I know squat about snow tires as I am from an area that had cold dry winters and little or no snow. For the first time we are living somewhere where we are getting enough snow and ice to warrant a spare set of wheels and some snow tires and I was wondering what you guys/girls from the great white north use?
Snow tire question.
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RiceWagon25
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- 2002 Silver Protege 5
I use Toyo Garit HT tires 195/55/15 on 15" Steel wheels. It's not the prettiest setup with the steelies but damn, they work great! Gotta love passing SUV's in a lowered P5 in a foot of snow! Here's a link to the tires.
http://www.toyocanada.com/products/GaritHT.html
http://www.toyocanada.com/products/GaritHT.html
RiceWagon25
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- 2002 Silver Protege 5
$50 CAN per wheel, $425 for the 4 tires, all together it was about $650 CAN for everything installed and balanced.
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- '03 Midnight Blue P5
I've never had winter tires until this year, when I bought a set of Michelin Artic Alpines and steelies, $650 when all was said and done.
They've been really good so far. Quiet on dry and wet roads, handle great on the ice and compact snow and ice. I've heard they don't do so well in deep snow, but that never happens on the roads I'll be traversing (Seattle and Spokane streets, plus the 270 miles of I-90 between here and there).
We're supposed to get several inches in the city tonight, I'm anxious to see how the tires do on our hills.
They've been really good so far. Quiet on dry and wet roads, handle great on the ice and compact snow and ice. I've heard they don't do so well in deep snow, but that never happens on the roads I'll be traversing (Seattle and Spokane streets, plus the 270 miles of I-90 between here and there).
We're supposed to get several inches in the city tonight, I'm anxious to see how the tires do on our hills.
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- '03 Midnight Blue P5
We're getting crazy snow right now (well, crazy for Seattle). Drove to work via my normal route, up and down several hills. The Artic Alpines rocked. I was going smooth when everyone else was slipping and sliding. Good times.
I'm running on Yokohama AVS Winter ( 195/55/15) on steelies. They're pretty good so far. They rock in deep snow but i had a bit more problems on ice. I remember one night when WE got crazy snow (which is pretty intense here in Quebec) i was on the highway and most people were doing like 30mph on a completly snow covered road and my tires gripped very well. i was able to get around them on the other lane and feel very comfortable ... best set of winter tires i've ever tried.
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- 2003.5 Titanium MSP
Same as rice, very good tire for the money. The brochure I read on them after I got them said they were a higher performance style snow tire, made for control on all types of road. They do handle the snow and ice very well, and are no louder than stock tires(P5 or MSP). I know I drove my stock P5 tires through the only winter I had the car, and they did all right, but I would definatly change over to snows if you can afford it. Shop around for the best prices, most expensive is not always the best.
I've been driving my Nissan pickup (2wd) all week and it has the Toyo Spectrum's (I think) on it and they do better than most, and they're not even a snow tire. I've been putting around on ice where people in SUV's are chaining up with no worries. Driving on Ice and snow is an art.
I will second the "most expensive is not the best" opinion. Had Firestone Winterfires on my previous ride (Focus ZTS) and they were great. Although on piece of advice: if you have to stop fast, take a quick look in the rearview mirror -- you can stop quicker than the people behind you!
And get steelies, they're ugly but who gives a s*** in Winter!!!!
And get steelies, they're ugly but who gives a s*** in Winter!!!!
