Originally Posted By: edyvw
Originally Posted By: SubLGT
Originally Posted By: Falken
...I need the best grip possible on my Fit, our Winters in Montreal are really bad, a lot of snow and ice...
If your winter temperatures are typically around -10 degC to 0 degC, then get a studded tire for the best possible ice traction, like a Nokian Hakka8 or Continental ContiIceContact.
Why studded tires?
I drove cars in -45c, and never needed studded tires.
Studded tire will help in pure ice, no question about it, but what you gain there you will loose in abysmal performance in dry, rain etc.
This post shows lack of knowledge in regards to ice slickness. Which is temperature dependant.
Good Studded tires can be much better on ice@NEAR FREEZING (0C) Temps.
the colder the ice the harder it is and not as slick.
studless tires can outperform studded at very low temps.
Originally Posted By: edyvw
Blizzaks are good in deep snow. I have them in winter on Tiguan and X5. However, I do not think they are on par with Continental when it comes to ice, slush and rain and dry.
Continental produces by far best winter tires in Europe, which is most profitable winter tire market in the world. They do not bring here those models, but I would say chemistry is same or very similar.
Also, Conti has new winter tire, Continental WinterContact SI.
Very overgeneralized to the point of being worthless.
Need models of tire for it to be of any use.
Originally Posted By: 360kid
Continenta Extreme WC which are on my wife's Camry in the winter. I bought them two winters ago based on rave reviews. I have been completely disappointed. Maybe it's just the Camry... I doubt it though.
The conti EWC was my favorite tire on my 2009 Elantra Touring.. much better than the yokohama IG20 I also had.
Some cars just arent that great in the winter so as you said it might not be totally fair to trash them.
This was the older model of EWC not the new directional model.