Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Every objective test of the Primacy MXV4 demonstrates very good wet traction. CR reports very good all season traction also, but I take that with a grain of salt because I don't think their wet traction testing is all that comprehensive.
Yeah, really!
I have the CR article and these Primacy MXV4's are supposed to be great!
But, I have had Accord's in the past(4 cyls) and they themselves were the worst FWD car for winte driving I have ever owned and seriously needed good tires to handle the task. So, it could be a combonation of a bad set of PrimacyMXV4's and the Accord all together.
Because as stated by others, most people are very satisfied with the Primacy's as well as their Accords. I have read this too with Civic's as being a poor winter vehicle just on it's own but with 4 snow, it's an animal. I think that Honda's are great cars although expensive but, all of the Honda's that I have owned weren't all that great in the snow without making sure that you had some serious tires even if they're really good A/S tires!
I think that is just the nature of being a HONDA FWD!
Other than driving 4WD, the best FWD vehicles that I have ever driven in the snow were GM FWD with cast iron V6's...Lumina, GrandPrix, LeSabre etc. Most of these GM cars were equiped w/BFG TouringTA's...Animals I tell ya!
I think that for the OP's Accord, the Primacy MXV 4's may be an excellent 3 season tire but, may need dedicated winter snow/ice tires for the Accord and MN winters...Just my .02cents!