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SNOW MELTER; Our Grand Cherokee SRT8 earns its winter and distance stripes.(News)

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| May 14, 2007 | Wong, Jonathan | COPYRIGHT 2007 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: JONATHAN WONG

There are craftier Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 owners than us. After our second-quarter update revealed our failed acquisition of stock-size snow tires, we heard from numerous owners who had improvised with more readily available 19-inch snow tires on aftermarket rims.

As for our SRT8, we hammered through another quarter on the stock tires and survived some tough winter conditions. "I was happy to learn that the SRT8-despite the wide and low-profile performance tires-was a dog sled in the snow,'' said one editor after a ski trip to northern Michigan. "I ran into a few snow squalls on the freeway and roads covered in deep snow in ski ...

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