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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham
It might be important to specify that the more extreme summer tires are more prone to this situation...."regular" summer tires will still get stiffer as they get colder and loose traction...but may not crack...or may tolerate colder temps. |
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Originally Posted by CruzySS
Exactly. Summer performance tires won't crack just sitting in the cold. Some may crack if there is a load on them and moved in the extreme cold.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham
I'll say this much - the tires on the ZL1 1LE are shot (ordering new ones for the spring)...so I was curious and decided to leave them on the car as it sat outside in the garage for the winter. It's under a cover, but I am curious to see the results.
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Well, I didn't want to chance it with a brand new car, and after I read about the problems Cadillac V-series owners were having with their tires cracking in cold weather and the dealer memo GM sent all Cadillac dealers telling them not to cover cracked summer tires under warranty, I didn't want to take a chance.
V-Series owners have had tires crack just sitting in the garage in sub-40 degree temps not even driving the cars.
I don't know if the V-Series cars use the same rubber our SSs do, but I do know they're summer only like ours.