AWD Tires

[General Schvantzkoph]

On Sun, 03 May 2009 10:44:25 -0400, Hewitt wrote:

> Damaged one tire on my 05 Chrysler 300 AWD. Must I replace all tires?

How old are the tires?

[MoPar Man]

Hewitt wrote:

> Damaged one tire on my 05 Chrysler 300 AWD. Must I replace all
> tires?

I've heard that once from one person who also had a 4WD vehicle (SUV /
Cross-over - not a Chrysler product).

Please tell us what you find out.

This would be another reason why 4WD on a passenger car is nuts - more
trouble and expense than it's worth.

[FredP]

"MoPar Man" <MoPar@Man.com> wrote in message
news:49FDC1BB.1AB65E17@Man.com...
> Hewitt wrote:
>
>> Damaged one tire on my 05 Chrysler 300 AWD. Must I replace all
>> tires?
>
> I've heard that once from one person who also had a 4WD vehicle (SUV /
> Cross-over - not a Chrysler product).
>
> Please tell us what you find out.
>
> This would be another reason why 4WD on a passenger car is nuts - more
> trouble and expense than it's worth.

If you live in a climate where you aren't exposed to snow, ice, etc., yeah
4WD is just an added expense if your not utilizing the feature. Just don't
tell that to the Audi or Subaru crowd.

As the General said how old are the tires? If fairly new(< 10k) you could
just replace either the fronts or the rears depending on which tire is bad.
If they are old, replace them. Piece of mind and safety are great comforts.

[MoPar Man]

FredP wrote:

> > In the winter, Job-1 is being able to stop without hitting anyone
> > or anything. That's where snow tires come in. Job-2 is being
> > able to start moving and keep moving. With FWD and snow tires,
> > Job-2 is a done deal.

> I agree with you on most of your post. The problem is IMO, folks
> just seem to regard all-season tires as sufficient...

In about 1/2 of Ontario, all season tires will be fine for a typical
(and even abnormal) winter.

For the other 1/2, anyone who doesn't have snows (and who has to drive
every day) is taking an unreasonable and unwarranted gamble.

> (I live in northwest Vermont). Real snow tires were in short
> supply this past winter due to your country's requirement!
> Going down to Sears all I saw were Quebec plated cars!
> Thats OK. 8-))

This past winter a law came into effect for the entire province of
Quebec. All cars had to have snow tires.

This caused (so I've been told) a country-wide shortage as many snow
tires in Canada were being diverted to Quebec.

There was even a rash of tires stolen off cars in Ontario.

[Bill Putney]

Josh S wrote:

> This year I used a new to me '94 300M...

There's no such thing as a '94 300M. What did you mean to type there?

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Bill Putney
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[Josh S]

In article <7695e6F1bn6b8U1@mid.***************>,
Bill Putney <bptn@kinez.net> wrote:

> Josh S wrote:
>
> > This year I used a new to me '94 300M...
>
> There's no such thing as a '94 300M. What did you mean to type there?

THX, of course I meant 2004 300M.
The last year of 300Ms, pushed away be the 300 box.