Snow/Ice winter tires

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#225 of 708 Snow tires or all weather tires for my Subaru by morris24 Jan 06, 2003 (10:01 am)
I live in PA and we are currently getting more snow and ice than we've had in several years. Maybe I got spoiled, but it's giving me a heart attack. My 2002 Subaru seems to fishtail a lot and I'm wondering whether it's because the factory tires aren't good enough. Let me know what kind of tires you are using that seem good in the bad weather. Thanks in advance.
#226 of 708 snow/ice tires are always better by hpulley4 Jan 06, 2003 (10:33 am)
AWD helps you spread the traction around to four wheels instead of two while accelerating but doesn't actually improve the traction of your tires, especially when braking and cornering. Snow/ice tires do a much better job of holding the road under winter conditions than all-seasons and OEM tires are often quite poor (why they skimp on the tires I don't know, but they do). I've had good results with Dunlop WinterSports on my MINI Cooper and Michelin Arctic Alpins on my Saturn LW200 here in southern Ontario where we are also getting more snow than usual (sort of north across the lake from PA). Others have reported good results with Bridgestone Blizzaks and Nokian Hakkalipettas so there many good snow/ice tires to choose from.
#227 of 708 Snow tires or all weather tires for my Subaru by cdnp5 Jan 06, 2003 (2:08 pm)
morris24 -- get some snows for that Subie. I drive with snows on my P5 and find the difference worth every penny. I can toss my car around and it keeps coming back for more. Stopping and starting have improved greatly also. I had the opportunity to drive my cousins Legacy with Dunlop snows on it and it was amazing. I was driving it in a major snow storm before the roads were plowed and the car handled like there really wasn't any snow at all. I was very impressed with both the Subie and the snow tires. Liked to have more time with that car in the snow as it could be a lot of fun.
#228 of 708 by dudleyr Jan 06, 2003 (2:22 pm)
get some snows. Also take a look at the Dunlop Graspic DS-2 (?). They had the best snow and ice traction according to Consumer Reports, and are very affordable.
#229 of 708 any winter tire beats an all-season by pluto5 Jan 06, 2003 (6:49 pm)
http://www.clf.org/pubs/snowtire.htm
#230 of 708 Nokian WRs by wnichols Jan 22, 2003 (3:51 pm)
Just put these in 98H 225/60-16 on my Grand Marquis. Just waiting for snow now. Already like them better than the OEM Goodyears.
#231 of 708 wnichols by theiceman Jan 23, 2003 (4:28 pm)
I've had my Nokian WRs on almost two months now - on ice, snow, wet, and dry, these things are super grippy. Definitely the best winter-performing all-season I've ever had. ice
#232 of 708 Brick22 by gened1 Jan 23, 2003 (6:21 pm)
If you are still hanging around this board I need to know. When last I heard (Last year)you were riding on Goodrich m65 or something like that as new tires. I was wondering why you are now looking for new tires. And yes the Nokians seem to be my next tire but I am going to wear out the Bridgestones on my Forester first.
#233 of 708 Just Say "NO" to Bridgestone Duelers by caperosier Feb 08, 2003 (6:25 pm)
OEM on Foresters. Bad choice: worn at 25K, poor in any kind of winter weather (slush, ice, snow, mush, salt mix), heavy rain. Subaru has no comment on the choice for an AWD all-weather car. Replaced with Michelin Symmetry. So far, so good in a more typical northern New England winter here in Downeast Maine. Not as good as our Nokians, but safe and more durable than Duelers for all season compromise.
#234 of 708 Nokian by geoffdgti Mar 13, 2003 (11:05 am)
The Nokian web site is really out of date. There's a dealer in Colorado who has scanned the 2001-2002 product guide. It's still not up to date but it at least gives more tire sizes. http://www.meadowcreektire.com/nokian/index.htm I've been looking for winter tires for my new 2003 Mountaineer. I'm thinking I'll put 245/70R16 studded Hakkas on it. I have 17" wheels on it at the moment and there aren't many options in 245/65R17.