I laughed every time I had to shift when it was colder than -10. It was much harder than normal and even the shift gate didn't want to move. Above that temp it was perfect. Also, the intake temp at around -10 was around 8 above. I'm assuming that was post intercooler and the water temp was 197. This was off the OBD port using my iPhone.
Something is just different with my car now, it's hovering around plus 20 here and I'm still getting 35 mpg on 30+ mile drives. Takes 3 miles to warmup fully.
Also I was an intern at the DOT this summer and heard that alot of the problems with rutting in anchorage isn't studs, it's the sublayer of silt that pretty much all of anchorage is built on. Some bad decisions on materials were also used in constructing the roads. In front of sears on the Glenn for example is 4 or so different test strips of different materials. Next time you go by, you can see that some lanes are severly rutted and others are barely touched. But I agree that studs have an impact, I also believe that stud>studless always on ice. My 4wd expedition just had BFGs year round and was fine, but doesn't compare to my traction now. If they could make a studdless compound that didn't get worse after a year then I might bite.
Something is just different with my car now, it's hovering around plus 20 here and I'm still getting 35 mpg on 30+ mile drives. Takes 3 miles to warmup fully.
Also I was an intern at the DOT this summer and heard that alot of the problems with rutting in anchorage isn't studs, it's the sublayer of silt that pretty much all of anchorage is built on. Some bad decisions on materials were also used in constructing the roads. In front of sears on the Glenn for example is 4 or so different test strips of different materials. Next time you go by, you can see that some lanes are severly rutted and others are barely touched. But I agree that studs have an impact, I also believe that stud>studless always on ice. My 4wd expedition just had BFGs year round and was fine, but doesn't compare to my traction now. If they could make a studdless compound that didn't get worse after a year then I might bite.