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Two words: Winter Tires
You will be amazed at the difference they make.
You will be amazed at the difference they make.
Yes, you need to ditch the GY's. The GY Eagles are not a good true snow tire. They are barely an adequate summer tire. Do they have "M+S" on them indicating it is a all-weather tire? Even if they do, it's obvious they don't have good "snow" ability.TCB said:I'm 50 years old and I've lived in Wisconsin all my life. I know how to drive in snow and ice. All I drive is Mopar. So I know what I'm doing. Last Auguest 2012 I bought a Chrysler 200 touring from a dealer and have been very happy. Then the snow and ice came; I have NEVER had a car act like this on the road. It is all over the place. This is my wife's car and she travels 45 miles a day to work. Last night we had snow and ice and she would not take the car. She took my car, a 2004 Chrysler Concord. I have on the Chrysler 200 Goodyears Eagle LS 2 P225/50 R18 tires. Is my problem the tires ? Do I just need to get different tires ? Is it the car itself (The design of the car). If I can't find out whats going on I'll be trading this in for something else.
Every now and then we can see that despite all the efforts, development isn't always going forward...TCB said:... Then the snow and ice came; I have NEVER had a car act like this on the road. It is all over the place....
Sad. Starts to sound serious for the 200. Especially if there are no proper adjustments for rear. "Bad tires" generally do not make the car's behavior unpredictable, and can't recommend trying to compensate the problem with ultimate tires as the result is the vehicle shoots you out of the controls only in higher speeds.tkyoshi said:Was the vehicle loaded? Seems there may be an issue w/ the vehicle when loaded. Been following this thread on another forum. Sounds like it may be along the same lines?
http://www.200forums.com/forum/12-chrysler-200-wheels-tires-suspension/1855-winter-driving.html
Well I can tell you I had my 3 youngest kids my wife and myself 6' tall and 300lbs plus 800 bucks worth of groceries in my Avenger last week and had no trouble on wet curved roads at 70 mph. My car felt heavy but she didn't complain about the weight.valiant67 said:After reading that other thread, I wonder how much is due to the 200's suspension tuning? Since it seems worse with loaded cars and as someone points out no one seems to be complaining about the Avenger having similar issues, it could be the "softer" 200 suspension at close to full load being an issue.