anyone drive with all season tires in the snow?
12-11-2009, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by providenceleaf' post='1072423' date='Dec 11 2009, 07:05 PM
I had my TOYO Proxes 4's on my winter wheels last year with no problems.
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Originally Posted by sunny_j' post='1072416' date='Dec 11 2009, 09:42 PM
i plan on ordering blizzak tires but was wondering if anyone has tried their all seasons in the snow?
I had an e39 for years and drove with all seasons. While I did well for the most part - if I had to get up a hill from a stand-still in a few inches of snow....it was not unusual that I wouldn't make it.
Last week I had a similar problem with my 550 (which had high performance tires). I just put 17'' rims with blizzaks on today
I know....my car is filthy...
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Originally Posted by sunny_j' post='1072416' date='Dec 11 2009, 09:42 PM
i plan on ordering blizzak tires but was wondering if anyone has tried their all seasons in the snow?
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12-11-2009, 08:36 PM
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How well do snow tires preform in snow when there is 25-50% tred life remaining? do they preform the same as when they were brand new?
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Originally Posted by wolf' post='1072460' date='Dec 11 2009, 10:44 PM
I had an e39 for years and drove with all seasons. While I did well for the most part - if I had to get up a hill from a stand-still in a few inches of snow....it was not unusual that I wouldn't make it.
Last week I had a similar problem with my 550 (which had high performance tires). I just put 17'' rims with blizzaks on today I know....my car is filthy...
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Last week I had a similar problem with my 550 (which had high performance tires). I just put 17'' rims with blizzaks on today
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Originally Posted by sunny_j' post='1072469' date='Dec 11 2009, 11:36 PM
How well do snow tires preform in snow when there is 25-50% tred life remaining? do they preform the same as when they were brand new?
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Originally Posted by sunny_j' post='1072416' date='Dec 11 2009, 09:42 PM
i plan on ordering blizzak tires but was wondering if anyone has tried their all seasons in the snow?
I used to swap only the rears for snows on my e39, but have four dedicated snows for the e60.
Sometimes, it's more the tire compound than the tread pattern. Summer tires get hard as a rock near freezing.
Last winter, before I put the snows on, I was in 1" of fresh snow, and couldn't even charge up a mild incline without fear of sidewinding off into the ditch.
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