Hello,
I've been unable to find anything concrete on this be it thru viewing the tire manufacturer websites or elsewhere so I figured I would ask here and see if anyone knows. I'm guessing this may be on purpose to help mitigate risk from a legal standpoint but lawyers aside is there information available somewhere that shows or talks about what the ideal/not ideal outside temperatures are while using a tire with a UTQG Rating of "X"?
In other words, if I have a tire with a Treadwear rating of "200" what would the coldest outside temperature condition that this tire should be operated in? Understandably this value will be a bit different depending on brand..etc but it would be an interesting piece of info to keep in your pocket.
From personal experience when using my Potenza RE-11's (275x40x18 squared setup) it seems that they prefer it when its at least 70deg outside. When driving the car in the Sub 60Deg temp range the car can get pretty squirrelly on demand, even at speeds up to 100mph when dropping the throttle.
Granted, ones personal experience with a given tire should be all that is needed here but I'm wondering if anything official has ever been tested/published for general consumption?
Thanks
I've been unable to find anything concrete on this be it thru viewing the tire manufacturer websites or elsewhere so I figured I would ask here and see if anyone knows. I'm guessing this may be on purpose to help mitigate risk from a legal standpoint but lawyers aside is there information available somewhere that shows or talks about what the ideal/not ideal outside temperatures are while using a tire with a UTQG Rating of "X"?
In other words, if I have a tire with a Treadwear rating of "200" what would the coldest outside temperature condition that this tire should be operated in? Understandably this value will be a bit different depending on brand..etc but it would be an interesting piece of info to keep in your pocket.
From personal experience when using my Potenza RE-11's (275x40x18 squared setup) it seems that they prefer it when its at least 70deg outside. When driving the car in the Sub 60Deg temp range the car can get pretty squirrelly on demand, even at speeds up to 100mph when dropping the throttle.
Granted, ones personal experience with a given tire should be all that is needed here but I'm wondering if anything official has ever been tested/published for general consumption?
Thanks