While we're talking winter tires, I have a question for the CP brain trust:
I bought a set of tires this fall, second hand, for my other car. The rim and tire size was a direct match for my car and the price was great. The things look barely used. Plus they came mounted on alloys, so they look nicer than the black steelies on the other car.
A google search for "Yokohama Guardex" shows that these are definitely winter tires, and the tread is obviously winter tread, but there's no little snowflake icon (which is supposed to be on all winter tires) on the sides. Yokohama's new literature on these tires shows the snowflake.
All that I have is a little icon of a deer. Yes, a deer. Not sure what this means. It could be that the tires are older and predate the snowflake. Or it could be that they were purchased in a different market.
The bottom line is, they perform well but not quite as well as the ones on my other car. I'm just curious about the little deer. Of course, being second hand, I'll never truly know the history of where and when they were bought.
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