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Yesterday Amanda finally bit the bullet and bought snow tires for the Keithmobile. We’d been thinking about them a lot, since even with AWD you still need good traction for cornering & stopping (something that EVERYONE with an SUV would be well-advised to understand!). So, after a lot of calling around, we settled on a pair of Bridgestone Blizzak snow tires from Hogan Tire<\/a>. They had the best price I could find, and they are in Waltham, so Amanda was able to go there on her way to work.<\/p>\n

Now, the Blizzaks are GOOD snow tires. They’re not studded though, so on sheer <\/span>ice they will be inferior to studded snow tires – but in every other respect they are superior. And since even on sheer ice they still give some of the best traction available, I’m not worried. They’re very aggresive looking too – I may have pictures to post of them later. Anyway, now I’m really prepared for a bad winter – let is snow!!! With these babies, I’ll be able to go ANYWHERE. <\/p>\n

So, here’s hoping for a bad winter!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’d been thinking about them a lot, since even with AWD you still need good traction for cornering & stopping So, after a lot of calling around, we settled on a pair of Bridgestone Blizzak snow tires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars-and-trucks","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-5F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3353,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2011\/02\/01\/keiths-winter-driving-tips\/","url_meta":{"origin":351,"position":0},"title":"Keith’s Winter Driving Tips","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Some common-sense tips for driving in the snow and ice of winter.","rel":"","context":"In "Cars and Trucks"","block_context":{"text":"Cars and Trucks","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/cars-and-trucks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":451,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/03\/12\/fun-in-the-snow\/","url_meta":{"origin":351,"position":1},"title":"Fun in the Snow","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 12, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, I admit it, I'm a sucker for snow - especially when there's lots of it.","rel":"","context":"In "Cars and Trucks"","block_context":{"text":"Cars and Trucks","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/cars-and-trucks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":387,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/01\/09\/the-beauty-of-all-wheel-drive-and-snow-tires\/","url_meta":{"origin":351,"position":2},"title":"The Beauty of All-Wheel Drive* (and snow tires)","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 9, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Can I just say how great AWD is? 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