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Originally Posted by jyl
Curious what you all run for winter tires. Yes I know this thread is oddly timed.
Do you put on a dedicated “snow & ice” tire? If so, what tire and why?
Do you run an “all weather” tire (has the mountain and snowflake symbol but not a specific snow and ice tire)? If so, what tire and why?
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In the past, I've had studded tires/ blizzaks/ etc. Wife currently has crossclimates
For me, the winters are getting a little less and less snowy, so I find myself mounting the blizzaks, and then for the next month it's 60 degrees and sunny, so I go out and pull them off, and THEN it snows for one or two days, and then it's warm again.
The Crossclimates are something that while aren't quite as grippy as new blizzaks, but better than old school "all seasons" and are something you can just mount and use, not worrying you are sqaundering away your tire's mutant supersnowpowers in the event it doesn't snow.
The crossclimates also seem to have better handling on ashpalt and heavy rain than the blizzaks. But if snow is gonna be deep and lingering- blizzaks.
I'd count the number of days from last winter where you wish you had dedicated snow tires vs. the number of days where you really didn't need them and factor that into a decision.