Quote:
Originally Posted by sandbagger
Sounds like a screaming deal on the scorps, as the 235/60/R18 are $182 a tire at TRack right now vs $212 on the nokkians, I had paid $199 for them at the time and the scorps were $10 less
I wouldnt think twice about them for 514
Dont waste your time on bliz, they are great for a month or 2 and then they fall off quick even though they look good.
Andrew, its not so much the unplowed snow, its what the packed down snow turns into on the roads, it might as well be ice. no all season is good on it. you might not die, but once you run with good snows, you wont run without
|
Thanks for your comments on the Blizzaks. I've owned several sets of studless tires but never any Blizzaks, so I think I will avoid them. Also, the Scorpion Winter is technically a "performance SUV winter tire" according to tire rack, so perhaps it will make the X feel a bit less like a truck.
Quote:
Originally Posted by andrewwynn
I use exclusively Dunlop winter tires on my car. They are slightly less grip than studless but I can use them year 'round no need to swap in winter.
I have a skinny set 235s on some goofy rims I use if the weather goes nuts (15" in one storm for example).
I have granstrek WT m3 now but next batch will likely be wintersports sp.
(With the 235s I've driven though over a foot of unplowed snow and even across fields with 6" of wet sloppy snow. )
|
Andrew, the Grandtrek is indeed a winter tire. It's just listed as a "performance winter tire," like the Scorpion Winters I'm looking at, instead of a normal SUV winter tire. Tire Rack just puts them in a different category but they're still perfectly good winter tires. The reason you do fine with them in snow is because they are actual studless snow tires.
That being said though, I will opt to swap on my current Duelers in the summer since I do a lot more miles towing my trailer through the mountains in the summertime than I do in the winter. Though in my area, we get sporadic snow for half the year, and I know a lot of people who leave their studless tires on all year and do fine. They wear down a bit faster but they don't seem to give up much grip compared to your typical all-season tire in dry/warm weather.
Eventually I would like to get a set of summer tires once the Duelers wear out, but at the rate I drive this car, that will be about ten years from now.