Originally Posted By: grampi
Originally Posted By: geeman789
So back to the original thread...low priced all season GOOD in snow...?
The answer is NONE...! Don't kid yourself... good... ummm, no. Barely adequate, if you tip toe around, maybe... !
To just flat out say there is no such thing as an all season tire that performs well in the snow is just flat out wrong. The cheap, no name brand all seasons I put on the front of my Corolla last year were incredible in the snow. In fact, they would pull that car through snow so deep I could feel it dragging across the floorboards as I was going through it...I doubt there's a dedicated snow tire that would do any better than these...
I think what you mean is that tires worked well enough for you in that situation, no fancy tires needed, and that's fine, many people do get around on all-seasons.
If you came over to my place in the winter during a decent snow fall though, you'd be parking your car at the road and getting a ride with me in the Focus.
My FIL refuses to get snow tires(and gets stuck on his own driveway a couple times a winter too) and I always make a point to drive them in with the Focus. They drive so little that a set of snows would last for a decade too.
Originally Posted By: geeman789
So back to the original thread...low priced all season GOOD in snow...?
The answer is NONE...! Don't kid yourself... good... ummm, no. Barely adequate, if you tip toe around, maybe... !
To just flat out say there is no such thing as an all season tire that performs well in the snow is just flat out wrong. The cheap, no name brand all seasons I put on the front of my Corolla last year were incredible in the snow. In fact, they would pull that car through snow so deep I could feel it dragging across the floorboards as I was going through it...I doubt there's a dedicated snow tire that would do any better than these...
I think what you mean is that tires worked well enough for you in that situation, no fancy tires needed, and that's fine, many people do get around on all-seasons.
If you came over to my place in the winter during a decent snow fall though, you'd be parking your car at the road and getting a ride with me in the Focus.
My FIL refuses to get snow tires(and gets stuck on his own driveway a couple times a winter too) and I always make a point to drive them in with the Focus. They drive so little that a set of snows would last for a decade too.