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Originally Posted by andrewwynn
The 80% are the ones on the car now. The close up is the 0.8% I just took off.
@BDC: I was so shocked at how terribly "all season" tires perform, I switched to studless winter rear 'round for both of our X5s.
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Yeah, same here. These all terrain tires are really blocky and actually have a "severe snow" rating, and they're really not that bad in the snow. I think they're Toyo Wild Country something or other. I'm actually impressed with them for being truly driveable all year round, unlike real all season tires. But they're truck tires. I plan to get some studless tires and a second set of wheels next year since these are getting old. I'd like to get some bigger wheels and tires for towing in the summer as well. These are only 17s, and I bet bigger wheels would do better at towing.
I have Hakka R2s on my Mazda 6, and it definitely grips better in the snow than my X, but not by that much.
You can really tell that the pre-XDrive has a rear torque bias when you take DSC off. The back end really wants to get away from you when its slick.
