OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
Today was our first snowfall since the winter tires were installed on both vehicles, so this is more of a baseline impression, which will I'm sure evolve as the winter progresses.
It was only slightly cold this AM, at -2C, we got a solid 6-7" of snow last night, and the result was significant patches of ice at higher traffic areas like stop signs and back roads where the melted snow was given a chance to re-freeze. This resulted in the typical scatter of people on summer tires ending up in the ditch, including one about 50ft from my work.
I had some running around this AM, including dropping one of our trucks off at Rust Check to get sprayed, so we had plenty of road time with my wife behind the wheel. The Durango didn't spin a tire the entire time we were out, and was entirely un-phased by the ice patches. Heading back from picking up the truck, which was still rolling on its Cooper Discovery summer rubber, the performance on the same surface, between it and the Durango was remarkable, with the truck sliding around a bit on the ice patches and getting pulled by the snow. Of course this can't be entirely chalked up to just the tires, given these are two different vehicles, but having driven the Durango a few weeks ago on its Goodyear summer (all-season) rubber, the difference in performance was massive.
My wife remarked as to how confident it felt on the various surfaces and couldn't believe how well the X-Ice tires gripped. I stressed that she needs to watch her mirrors, as just because she can stop, doesn't mean that the person behind her can.
Overall, she is extremely impressed with her purchase thus far and is giving them a glowing review. I will follow up in a month or so once she has some more experience with them. They are smooth, quiet, and balanced with little weight as well.
It was only slightly cold this AM, at -2C, we got a solid 6-7" of snow last night, and the result was significant patches of ice at higher traffic areas like stop signs and back roads where the melted snow was given a chance to re-freeze. This resulted in the typical scatter of people on summer tires ending up in the ditch, including one about 50ft from my work.
I had some running around this AM, including dropping one of our trucks off at Rust Check to get sprayed, so we had plenty of road time with my wife behind the wheel. The Durango didn't spin a tire the entire time we were out, and was entirely un-phased by the ice patches. Heading back from picking up the truck, which was still rolling on its Cooper Discovery summer rubber, the performance on the same surface, between it and the Durango was remarkable, with the truck sliding around a bit on the ice patches and getting pulled by the snow. Of course this can't be entirely chalked up to just the tires, given these are two different vehicles, but having driven the Durango a few weeks ago on its Goodyear summer (all-season) rubber, the difference in performance was massive.
My wife remarked as to how confident it felt on the various surfaces and couldn't believe how well the X-Ice tires gripped. I stressed that she needs to watch her mirrors, as just because she can stop, doesn't mean that the person behind her can.
Overall, she is extremely impressed with her purchase thus far and is giving them a glowing review. I will follow up in a month or so once she has some more experience with them. They are smooth, quiet, and balanced with little weight as well.