Winter Tires

[J999w]

we get many cold minus high twenties and low thirty days over the coarse of
a winter

Yeah, you mean -20 to -30 F right ??

:^]

Heck, 20 degrees F, I'm _walking_ to the store for some ice cream !

jw
milwaukee

 

[Tony Hwang]

we get many cold minus high twenties and low thirty days over the coarse of
a winter

Yeah, you mean -20 to -30 F right ??

:^]

Heck, 20 degrees F, I'm _walking_ to the store for some ice cream !

jw
milwaukee

Hi,
How about -35F, with windchill factor -50F? Your skin freezes in less
than 2 minutes if exposed. That is winter cold.
20F? weather for shorts for us, LOL!
Tony

 

[Andy Mason]

- Canadian Tire Wintertraks or Icetraks are cheap, they do the job,
but they handle like crap. (still better than any four-season)

Cheap indeed. I bought mine after Xmas, so they were 25% off. I got
Icetrac's in 205/55/16's for $75 each. My original plan was to buy cheap
tires because I was buying rims at the time, then buy more expensive,
snazzier tires next time around, but at this point I expect I'll just buy
another set of the Icetrac's.

I'm in Ottawa, where we get a nice combination of snow, ice, slush, wet cold
roads, dry cold roads, etc., and I've found the Icetrac's (manufactured by
Michelin) to be more than adequate in all conditions, and they seem to wear
well. I drive to a local ski hill 3 or 4 times a week, and to VT or QC most
weekends.

I'm sure a Blizzak would be better on ice (at least for the first 2 years
until it wore down to an all-season tire), and I'm sure a Nokian would be
better all-round, but can't quite justify spending 2.5x as much.

I can't really comment on Wintertrac's, other than to say that they look
like a real "snow" tire, aren't available in my size, and I wouldn't buy
them if they were, given that the roads around here are usually snowy for a
couple of days, then dry until the next storm.

Andy