I did not know that this forum had a required You Tube watch list.
Itās not! You can watch it on MotorTrend too!
While Iām on the subject of MotorTrend, I wonder if they changed their minds about only showing reruns. I was watching a Roadkill repeat and a notice came on saying that there would be a new episode of Roadkill on Tuesday (next week). I only recall seeing in-show ads like that as part of the old show, only for real new content. I looked online and didnāt see any indication that MotorTrend or any other Discovery channel would carry new content of this type. Iāll be happy if they changed their minds and will have new episodes of the showsi mentioned plus Roadkill Garage. BTW, Iām old. I have cable.
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I donāt know about handling but as far as winter traction, my experience. In 1968 my 59 Pontiac came with those wide oval tires on the back. I had a hill by my apartment and those bald wide tire had no problem making it up th3 snowy hill. Over vacation I had the standard size snow tires put on. I had a very hard time making it up the hill with the snow tires. So wider, even bald, provided better traction. Sioux Falls was not great about plowing back then.
The āwide ovalā tires were not really very wideā¦ especially for an aircraft carrier of a car like a '59 Pontiac. 
Knock 1000 lbs of the car and double the tire width and your snow experience will not be the same! 
Each set of winter tires Iāve ordered for my cars (from Tire Rack) were narrower than the dry weather tires.
This conversation about wide vs narrow or high profile vs low profile is getting old. Can we talk about whitewalls vs raised white letters vs blackwalls? 
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Do you want solid white letters, or raised outline white letters?
I prefer blackwalls, easier to keep clean.
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I second that sentiment on blackwalls.
Those red wall tires on the pontiacs were pretty nice.
Generally the outline white letters, but solids can be nice too as on BF Goodrich Radial T/A.
One thing I never liked was the Vogue Tyre mustard and mayo.
Iām all for black tires unless itās a classic car, then I like the wide whites.
Big honkinā letters are fine as long as they adorn fat, under inflated tires like Mickey Thompsonās. .
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The old Chevy had Indy 500 RWLās on it, now it has OWLās on it, my fun car has OWLās but I turned them black outā¦ I donāt think my Tacoma would look good with OWLās, I have seen a few and just doesnāt go with the body linesā¦ All depends on the vehicle and the stanceā¦
RWL = raised white letters (solid)
OWL = outline white letters
I agree, never understood the Vogue thing, but sure made some money selling them, guys would about put a 3rd mortgage and sell off a kid to buy those thingsā¦ 
Doing my part to reach 200!!
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My F150 came with white outline tires, replaced them with same tires at 30000 miles, at 60000 replaced with black walls, kind of miss the white letters.
Only need seven more to hit 200 repliesš
And my experience was that the car could be running on 7 cylinders with a leaky radiator, brake pedal to the floor, and no air conditioning, but if it had those good looking mustard and mayo Voguesā¦
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Had to Google Vogue tires, chose to not research them, they never appeared when I search by primary needāin my case wet traction. Since they are spelled tyre, are they British?
As far as the above comment about running on 7 cylinders, leaky radiator, etc., same can be said about the 5000 watt sound systems that rattle the rusted trunk lids.
The only cars Iāve ever seen with Vogue tires were Caddys that were āpimped-outā to at least some extent. You knowā¦ the ones with the fake convertible roof, āgoldā trim, āgoldā alloy wheels, etc.
No, theyāre an American company. I imagine they use the British spelling to appeal to the more particular customer.
Well, we are close to 200 replies now. Should we further expand the tire discussion to radial vs bias ply? 
If a narrower tire is better, the contact patch from some 60ās era should pull us in the right directionā¦
Nice looking car
Iāve always liked silver
The Vogues look dorky on that SUV.
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It would be much improved if it had a fake convertible roof and āgoldā trim and āgoldā aftermarket rims. 
A few times each year, I see a Caddy that must be owned by someone in my town. Itās a sedan, probably 5-8 years old, and itās quite a sight. Visualize burgundy paint, a fake convertible roof in a color that I think would be called fuchsia, āgoldā aftermarket wheels, āgoldā trim, andāof courseāVogue tires.
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