My car's body is ready!

[Circuits]

I upgraded vehicles last spring, so it was time to switch over to my winter tires, but my old set won't fit the new ride. I went from 16s to 18s when I sold the Impreza and bought the Forester.

I stopped on by Discount Tire and bought a cheap set of steel wheels to mount new Haakepeliitta 9s all around. I love the rumble of a new set of studded M&S tires, and knowing I'm all set for whatever another Colorado winter wants to throw at us. The extra clearance of the Forester over the Impreza won't hurt, either.

Anyone else routinely switch over to serious winter tires about this time of year?

[def90]

I use the same tires all year round, BFG All terrain KO2's. Used to drive from Boulder to Steamboat weekly and have thousands of miles of some of the worst Colorado winter weather on those things, have never gotten stuck much less ever felt like I was sliding or out of control.

[whitewalrus]

I never have felt the need to run snow tires on the front range. When I had a WRX I used to run a hybrid type tire - all season on the inside and more of a performance tire on the outside. I could go anywhere on the streets I could with my truck and BFG all terrains.

If you want to move away from the studded snow tires the blizzak tires have great traction on snow and grip great all around.


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[Ramsker]

We have 3 Escapes and I have Nokian "all weather" tires (kind of a hybrid almost-winter tire) on two and Champiro Ice Pro tires (dedicated snow) on the other. They all do great in the snow.

I put a set of the Ice Pros on my Xterra a couple years ago when my other tires started to suck in the snow (Les Schwab tires--never again) and they were a huge improvement. I recently threw on some Falken Wildpeaks on the Xterra and I'm going to see how those do in the snow. If they aren't good, I'll put the Ice Pros back on.

[ray1970]

I just rely on good judgment and mad driving skills.

Also, if the snow gets over about ten inches deep on the roads I just wait a day until it melts or they clear it off.

[JohnnyEgo]

I'm a bad driver from the east coast with a long bed 2wd truck. I love my snow tires. I can get stuck in much more interesting places with them.

[crashdown]

You guys are so cute…. What’s it like there, highs in the 70’s?

[Martinjmpr]

You guys are so cute…. What’s it like there, highs in the 70’s?

It was 80 at our house this weekend. I put about 250 miles on my bike.

No snow in the forecast at least through Thanksgiving. So far this is looking like a big disappointment of a winter.

By this time in 2019 we had already had a couple of good snowstorms, enough for my office to close.

[eddiememphis]

Anyone else routinely switch over to serious winter tires about this time of year?

Nope

[colorider]

I used to swap my wife's Audi tires/wheels out every winter with a set of Ice-x tires on another set of wheels. Became too much of a pain in the ass so we just went with a nice all season tire to run year round. Works just dandy. Anyone want to buy a set of 4 audi wheels with Michelin Ice-x tires on them?