OEM 19's in the snow

[Carbon Schwarz]

Point taken. Truck is getting out of province inspection and its winter package balanced and installed.

[BMW X5]

Originally Posted by phil47

hehehe...I'll admit that if it weren't for skiing and snowboarding I'd have little use for winter.

But I'll also add that they don't rate our storms as "Categorys"

[E61Silver]

Does anyone know how these standard tires do in the snow?

[X5Jay]

Originally Posted by x54.4blue

Does anyone know how these standard tires do in the snow?

These are what I used last year in our New England winter (which was exceptionally harsh) with nary a problem... - the standard Michie 18 Energy Plus. I run the 19's to about the beginning of Dec.

[E61Silver]

Why do switch to 19 in summer?

[B&DCalgary]

Originally Posted by itradem

The problem is stopping... you will just keep on sliding until you hit something. The rubber just gets too hard when it gets cold on those summer tires.

I agree, the stock Turanza's are crap in the snow. We just had our first snowfall last night, so about midnight I went out for a spin. Moderate wheel slippage when accelerating and cornering, but horrible when it came to stopping. Might as well have been on a pair of skis. Definitely go with the snows for winter.