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Remember (particularly new owners, of whom we seem to have many):
High performance summer tires, which most of us use on our NSXs, have very little grip when it's cold outside. I felt ABS kick in today under only moderately hard braking. I was on a dry highway, but because the temperature was around 27F (-3C) grip was drastically reduced.
So don't go flying into that corner you loved all summer at your usual 8/10ths speed or you may find out the hard way that on summer performance tires below freezing that speed becomes 11/10ths!
I don't really drive my car much when it's really cold so I don't buy winter tires, but if you are using it at a daily driver and live where you get real winter weather, I'd strongly suggest looking into it. In addition to the generally reduced grip in cold weather, summer performance tires are flat out dangerous in the snow.
The supercharger loves the cold air though!
High performance summer tires, which most of us use on our NSXs, have very little grip when it's cold outside. I felt ABS kick in today under only moderately hard braking. I was on a dry highway, but because the temperature was around 27F (-3C) grip was drastically reduced.
So don't go flying into that corner you loved all summer at your usual 8/10ths speed or you may find out the hard way that on summer performance tires below freezing that speed becomes 11/10ths!
I don't really drive my car much when it's really cold so I don't buy winter tires, but if you are using it at a daily driver and live where you get real winter weather, I'd strongly suggest looking into it. In addition to the generally reduced grip in cold weather, summer performance tires are flat out dangerous in the snow.
The supercharger loves the cold air though!