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Ontario should make winter tires mandatory.
- Thread starter SunnY S
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I've been using Michelin X-Ice's (3's IIRC) recently. They're ok, not the best, but not terrible.
A long time ago I had 2 crappy canadian tire snows on the rear and 2 good snows on the front and it was fun. The CT snows were so much worse that they corrected the inherent understeer and the car had amazing balance in the snow. Never bought another set again though because they really were bad.
A long time ago I had 2 crappy canadian tire snows on the rear and 2 good snows on the front and it was fun. The CT snows were so much worse that they corrected the inherent understeer and the car had amazing balance in the snow. Never bought another set again though because they really were bad.
The best SNOW tires I ever had were Bridgestone Blizzaks. They were incredible in snow but the tread life was terrible on non-snow covered roads. I put on about 50000 to 80000 km a year (mostly 400 series and US interstates) so I need tires that last. Unfortunately I have to sacrifice in other areas to make a set last a couple of years.
My Blizzaks lasted me one season but were terrific. I am running Michelin X-Ice 3s now, on my second winter with these and should last me until spring.
My Blizzaks lasted me one season but were terrific. I am running Michelin X-Ice 3s now, on my second winter with these and should last me until spring.
I'm all for snow tires. A couple weeks ago I was heading up to Hillsburgh to put on my snow tires and turns out that day they got 4" of snow on the roads. Turns out my summers can't get me up even the slightest of hills in that condition. Took me 7 runs to get up the little hill and I was all over the road in my summers, once my snows were on, everything was easy peasy.
195/60/15
Make sure to look into it a bit more, some cars with bigger calipers might not be able to clear the rim when you go down a size on the rim.
Tell me about it. My Blizzaks wear like pencil erasers above 5C...
Haha, tell me about it. I bought mine last week
my snow tires are like my seatbelt and my CAA card, I hope not to need them, but I'm going to have them anyway.
@ Amazon, if your going to hangout anywhere near Hillsburgh , put the snows on mid Nov and leave them on till Ap 1st, its sort of the snowbelt over there.
@ Amazon, if your going to hangout anywhere near Hillsburgh , put the snows on mid Nov and leave them on till Ap 1st, its sort of the snowbelt over there.
I use all-season tires. Face it, 95% of the time, the roads are bare & dry or bare & wet. Do you really want to skimp on tire performance in wet & dry conditions 95% of the time for marginal gains on snow & ice 5% or less of the time? Everyone else drives like snails on the snow & ice anyway.
Below 7C the rubber hardens in all-seasons and they start to lose their grip on both wet and dry surfaces. That's where a WINTER tire starts to shine. We're talking 3 or 4 car lengths stopping distance difference.
That's what caught my attention fall of '12. Shopped around for wheel/tire packages. Turns out I have oddball size so dropped it. Since then I've payed special attention to to colder temp. performance on all season tires. Honestly, I have to drive stupid to get my truck to slide or skid at very cold temps.
If you have a dead body in the trunk it probably keeps the rear down
Phew. Im not the only one that uses this trick.
I have a truck, so i get to put a few in there. Just gotta dump em before the first spring thaw.
A truck doesn't have a trunk, easily overlooked in the fast paced world of internet humour I see. Thanks for tip just the same as I'm always looking to rationalize not buying proper equipment.
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