As someone who is a big fan of snow tires, I've never been so disappointed by a set. I've had many sets ... Blizzak, Michelin X Ice, Nokian, GT Radial (surprisingly impressive) and Winterfarce. I thought the Winterfarce were about the worst you could get, but they never really left me feeling unsafe and never left me in a parking lot.
I bought my Subaru in late October and had a hard time finding anything in the size I wanted (P215/70-16). Ideally I would have got another set of GT Radial IcePro or some Hakkapellitta , but this is all I could really find.
Complete disappointment. There's ZERO traction on anything hard packed. I may have been spoiled by recent Nokian and the GT Radials, but they do NOT handle slush at all. Traffic was running 45-55 in some recent snow and I could only handle about 30 before the VDC was kicking in and I felt like I was going to spin out. Today, I was activating ABS and VDC in PLOWED PARKING LOTS - front drivers on bald all seasons were out accelerating and brake my Subaru on snow tires.
Absolutely worthless snow tire. Waste of $380. I'm hoping I can offload these on CL for $150 or $200 in the spring or next fall. This time I'll order early enough to get myself a competent set of Nokians or GT Radials.
At this point, I have 2 options:
- Switch back to the factory all seasons.
- Drive my Jeep with NON SIPED mud tires.
These tires are literally bad enough that my Jeep with an auto diff locker and wide mud tires is better on the snow than a Subaru equipped with these tires.
I'm going to drop the pressure to 27 from 32 and see if that helps at all.
I bought my Subaru in late October and had a hard time finding anything in the size I wanted (P215/70-16). Ideally I would have got another set of GT Radial IcePro or some Hakkapellitta , but this is all I could really find.
Complete disappointment. There's ZERO traction on anything hard packed. I may have been spoiled by recent Nokian and the GT Radials, but they do NOT handle slush at all. Traffic was running 45-55 in some recent snow and I could only handle about 30 before the VDC was kicking in and I felt like I was going to spin out. Today, I was activating ABS and VDC in PLOWED PARKING LOTS - front drivers on bald all seasons were out accelerating and brake my Subaru on snow tires.
Absolutely worthless snow tire. Waste of $380. I'm hoping I can offload these on CL for $150 or $200 in the spring or next fall. This time I'll order early enough to get myself a competent set of Nokians or GT Radials.
At this point, I have 2 options:
- Switch back to the factory all seasons.
- Drive my Jeep with NON SIPED mud tires.
These tires are literally bad enough that my Jeep with an auto diff locker and wide mud tires is better on the snow than a Subaru equipped with these tires.
I'm going to drop the pressure to 27 from 32 and see if that helps at all.