Winter Tires

[PlasmaBomb]

I could have sworn that there was a thread with lots of pics of winter tires... can't seem to find it.

Anyway it's got cold over the last couple of days and I managed to get some time off, so the summer tires have been swapped for these -

The boxes contain a set of 16" winter alloys...

 

[IcePickFreak]

Am on the third winter with a set of LM25 Blizzaks. They're still in excellent shape tread wise. Pics are with the set of 18" ASA's I got for a good deal.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Sheesh, looks cold. We've had a couple of colder days and a bit of snow but it didn't really lie. Hopefully it won't be as bad as last year, though I'm now ready...

Nice rims

 

[angry hampster]

Sheesh, looks cold.

Looks like the midwest.

I'm going to try to get through this winter on my all-seasons one more time...won't have enough tread to do so next year. Will be on the lookout for a cheap set of wheels in the spring for my 6.

My wife's focus does very well in the winter on Cooper all-seasons.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

I have put a few miles on the tires to get rid of the releasing compound... they seem to grip pretty well. Sound is a bit different from the summers, and ride is more plush on the 205/55 R16 winters than the 225/45 R17 summers.

Going to put about 260 miles on them over the weekend at ~0*C.

 

[IcePickFreak]

Sheesh, looks cold. We've had a couple of colder days and a bit of snow but it didn't really lie. Hopefully it won't be as bad as last year, though I'm now ready...

Nice rims

Yeah, pic was from two winter ago, no snow yet this year. We really got hammered last year as well. I paid something like $120/ea for the rims brand new, which I thought was a decent deal.

Looks like the midwest.

Yup, Milwaukee. First day or two of February 2010 we got hammered with a bunch of snow, and then it drifted. I know I've posted this pic before, but with the above pic for comparison (car is in the same spot) it looks even worse. I'm hoping we don't see a repeat of that either. Although once I got the car unburied, it did really well on roads covered in probably 5" of snow with the Blizzaks.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Better than coming back from a trip to find this :

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Better than coming back from a trip to find this :

Link fail?

 

[rstrohkirch]

I run Michelin Xi2 on my outback. I think the ultra grip, blizzak and Xi2 are the most common.