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Old 12-23-2011, 12:36 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by renny View Post
Z-rated tyres (mentioned in the article) are not suitable for winter, once temps drop below 5 degrees celsius those tyres turn rock hard and you have no traction at all. It's like a hockey puck on ice.
Z-rated tires don't exist anymore.

They used to mean the tires were tested over ~240km/h.

Now the rating system goes much higher (300km/h).

You can get V-rated winter tires (tested to 240 km/h).

/tiredorking
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