Those in the snow belt: you use snow tires?

[patsfan1281]

Do you have a dedicated snow tire? I have a AWD G35. Tires on it now make my car so unsafe in the snow ( High performance all season). Hit another curb today. So i went out and bought a set of used Blizzaks for $100 to put on tomorrow with 2 more big storms coming up. Just can't keep driving in this weather with what i have. EVen if winter is almost over

 

[gunblade]

I switch to studded snow tires in the winter.

 

[patsfan1281]

I switch to studded snow tires in the winter.

i would hope everyone in Alaska would have them..but i guess that isn't the case

 

[Comrad]

I haven't run snow tires in 25 years. All season radials with front wheel drive are great. I blew by a RWD car stuck on a hill today. RWD probably could benefit from snow tires but I won't own one since I got rid of my 320HP STS rear wheel drive and that car was out of control if I ran over a puddle of spit.

 

[patsfan1281]

I haven't run snow tires in 25 years. All season radials with front wheel drive are great. I blew by a RWD car stuck on a hill today. RWD probably could benefit from snow tires but I won't own one since I got rid of my 320HP STS rear wheel drive and that car was out of control if I ran over a puddle of spit.

my AWD is 70% power to back/30% to front. So mine is pretty much RWD. but can do as much as 50% if front finds better traction

 

[BigBill]

My Subaru Legacy has awd nothing special is needed. I go anywhere till the snow gets too deep. I had bigger 4x4 trucks that weren't so sure footed as my subie. There's a reason there is a Subaru in every driveway in Vt. This is my second subie and I'm looking for number 3.

I just fabricated duo-cross ice link chains for my tractors. They look like giant back scratchers. My 2wd tractors can't push snow without them.

 

[NMPinNYC]

Absolutely yes. I bought a set of dedicated snow and ice tires mounted on basic wheels for our two Subarus from Tire Rack. Came mounted and balanced. Did not do TPMS sensors on them, so we live with the dash lites over the winter. Michelin X-Ice II's on my Impreza and X-Ice III's on her Outback.

 

[explorer13421]

Syracuse, NY averages about 116-120 inches per snow season. Because of lake effect from Lake Ontario that number can go up another 100 inches a year. I used to drive 40,000 per year. All season tires seem alright for a season or two, but effectiveness drops off quickly as they wear. We put snow tires on our Camry, and it does well in the snow.

 

[carpriver]

I run a all weather radial tires on my 4wheel drive truck.

 

[BillK01]

Pittsburgh. We just put Bridgestone Blizzaks on my wife's fwd Toyota Sienna and the difference is night and day. We bought Michelin Hydroedges for it and while they're a nice all season they aren't even close to the Blizzaks for ice and snow. So until I suck it up and buy an extra set of wheels and toms sensors I'll just have costco swap em each season.

I run the Pirelli Scorpions my F150 came with and they stink in the snow but the 4wd helps offset it. I'll be getting a different brand when they need replaced. Probably Coopers or something similar.

 

[mtelkhntr]

I run dedicated snow tires on the wife's front wheel drive car in the winter and all season mud & snows year round on my 2500HD GMC Quad cab 4x4.

 

[patsfan1281]

Ya we get 100 inches a year here in central MA ( its the elevation mainly). I have just never had tires before get so bad from one winter to another to the point where i turn my wheel to go into some place....And my car just slides. No matter the speed. Yokohama=horrible snow. I dont know how i haven't gotten in an accident before

I may get a different set of wheel next winter so i dont have to spend the 80 every time to swap

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[dougb1946]

I run a 2wd shortbox F150 with all season mud/snow rated tires. If it snows, I slow down. If it snows too much (I am in MN and too much is relative) I stay home. Knowing how is as important as equipment, and avoiding trouble is a good start, and the biggest part of knowing how is knowing when to go slow.

My new Yokohamas' are doing well, in snow and on ice. I paid less for my first two cars together than for those 4 tires.

 

[patsfan1281]

I run a 2wd shortbox F150 with all season mud/snow rated tires. If it snows, I slow down. If it snows too much (I am in MN and too much is relative) I stay home. Knowing how is as important as equipment, and avoiding trouble is a good start, and the biggest part of knowing how is knowing when to go slow.

My new Yokohamas' are doing well, in snow and on ice. I paid less for my first two cars together than for those 4 tires.

Any reason you didn't go with 4x4 living in M n?


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[Marshwheeling]

On my Astro van I ran all-season radials. With the AWD, it always hooked up pretty well. I had a Jetta for many years that ran 165/60x14. For winter, I put on 13" wheels with 155/70 Pirelli snows (didn't have the bucks for Hakkepolittas) and it worked great. I could pitch it into a turn and control the slide, predict when the fronts would hook up and go from understeer to something like neutral; very nice slippery-road manners for a FWD car.

For my 2wd Ranger, I put on some Cooper snow tires and put 300 lb. of sand in the back. (My sand tubes from last winter were still good after sitting out all summer.) It is reasonably well-behaved in this old-fashioned Minnesota winter, and I have yet to get stuck.

 

[steelslaver]

I run a Ford Escape with all seasons and it gets around great. If the roadss are real bad I can switch to my Ford 7.3 Powerstroke 4x4, it has snow tires on all corners and I have a full set of chains for it, plus a 9000# winch that mounts front or rear. That some chains and a snatch block, a couple big metal stakes and a maul makes it a near go anywhere rig.

 

[vrichard]

I`m right at the snow belt (7100 ft) just have a 2 wheel drive p, u.never had snow tires or chains on it yet.First snow about 2 weeks ago.
Dick
Last winter

 

[snubbyfan]

All terrain tires on my 4wd truck. Up here it's not just snow and ice but mud and difficult terrain too.

 

[Len]

Yep. Goodyear Wranglers on a F150 4x4. Night and day difference, not just in snow, but the softer rubber compounds used for winter tires makes for better braking and handling on snow pack and ice. Noticeable difference to me.

I have the kind of job that requires me to travel to a bunch of hospitals in the "thumb" area of Michigan. I simply have to make it to my destination hospitals.

It can be pretty remote up there, and in a blizzard you might not see another soul for hours on the roads. Cell phone coverage is spotty too.

Never been stuck. And, importantly, I do not believe that four wheel drive and snow tires make me invincible. I drive like a boy scout and have a full winter survival kit in the truck.

And once, last winter, I had enough traction to pull a State Trooper back onto the road from the ditch/drift he fishtailed into.

I'm a fan of snow tires.

Len

 

[RonJ]

I know how to drive in snow! I have a good set of all season Goodyears on my Sable. So long as I don't try to go off road I can go with the SUVs etc. I can't remember how many cars I've passed that were stuck trying to go up a slight grade. One lady in a Lexus gave me the finger as I went by.
Ice is a different story, I stay off the roads if at all possible.
(knock on wood )