What kind of tires do you run in winter? Do you actually go places where it is snowy and icy?
>>2845879Blizzaks
Factory because it’s still new, stopping distance is ass tho. Crossclimate 2 probably next year or this winter because they look cool
BF Goodrich K02s. I live in very snowy, wet slushy and icy conditions 8 months out of the year. Rocky, muddy and sandy conditions the rest of the year. Best tire I’ve used yet. Toyo’s suck!
>>2845882aren't those for performance?>>2845889>Toyo’s suck!but I was considering toyos!
Whatever cheap one I find. The roads here are snowy and ice after it snows or thaws and then freezes which happens often. The city is also slow at plowing streets
>>2845893This. Tire doesn't mater. Chain matter!!
>>2845889Kinda similar here, though fortunately it's more like 5-6 months of winter and then 6 months of near-perfect weather. (Dry and 70s-80s almost all summer.) I'm on Wildpeak AT3Ws and they were ok last winter but I'm commuting 25mi on the highway to the next town now and I think I'm gonna have to get real winter tires.>>2845893They barely plow at all in my city, only the highways and main streets. Pic rel is the street outside my house after a single day of late-season snow, and we're expected to deal with it ourselves one way or another. >>2848228Chains are one thing for occasional ski trips or whatever, another if you're doing 50mi a day on a 2-lane highway where everybody else is going 60+ on their studded tires.
>>2848228Chains are obnoxious and completely unnecessary if you have good tires unless you plan on off-roading.
>>2845892>aren't those for performance?Why would I want a tire that doesn't perform?
>>2848323>I'm on Wildpeak AT3Ws and they were ok last winter but I'm commuting 25mi on the highway to the next town now and I think I'm gonna have to get real winter tires.what's wrong with the wildpeaks in the snow?I thought they were good for thatI have AT4Ws
>>2848351They're great in actual deep snow and even slush. Fucking lethal on ice though.
>>2848323>>2848335You don't live in an area with snow.
>>2845882Fpbp. I have them on both of my vehicles. Only a small portion of the country actually needs to run winter tires though.
>>2848356Yes I do.
>>2848353>Fucking lethal on ice though.uh oh
>>2845879>What kind of tires do you run in winter? Whatever I got scammed into buying the last time I tried to get a flat fixed>Do you actually go places where it is snowy and icy?No I'm too scared. I carry kitty litter and have an AWD but I don't even know what tires I have on or if they're good. I can handle the occasional snow and ice we get in the lowlands with careful driving. I just do hikes that climb into snow instead of risking it.
>>2848356>busrider thinks that not being able to handle more than a quarter inch of snow without chains means you're a bad driver
>>2848356I've lived my entire life in Québec and haven't seen chains since the 70s.
>>2848382Do most people have dedicated winter tires? Will all terrain tires do?
>>2848356I live in Colorado...
>>2845879>summer tires>noBut when there is a cold front and it starts to dip into the high 30s I can feel my tires becoming hockey pucks lol
>>2849078some of the best hikes happen in snowy places
>>2845879Studded tires work best here since they don't plow the side streets and its generally cold enough the snow doesn't melt. The snow packs and gets polished to a slick sheen that even Blizzaks will spin out on. The sound is irritating at low speed on bare pavement.
>>2849115I mean blizzaks are performance oriented winter tires - they aren't meant to be the MOST snow and ice friendly tire out therebut studded is far too extreme for city dwellers and that doesn't work on the east coastat most people have like mud terrain or rugged terrain tires hereI dunno if studded tires are even legal in most of the eastern us maybe in maine or new hampshire
>>2849117Yeah I wouldn't want them anywhere warm enough they can use salt to get the roads back to bare pavement after every snow. Here the average winter daytime highs are below the temperature salt even works, so they spread a sand mix to try creating traction. On the highways they started using calcium chloride and magnesium chloride which work to much lower temperatures.We get a lot of powder snow that doesn't stick to itself which is also a challenge for a standard winter tire. In the city water dripping out of car tail pipes also creates ice at traffic lights.
>>2849115>>2849117I've had no problem with Blizzaks on icy roads. I've driven from the lower 48 to Alaska and back with them in winter.
>>2845879I don't think I need to say this but yes, you do need winter tires. All season tires mean all seasons EXCEPT winter.
>>2848382But do they work and/or will they go flying off if I'm doing around 50 on the highway and hitting intermittent pavement? I had some bad crashes last time I lived in the snow (worst was a joker in a Windstar that thought he could do 80, and ended up pinballing uphill almost a thousand feet and smashing into my front end.) I don't care how they look or who makes fun of it I want the optimal "stay on the road, mauever, and stop as needed" tire.
>>2848390> Will all terrain tires do?They will not. All terrain means all terrains EXCEPT snow. I don't know why, but that's how she goes, bud
