What "ALL-SEASON" tires are you using for WINTER??
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From: Illinois
Kuhmo ECSTA ASX. You don't be disappointed with your purchase. They do well in dry conditions and very well in snow. A very good tire for the money. I already have mine on for the winter and the dry performance isn't bad. I've pushed the envelope in turns, but they pushed back pretty well for an all-seaon. You'll be suprised by how quite they are, too. Good buy.
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a couple weeks ago, i drove up to denver from colorado springs while it was snowing. cars were strewn all across the medians and shoulders. i had summer tires on and my friend had the continentals... i left him behind about 20 miles outside of denver. he was slipping and sliding too much on them. i will not buy the continentals. (my summer tires were brand new (still had the stickers on the treads) but they were still better than the continentals)
strike
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Originally Posted by strikethree
a couple weeks ago, i drove up to denver from colorado springs while it was snowing. cars were strewn all across the medians and shoulders. i had summer tires on and my friend had the continentals... i left him behind about 20 miles outside of denver. he was slipping and sliding too much on them. i will not buy the continentals. (my summer tires were brand new (still had the stickers on the treads) but they were still better than the continentals)
strike
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1 - Your buddy has a 2wd car.
2 - You can drive a whole lot better than your buddy in the snow.
3 - Your buddy's tires were pretty worn.
AWD will have a better time in the snow than a 2wd on significantly better suited tires. At the ice-races I was destroying FWD cars with hakkapallitas (sp?) while on my conti's by about 10 seconds on a 50 second course. Hakkapallitas are widely regarded as the best non-studded ice/snow tire available.
6 people have mentioned the conti's in this thread, 5 people have driven with them on an Evo and said they are awesome in the snow. 1 person (you) hasn't and said they sucked because of your buddy. Tire-racks survey gives them a 9.2 for snow traction, I beleive that's higher than any other all-season tire available in the stock size, and in the tirerack review they said they provided the best traction in the snow.
Unless you consider Blizzak WS-50's summer tires, I think you are mistaken.
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Originally Posted by the-moss
Any combination of the following three reasons would explain that.
1 - Your buddy has a 2wd car.
2 - You can drive a whole lot better than your buddy in the snow.
3 - Your buddy's tires were pretty worn.
AWD will have a better time in the snow than a 2wd on significantly better suited tires. At the ice-races I was destroying FWD cars with hakkapallitas (sp?) while on my conti's by about 10 seconds on a 50 second course. Hakkapallitas are widely regarded as the best non-studded ice/snow tire available.
6 people have mentioned the conti's in this thread, 5 people have driven with them on an Evo and said they are awesome in the snow. 1 person (you) hasn't and said they sucked because of your buddy. Tire-racks survey gives them a 9.2 for snow traction, I beleive that's higher than any other all-season tire available in the stock size, and in the tirerack review they said they provided the best traction in the snow.
Unless you consider Blizzak WS-50's summer tires, I think you are mistaken.
1 - Your buddy has a 2wd car.
2 - You can drive a whole lot better than your buddy in the snow.
3 - Your buddy's tires were pretty worn.
AWD will have a better time in the snow than a 2wd on significantly better suited tires. At the ice-races I was destroying FWD cars with hakkapallitas (sp?) while on my conti's by about 10 seconds on a 50 second course. Hakkapallitas are widely regarded as the best non-studded ice/snow tire available.
6 people have mentioned the conti's in this thread, 5 people have driven with them on an Evo and said they are awesome in the snow. 1 person (you) hasn't and said they sucked because of your buddy. Tire-racks survey gives them a 9.2 for snow traction, I beleive that's higher than any other all-season tire available in the stock size, and in the tirerack review they said they provided the best traction in the snow.
Unless you consider Blizzak WS-50's summer tires, I think you are mistaken.
strike
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From: Bolingbrook, IL
I'm thinking of tring out the Falken Zien ZE-512. There going $53.19 each!
Well I'm glad I did a search! i've been finding usefull info about what tires to use and what not. Sadly my Yokohama's are all worn out and so it's new tire time! especially with the winter around the corner in the midwest. I already had a bad snow experience with my oldest car, hahaha. 360ed over the curb and took down two little trees and fell into the ditch...I was about half a foot away from a billboard thingy.
I'll let you guys know how they feel when I get'em!
Well I'm glad I did a search! i've been finding usefull info about what tires to use and what not. Sadly my Yokohama's are all worn out and so it's new tire time! especially with the winter around the corner in the midwest. I already had a bad snow experience with my oldest car, hahaha. 360ed over the curb and took down two little trees and fell into the ditch...I was about half a foot away from a billboard thingy.
I'll let you guys know how they feel when I get'em!
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From: Bolingbrook, IL
SO yeah i decided to go with the BF Goodrich Traction t/a tires intead. a dollar more on each and it had 10,000 more miles on it along with more ratings. Meh i guess we'll see how they do! Just in time too cuz i started snowing right now!
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From: Denver
Pirelli Pzero Nero M+S
I just finished up my first set and bought another. Around the north Denver area they did really great for the first winter season in the snow, but were a little lacking the second snow season. Not a bad tire at all though. Dry performance is great too. I got 26,000 miles out of my set with no track use or burnouts, only taking turns around town and in the mountains. I don't think this would be a good tire if you take the car up to ski resorts in heavy snow. This tire got great reviews on tirerack.com.
If you have a dedicated set of rims, why wouldn't you go with a dedicated snow? You can't beat the traction and it only takes 10-15 minutes to swap rims for snowy weather. (In Denver, it'll snow one day and clear up the next).
I just finished up my first set and bought another. Around the north Denver area they did really great for the first winter season in the snow, but were a little lacking the second snow season. Not a bad tire at all though. Dry performance is great too. I got 26,000 miles out of my set with no track use or burnouts, only taking turns around town and in the mountains. I don't think this would be a good tire if you take the car up to ski resorts in heavy snow. This tire got great reviews on tirerack.com.
If you have a dedicated set of rims, why wouldn't you go with a dedicated snow? You can't beat the traction and it only takes 10-15 minutes to swap rims for snowy weather. (In Denver, it'll snow one day and clear up the next).
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Originally Posted by kdogg
Sumitomo HTR+ worked well for me. Around ~$80-90/each. I got mine from Tirerack, but you can get them at Sears too. Sears always has sales and coupons from Sunday flyers.
I got these and they are decent but great for the money. The only time I've had a problem was driving through 2-3" of unplowed snow. I let off the gas too quickly and the rear end kicked out. I was able to pull it back in though with a little gas.
They are horrible in terms of performance though. I took them on an autocross and it was embarrassing
