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RWD + Winter tires > FWD + All Seasons

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RKS

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Just realized this, that is all. I found my 300+ HP RWD with the Michelin X-Ice2 much more predictable than my Maxima in snow/slush/ice/
 
Winter tires make almost any vehicle handle great in the snow (FWD, RWD, AWD, 4WD). My fiance's Jetta is a tank with good-quality snow tires. I should know, we just got 22inches of snow last weekend, and the car drove through everything like a champ.
 
Hmm... so you're saying that the best snow tires money can buy are better than all-seasons? Even FWD vs RWD? I could have told you that years ago :awe: (don't worry, I'm joking).
 
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Yea my CTS was crusing along just fine with its DWS tires in last years 100year snow storm in DC area while piles of AWD and FWD cars/suv's were stuck.
 
Yup.

My 300HP RWD car with snow tires was so good that I got rear ended last year by an SUV with A/Ss in about 4 inches of snow.
 
I went from performance tires to all seasons. Just put them on 3 days before our first snow (st. louis).

Last year my car was a brick in the snow. Now it's great! tires make all the difference.

(snow tires aren't made for my size of wheel).
 
TechBoyJK said:
I went from performance tires to all seasons. Just put them on 3 days before our first snow (st. louis).

Last year my car was a brick in the snow. Now it's great! tires make all the difference.

(snow tires aren't made for my size of wheel).
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Winter steelies...

And winter tires make a huge difference. You're required by law to have snow tires between Dec. 15th and March 15th here. My friend who works in a body shop says there was a good drop in business since they passed that law... 😀

<-FWD with Michelin Primacy Alpin tires
 
Spicedaddy said:
Winter steelies...

And winter tires make a huge difference. You're required by law to have snow tires between Dec. 15th and March 15th here. My friend who works in a body shop says there was a good drop in business since they passed that law... 😀

<-FWD with Michelin Primacy Alpin tires
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MotF Bane said:
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If he is in Quebec, it's most certainly true.
It was a bitch buying winter tires that year in Ontario, because Quebec took them all.
I think it's a great law. I have never driven without them, but then again, looking outside at 3 feet of snow and single digit (F) temps, its fairly obvious to me that it's a good idea around here 😀
 
Yep read an article that accidents went down 20&#37; and outside of Montreal compliance was 80% inside Montreal compliance was a lot lower so those number could even be improved.
Sweden's accident rate dropped 50%, with 80% complicance to studded tires
 
TechBoyJK said:
I went from performance tires to all seasons. Just put them on 3 days before our first snow (st. louis).

Last year my car was a brick in the snow. Now it's great! tires make all the difference.

(snow tires aren't made for my size of wheel).
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What size you running?

225/40 R18??
 
RKS said:
Just realized this, that is all. I found my 300+ HP RWD with the Michelin X-Ice2 much more predictable than my Maxima in snow/slush/ice/
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The maxima has relatively wide tires to begin with which suck horribly in the snow. I have the same issue with my I30 and the wide low profile tires. They suck horribly in snow and/or ice. The same is not true of all fwd cars though with AS radials. Normal passenger cars with regular front wheels are awesome in snow (much better than a rwd vehicle)
 
I drive a 2006 BMW 330i with Blizzak LM-25s in winter (I live in Minneapolis) and it's the best winter car I've ever driven. All-seasons are such a crapshoot - some are decent in snow and others, even expensive ones, offer no traction whatsoever. Last weekend we had a huge blizzard here and my car was cheerfully charging through unplowed streets while people with FWD and even AWD were getting stuck (presumably on all-seasons). RWD also offers the ability to do donuts in abandoned parking lots when the snow first falls . . .
 
As someone who spent the first dozen or so years of driving when all cars were rear whell drive, I bless the day most cars switched over to front wheel drive. But the main problem, than as now, is the idiots behind the wheel.
 
i experienced some sliding on my Ice-X2's today (genesis coupe), most notably in a combination of slush and soft snow. my rear end started sliding out and the TCS kicked in. other than that i was fine.

i'd really like to practice in the snow to get a feel for how a RWD car handles in it.
 
Don Vito Corleone said:
I drive a 2006 BMW 330i with Blizzak LM-25s in winter (I live in Minneapolis) and it's the best winter car I've ever driven. All-seasons are such a crapshoot - some are decent in snow and others, even expensive ones, offer no traction whatsoever. Last weekend we had a huge blizzard here and my car was cheerfully charging through unplowed streets while people with FWD and even AWD were getting stuck (presumably on all-seasons). RWD also offers the ability to do donuts in abandoned parking lots when the snow first falls . . .
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So does AWD. 😀
 
punjabiplaya said:
so you're telling us that snow tires are better in snow than all-seasons?
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Totally this. On the drive to work there was a RWD Chrysler 300 stuck in the intersection by my house. It's a nice high up car, but shitty tires are still shitty. Lucky for him, it was rush hour and lots of people helped push him out 😀

FWD and RWD seem equally bad. RWD has power-on oversteer and FWD has power-off oversteer. Do you want to lose control before or after you mash on the gas a bit too hard? One's as good as the other I suppose.
 
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