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Going to extremes...
Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Mon, 1 Dec 2008 05:41:13
In Reply to: Help me decide on a tire strategy (not a specific brand, SmSam, Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:21:14
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Having full-on snow tires to deal with 2-3 inches a few times a year and 4-5 inches every couple of years seems like overkill, to me, not to mention expensive. The Blizzaks you mention are fine but once you wear down the multi-cellular compound they are just mediocre all-seasons, in my experience. And they wear very fast on dry pavement. But having purely "summer tires" in those conditions doesn't work since the tires lack the siping needed for snow traction.
If you drive carefully and intelligently when there's snow on the road you wouldn't be fine with an aggressively siped all-season, or you could go with a more winter-performance all-season like the Nokian WR or WR G2, both H-rated. I use the WR all year-round on my daughter's 9000 and she lives in Maine most of the year. I also use the WRs as my winter tires here in NH where we get a lot more snow than you do, but the roads are cleared relatively quickly. There are a number of all-seasons that would work for you.
If you really want the handling of a purely summer performance tire then you need to have two sets of tires, but seems to me you can do well with a thoughtfully chosen all-season for the conditions you describe.
Posts in this Thread:
- Help me decide on a tire strategy (not a specific brand, SmSam, Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:21:14
- Re: Help me decide on a tire strategy (not a specific brand, Erik919kt, Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:42:41
- Re: Help me decide on a tire strategy (not a specific brand, GRIPEN, Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:17:36
- Majority of drivers in Prairies shun winter tires, JohnA
, Tue, 2 Dec 2008 08:11:21 - Re: Help me decide on a tire strategy (not a specific brand, MO, Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:20:57
- Re: Help me decide on a tire strategy (not a specific brand, Kyle from WNY, Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:39:42
- Going to extremes..., Noel, Mon, 1 Dec 2008 05:41:13 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: tire strategy, snow, BobS, Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:23:44
- Re: Help me decide on a tire strategy (not a specific brand, KevinM, Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:19:26
- "in-between times"...., LesH, Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:03:47
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