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3-season tires in the winter

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my general experience here is that any performance oriented tire on a large heavy wheel (assuming heavy- i was amazed by the light weight of some of the forged infin 19's, so yours could be similar) with a big fat contact patch is just exponentially deadly in worsening winter weather. plus you have about as torquey an engine as you can get. dunno how 'smart' chrysler's traction system is. i hate nissan's 'VDC,' but the controls on honda and mazda and i find to be much more forgiving, only really stepping in when needed (had my dumb ass saved in the wet by stability once on an off-ramp...only time i've actually been grateful for it). tbqh, haven't really driven any american cars with handling, so i don't know how they respond; and that's not a jab- my american experience is just generally limited to rentals. i have no desire to push an impala anywhere near 'the limit' for fear of the wheels actually falling off...

but anyway, next time it snows, watch all the ghetto hoopdy's with 20" wheels and low profile tires...usually they cheap out on the tires, and you end up seeing a korean tire, hopefully all-season, at least...but the summer's are cheaper. so they buy them. D: i've seen your typical G body GM or something just sit there and spin the tires at idle...and this is tennessee (and those cars are probably luck to have 200hp). while i'm sure you'll stick a lot better and probably be okay at speed (as long as the snow has some give and has not turned to ice), i would be pretty worried about getting going, or driving at low speeds due to traffic/idiots. if you live anywhere north of kentucky, maybe carry some good chains, if your tires are tall enough.
 
oh geez, if it snows just stay home. 😀

i don't wanna see your car wrecked because you had to attempt to follow someone up a snowy hill at their pace (~1-2mph) instead of at a much safer (FASTER) speed. people around here just cannot comprehend things like that; and even driving a low power, manual FWD ends up being an asshole-puckering experience due to the amount of completely baffled people on the road- either spinning their tires, spinning their entire vehicle, or just doing nothing, frozen in sheer terror.

edit: and ~30lbs is actually fairly light. i swear i've picked up 20's that must have weighed 50. heck, my jetta had some 'heavy' cast aluminum 17's that i think weighed in near 25 pounds...and that car had like 100 ft lbs of torque. D:
 
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brblx said:
oh geez, if it snows just stay home. 😀

i don't wanna see your car wrecked because you had to attempt to follow someone up a snowy hill at their pace (~1-2mph) instead of at a much safer (FASTER) speed. people around here just cannot comprehend things like that; and even driving a low power, manual FWD ends up being an asshole-puckering experience due to the amount of completely baffled people on the road- either spinning their tires, spinning their entire vehicle, or just doing nothing, frozen in sheer terror.
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It took me an hour and a half to get home during the snow we had last year (well, I guess it was this calendar year). Under 4 miles, and an hour and a half due to having to find alternate routes not clogged with idiots or abandoned vehicles. I had a much, much slower car at that time though 😉
 
I drive performance tires in the winter, fucks not given.

If its too snowy, I just take the bus anyway. If you have a garage, invest in some small heating blankets to wrap your tires in...it helps a lot.
 
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