want to drive my favorite rear-wheel drive "Roadster" on winter roads!



 No matter what the season, Japan is the place where you can enjoy scenery, nature, air, and scents that can only be felt at that moment.

 And for me (Azusa Ito: car writer), a car is a companion that expands the range of scenery you can see in Japan. As long as the road continues, you can run anywhere, and if you find a nice place, you can easily take a short detour.

I put Yokohama's latest studless tire "Ice Guard 7" on my favorite car, Mazda "Roadster NR-A", and headed to Hokkaido, where snow still remains. Tire size is 195/50R16 84Q

 However, it is the winter season that makes me a little uneasy when I go out.

 If you hear on the news that snow is piled up or the ground is frozen, you may be a little hesitant to go out. Just as you need shoes that fit well to walk around various places while traveling, it is important to choose the best shoes for your car.

"Ice guard 7" with 7% improvement in water film water absorption efficiency by adopting new materials!

The ice guard 7 uses the newly developed "ultra absorbent rubber". Compared to conventional products, the efficiency of absorbing the water film on ice that causes slipping is improved by 7%.

 In March 2022, there was a Yokohama tire test drive event in Hokkaido, and I experienced the latest studless tire "iceGUARD 7", but compared to the conventional product "iceGUARD 6", it has evolved surprisingly. I was. It is said that braking performance on ice has improved by a whopping 14%, and braking performance on snow by 3%.

Iceguard 7 tread pattern. The large block on the out side adheres to the road surface without tipping over even when cornering, and the wide ribs on the in side provide firm grounding when starting or braking on ice.

 What I personally felt particularly good about is that the performance has improved assuming more realistic winter roads. The most scary thing about winter roads is the sudden appearance of frozen roads, but the actual driving time is on snowy roads such as compacted snow roads. Ice Guard 7 not only improves performance on ice, but also on snow.

 When I actually drove it, I felt that it was gripping firmly even on the harsh snowy roads of Hokkaido, and I was able to drive without worrying that there were few moments of near-miss. From that sense of security, I came up with the idea that next time I would like to take a leisurely tour of Hokkaido in my own car instead of a test drive event.

 My favorite car is Mazda "Roadster". Because it is a rear-wheel drive sports car, it is a model that normally hesitates to drive on winter roads. It was.

 A roadster that has traveled with us forever. This time, I decided to put on the Ice Guard 7 and set out on a trip to Hokkaido in early spring, which I had never run before.

 To travel from Honshu to Hokkaido with your car, you need to take a car ferry. First, take a ferry from Oarai Port in Ibaraki Prefecture for about 18 hours.

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