You're My Boy, Blue

[ScottyB]

You've been down south too long, Scotty.

yes

I had summer tires on my tuned 135, I'm pretty sure you'd do just fine.

so how seriously do i take stuff like this "Tires exposed to temperatures of 20 degrees F (-7 degrees C) or lower must be permitted to gradually return to temperatures of at least 40 degrees F (5 degrees C) for at least 24 hours before they are flexed in any manner, such as by adjusting inflation pressures, mounting them on wheels or using them to support, roll or drive a vehicle.

Flexing of the specialized rubber compounds used in Max Performance Summer tires during cold-weather use can result in irreversible compound cracking. Compound cracking is not a warrantable condition because it occurs as the result of improper use or storage, tires exhibiting compound cracking must be replaced."

that's for a Pilot Super Sport 4S but all the "max performance summer" tires have the same legal snippet. it gets below freezing here and i leave the car outside sometimes. is this a "its possible it could happen, maybe, or maybe not but just in case we're saying this" kind of thing or literally never happens? i'm not waiting a day for my tires to warm up because it sat in the driveway overnight but i sure as hell don't want to crack $600 worth of tires because i drove on them before they were all happy again.

anyway as Jay said, i'm looking to get winters because its basically rally tires i can get added value out of as street tires sometimes. our clay is actually a good surface for them. also a hell of a lot cheaper than new rally tires, and used ones are impossible to find down here.

if i could give you mine i would; mine are 205/55/16.

dammit