rolandking

Hey - it was raining hard today. I still have the snow tires on the car (blizzaks), with about 10-15K on them. I didn't feel that traction was perhaps all it could be.

Are snow tires poorly suited for rain? I have the brand new wheels and tires which came with the car a few weeks ago (we put the winter wheels straight on there), if it's going to start raining instead of snowing, should I switch them now?

Gnowknayme

They're definitely not as good as most summer tires in the rain (as long as it's warm enough for the summer tires to "work") but they're not all that bad either. If you want the best performance, you'll have to get the summer tires on, but snow tires will work just fine in the rain.

Lightweight-USPowah

My Dunlop M2s outperformed my P6000s in the rain..

CaberneTT

Both perform fairly well in the rain...a good set of summers should be a bit better, but under most conditions not perceptible...the better question is when is snow NOT going to arrive any more in your part of the country?

TTeleven

snow tire compound performs better in cold ambient temps

JES TT

Pirelli's which hydro'd, chattered and skipped across puddles at 40MPH+.

pdxTT

I've got Blizzak LM22's which are great for the copious Pac. NW rain. I seem to remember that they do better on wet roads than the WS50's.