For those in the snow belt, what winter tires are you running?
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Model and size? Anyone stick with all-seasons and take your chances? I make occasional trips to the Sierras and I am trying to decide what to do with my spare 17's. They have next to new Falken ZX512s that I had in the snow last winter with decent traction. I have run many snow tires in recent years on past Audis and I am a huge proponent of them, believe me. Unfortunately many of my ski trips involve a 400 mile drive each way with only a possibility of a few miles of snowy roads at the end. This makes buying new snows hard to justify. I was thinking of trying to sell the Falkens on ebay and going for some new snows, but I doubt I could get too much for them as they only sell for $98 each (They have about 2000 miles on them at the most). I love the confidence of driving a quattro with snow tires though. Decisions..
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Great traction on snow or ice. During hard cornering in the dry, though, you can feel that heavily siped tread squirming around (but that why they make summer tires).
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Ran them last winter and was very impressed. I live in RI and drive 110 mi r/t everyday into MA with a fair amount of lousy winter weather. Very pleased with this setup. Although last winter was before I lowered the car so I'm hoping I won't be plowing too much snow this year!!!
Ran them last winter and was very impressed. I live in RI and drive 110 mi r/t everyday into MA with a fair amount of lousy winter weather. Very pleased with this setup. Although last winter was before I lowered the car so I'm hoping I won't be plowing too much snow this year!!!
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I hope Michelin X-ice will have more ice, snow traction than Dunlop M3 with worse on dry road condition.
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That what my car was wearing when I bought her 3 months ago, seems like previous owner used them year around. We have hit -16 and seen some snow here in Alberta this year with lots more to come. So far tires show excelent grip and traction. Sometimes I have a hard time to make them spin on ice or snow, I have to slam the throttle hard in order to achieve that. Tires are S rated (I scared to take them faster then 210 km/h) and they are pre-drilled for studs. I will post some fresh pics. from this year snow driving soon.