OEM tires stink?

[Chip]

Ok I live in Nj and it snows there. SO after reading a thread about tires and stuff, I remember on day... I had to go to a bunch of places, even though it was snowing like crazy. I didn't take my Dodge out so I took out my X5. Im like, hey itll work great. Well... I got to "experience: the stability control!!! I was going down a hill slow. I hit the brakes, the car starts to skid that little red light with the 4x4 blinks, so Im like oh man, my new cars gonna be toast!!. I brake harder and eventually it stops in the middle of the road.(The hill led down to a preally bust 2 lane road, luckily no one was out there!!). I was like, hey I thought this had good tires, why didnt it stop!! In another instance I was in like 2" of snow (I admit I was going fast). And I tried to brake at the stoplight. The car first started to skid and then stopped the next light over. I got pulled over for running a red, but he didnt give me a ticket cause he saw the skid marks :/ So my ? is which tires are good? 4.4i 05

[RealShakaZulu]

Do a search on "snow tires", it's a pretty frequent discussion. I live in CA and only have to deal with the snow when I head up to Tahoe (8 times a year). IMO the best all-season tire is the Pirelli Scorpion Zero Asimmetrico.

[Jeremy]

Also depends which rims you have. The 19 & 20 inch rims are never going to be great in the snow for full-time duty.

[Chip]

i dunno, i think its 18"

[iMPAKT]

I live in NJ also and so far she has been superb (17"'s). When i plan on getting my 87s, i'm going to put snows on my 17s and switch in the winter.

[PeteG]

Chip,

I have a dedicated set of 18" style 69's with Blizzak LM-22's for winter shoes. Stock Michelin's don't cut it in ice and any decent amount of snow, imho. I live in Maine and drove through slushy snow/ice today with absolutely no problem taking off, driving and , most importantly, stopping.

The X5 with snows is a tank. Remember, it doesn't matter if you have six-wheel drive when you hit the brakes. It matters how well your tires can grip the ground. You'll be amazed at the difference with snows.

[radioX5]

snows all the way! i didn't get them for my last X5, kept on the oem 18's (mind you this was before i found X5world). it never performed that great in snow/ice (decently, but i was never confident with it). this year i wised-up w/my new X5 and got 18 pirelli snow and ice to replace my oem 20's for the winter. the best decision ever! the X tears right through the snow and stops soundly on ice. you will not regret getting snows for your X.

[ifly]

Put the Pirelli Zero Assimetricos on mine to replace the stock Diamaris and the difference is astounding. Put them straight on to my 19's

[LeMansX5]

Do you have sport package? Get the snow tires on 18" or 17" wheels. You will pass everyone in snow. Any of the tires on this link should be good.

[BMW330XI01]

even when i had my 330XI i kept the OEM 17"s with snows on them for the weather up here and the frequent snowbaord trips to vermont.

snow tires over the OEM contis were a night and day diffrence i can only imagine the diffrence you will see with snows vs summer rubber. snow tires are great for stopping in snow but you cant suprise or it will slide.