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Good all season tire with winter bias?

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maddog440

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The tires on my wife's '95 SE are embarrasingly bald, which is not good in NW MN in December. I'd like to replace then with an all season tire that is good in ice and snow. I'm not looking for dry road performance here, but I'd like to keep the same tires on year round, so I don't really want to buy snow tires unless I have to. I do have an extra set of wheels, but I don't really want to buy a new set of summer tires in the spring.

I know winter tires would be best, but has anybody found a decent, inexpensive all-season tire that works respectively in the snow and ice? Tire size is 205/60/15.
 
any all season is a compromise. I would have to say that any all-season should be fine if you don't want to go to dedicated snow tires.
 
maddog440 said:
The tires on my wife's '95 SE are embarrasingly bald, which is not good in NW MN in December. I'd like to replace then with an all season tire that is good in ice and snow. I'm not looking for dry road performance here, but I'd like to keep the same tires on year round, so I don't really want to buy snow tires unless I have to. I do have an extra set of wheels, but I don't really want to buy a new set of summer tires in the spring.

I know winter tires would be best, but has anybody found a decent, inexpensive all-season tire that works respectively in the snow and ice? Tire size is 205/60/15.
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I was running Kuhmo Exta ASX's on my old SVT and those seemed to work fine.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&place=5
Granted they aren't the greatest in snow/ice but I never did get stuck either....and they are cheap. But you can get these for the winter since they are cheap enough
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&place=2
 
I've only had my new tires for a week now, but we've had enough snow in mid-michigan to say me likes 'em! Picked up a set of 205/55-16 Goodyear Assurance Tripletred. I can surely see I'll want the the 215 or 225's for summer like many say for carving corners, but they are excellent in the slop, including 4-5" of unplowed road. My road has many curves so I tend to slow down more than necessary to see how bad the drifts or ice are on the other side and in low traffic I've used that as an opportunity to do extra brake checks or jerk the wheel just a touch. Every time I find I've overestimated the condition or underestimated the grip I will have.

I wish I had more miles on these for a fair review, but I've driven to work every day, 60 miles round, with the exception of Friday while we were getting 8"+ dumped on us. That was truck day. I'll also throw in that highway wet driving is nuts. I had to remind myself while running slalom through a series of slow-pokes that 90+ probably wasn't wise in Lansing city limits (or anywhere at 35F with rain).:nonono:

Just my .02, they're not super miracle tires but I'm super impressed.
 
SVTMiG said:
I've only had my new tires for a week now, but we've had enough snow in mid-michigan to say me likes 'em! Picked up a set of 205/55-16 Goodyear Assurance Tripletred. I can surely see I'll want the the 215 or 225's for summer like many say for carving corners, but they are excellent in the slop, including 4-5" of unplowed road. My road has many curves so I tend to slow down more than necessary to see how bad the drifts or ice are on the other side and in low traffic I've used that as an opportunity to do extra brake checks or jerk the wheel just a touch. Every time I find I've overestimated the condition or underestimated the grip I will have.

I wish I had more miles on these for a fair review, but I've driven to work every day, 60 miles round, with the exception of Friday while we were getting 8"+ dumped on us. That was truck day. I'll also throw in that highway wet driving is nuts. I had to remind myself while running slalom through a series of slow-pokes that 90+ probably wasn't wise in Lansing city limits (or anywhere at 35F with rain).:nonono:

Just my .02, they're not super miracle tires but I'm super impressed.
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a coworker of mine just put those on her fusion....I was impressed by them when we had to head to downtown duluth for work. She didn't have problem, and the roads sucked!
 
biminiLX said:
I like BFG Traction TAs I've had for good all-season in winter.
-J
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This good up to a point. I only use that for Spring, Summer and Fall. I use Blizzaks for Winter. I also have a set of Summer tires.

To the OP, if you have an extra set of wheels, get the winter snow tires. Can't go wrong with snow tires in TRF during winter. I don't think there are any all-seasons with winter bias. If any "bias" for the all-seasons, it would be summer.
 
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SVTMiG said:
I've only had my new tires for a week now, but we've had enough snow in mid-michigan to say me likes 'em! Picked up a set of 205/55-16 Goodyear Assurance Tripletred. I can surely see I'll want the the 215 or 225's for summer like many say for carving corners, but they are excellent in the slop, including 4-5" of unplowed road. My road has many curves so I tend to slow down more than necessary to see how bad the drifts or ice are on the other side and in low traffic I've used that as an opportunity to do extra brake checks or jerk the wheel just a touch. Every time I find I've overestimated the condition or underestimated the grip I will have.

I wish I had more miles on these for a fair review, but I've driven to work every day, 60 miles round, with the exception of Friday while we were getting 8"+ dumped on us. That was truck day. I'll also throw in that highway wet driving is nuts. I had to remind myself while running slalom through a series of slow-pokes that 90+ probably wasn't wise in Lansing city limits (or anywhere at 35F with rain).:nonono:

Just my .02, they're not super miracle tires but I'm super impressed.
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SVTMig is absolutely spot on.

Formerly called the Aquatred. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Assurance+TripleTred

I'm a big fan of these tires. I have put a few sets of these on my wife's 2000 Taurus SES Sport and just put a set on my mother's Sonata V6.

I noticed that OB1 has a set all shined up on his chrome wheels in the wheel and tire pics thread.

These are an excellent all season tire. I would hardly call them a compromise. You will have fun driving ther car and your wife will have an excellent all around passenger car tire.



-Tim-
 
Assurances are expensive though I guess they do their job well and last a long time. On some wheels on some cars, they are hard to balance right (because the tires aren't made that great so there are imperfections, more so than other high end tires). Probably wouldn't notice any problems on a contour though.
 
I'll second the above statement. Assurances are excellent tires but high in price. I've also heard that they hold up very well and last a long time.
 
I like the conti extreme contacts, the last set I bought were like $66 a piece. I am on my 3rd set....though my stock wheels dont get much use these days besides holding the car up in storage, they were AWESOME in the snow and have a pretty agrressive tread pattern. They make me want to drive the SVT in the snow rather than my civic rolling on 14's.
 
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