.High °FLow °FCityHigh °CLow °C5537Buffalo, New York1335939Chicago, Illinois1546642Cincinnati, Ohio1965940Cleveland, Ohio1556134Denver, Colorado1615939Detroit, Michigan1546138Hartford,
You would not ( should not, be doing anything with these tires ( or ones like them - other “summer” tires ) until at least April and have them put away by the end of October. And consider the amount of locations NORTH of these cities
I live in greater Boston and although I’m sure there are cars stored in heated situations and must be those that store the vehicle and remove the wheels and tires and store in a heated environment - I don’t know of anyone that does - and - I see lots and lots of these cars ( & tires ) out on the roads in March and still out on the roads almost to thanksgiving.
At the least theres a disconnect beteeen Tire Rack and reality
”... these tires should not be serviced ( mounted or dismounted ) or stored in temperatures at or below freezing and should not be driven until tires have warned to 40 degrees ...”
so so if you lived in ( or north of - and there’s a big slug of America north of these locations )Average April temperatures for US cities.High °FLow °FCityHigh °CLow °C5537Buffalo, New York1335939Chicago, Illinois1546642Cincinnati, Ohio1965940Cleveland, Ohio1556134Denver, Colorado1615939Detroit, Michigan1546138Hartford,
You would not ( should not, be doing anything with these tires ( or ones like them - other “summer” tires ) until at least April and have them put away by the end of October. And consider the amount of locations NORTH of these cities
I live in greater Boston and although I’m sure there are cars stored in heated situations and must be those that store the vehicle and remove the wheels and tires and store in a heated environment - I don’t know of anyone that does - and - I see lots and lots of these cars ( & tires ) out on the roads in March and still out on the roads almost to thanksgiving.
At the least theres a disconnect beteeen Tire Rack and reality
All that said, for me in IL, I store my summer tires in an unheated garage during the winter, and have not personally had any trouble with it.
