Can some give me some suggestion about winter tires brand

[xinca]

This looks like a really old topic already. But I can not find any information after I did the search here.
I have 03 mazda protege 5. I am going to buy snow tires for it this winter. I am most driving on the highway . The winter here is long ,cold and a lot of snow.
I am really care about driving on ice so I decide to go with 205 55 16(0.84 diff compare to the stock 195 50 15). Then I find I only have 3 choice:
1.Pirelli Winter 210 Snowsport Tires
2.Toyo Garit HT Tires
3.Yokohama AVS Winter V901 Tires
The prices are close and reviews in the 1010tire are close too.
Which one I should go with? Can someone give me some suggestion?
BTW: sorry about my english - my english is bad but I still need a good snow tire for the damn winter (naughty)

 

[ANDYMP3]

I would have went with 15 inch steel rims and put a nice set of Goodyear Ultra grig ice tires. I ran them for 3 years and they handled like you would not believe and where excellent in snow and ice. I live in Canada so snow you need good snow tires and that is what our police cars are using so if you want handling and reliability I suggest those tires...

 

[SciFiMan]

The Blizzak is always highly rated also, like the LM-22 (or the WS model for higher speeds). You can look at Tire Rack too, they also have steel wheel/winter tire packages. They come mounted and all you have to do is put them on like changing a flat tire.

 

[xinca]

Tks for the reply.

But my problem is the 205 50 16 is so diffcult to find. I tried the tire rack for the size I want I only can find

Pirelli Winter 210 SnowSport

Dunlop Graspic DS-2.

myybe I should go for 195 55 15 so I can use nokian xri.

 

[SciFiMan]

But my problem is the 205 50 16 is so diffcult to find. I tried the tire rack for the size I want I only can find

Pirelli Winter 210 SnowSport

Dunlop Graspic DS-2.

myybe I should go for 195 55 15 so I can use nokian xri.

I don't know those, but you can Google them to possibly find some reviews. If they have that mountain/snowflake emblem on the sidewall if gives you some assurance. And unless you are lowered, you could always just run 15 inch during the winter.

 

[xinca]

GIve up on that size

already. Now I am going to get 195/55 15. So I have 2 choice :
1. Nokian RSI : 1030 ca$ from kal tires include everything
2. Michelin X-ICE: 930 ca$ from canadian tires (But I can get a 50$ gift card for gas).

Which is better choice?
Is that ture for these 2 tires I even can not feel the difference when I drive it?
If that's true maybe I should go for cheap one and mybe buy some better rims - The kal tire have some OK rims on sale for 119 - it looks way better than the black one.

 

[Poseur]

Dude, just get some steelies. keep from messing up your decent rims in the winter beit form accidental curbing, roadgrime, or godforbid they salt around you... PLUS you can run narrower still. (I don't see the reasoning for a wider tire) Personally, I've got 185/65/15 (one size up in diameter) Michelin Arctic Alpins. and I'm pretty damn impressed with the high siping method of traction. Apart form that I've been a blizzack fan. These seem to do better on ice and hardpack. The thingis, set of 4 185/65/15's, or even 185/70/14's on steelies, mounted and balanced, you're looking at about the same price. YOu save your nice rims, PLUS you don't have to pay to have your tires mounted and balanced twice a year.

 

[mcstark]

You want a narrower tire in the snow...it will cut through the snow down to the pavement. A wider tire tends to ride up on top of the snow -- like a snowshoe. I got some Mazda 929 rims (15 inch) and went with the Pirelli Winter Carving -- ice tires here would be nice, but most of our winter is on cold bare asphalt and the ice tires would wear out too fast. All seasons just don't cut it...especially when I'm driving my 2-year-old around.

 

[MP5_509]

I use a 185/65/14 Bridgestone Blizzak WS-50, had em for 2 winters and they are great. But i need "new" steelies to fit my new mazda, i had them on a 4 lug car. Cant wait till the mountains get snow so i can slap em on and throw the roof rack on his the slopes!

 

[tyusha]

here is what i went with https://www.tiresavings.com/tireShop.php?action=findCombined

second from the top. It is a Semperit branded tire, which is Continental's daughter company well known in Europe, where it got very high ratings. I've done recearch on that before i bought them. I am running 205/50/16 with stock p5 rims. These tires seem to be very high quality and are imported from france, where they are made. I haven't tried them in snow but i am surely looking forward to it.

 

[sjdmp5]

I'm running 15 inch Semperit Directionals on steelies last winter, and this one.(and judging by tread wear next year as well) They are great in all conditions, although they are a little noisy in the dry. I live on a gravel road North of Toronto that looks like a special stage in the Swedish WRC Rally, it's never plowed before noon and I haven't been stuck once.

 

[tyusha]

I'm running 15 inch Semperit Directionals on steelies last winter, and this one.(and judging by tread wear next year as well) They are great in all conditions, although they are a little noisy in the dry. I live on a gravel road North of Toronto that looks like a special stage in the Swedish WRC Rally, it's never plowed before noon and I haven't been stuck once.

I don't really expect them to be quiet. They are winter tires afterall : )