Tires BRIDGESTONE or GISLAVED
I have a Superduty Tremor with Duratrac Wranglers and a Focus ST that I have a second set of wheels and Blizzaks on it. As long as the snow isn’t too deep that it packs my bumper full I prefer to drive the ST with snow tires on it in winter weather because dedicated snow tires are almost always better in colder climates period.
I have Bridgestone blizzaks on my Tacoma and on my ae86 in 14s. Haven't driven the 86 yet but I fucking love them on my truck.
It does great in the snow & ice wearing Blizzaks.
Just put on my Bridgeton blizzaks on our 23 awd. These make a huge difference on ice.
My Cross Sport was ok in the snow but is now great since I put a set of Blizzaks on it. After getting stuck once with stock tires, I got the snow tires and haven’t looked back.
For what it’s worth, I have the Bridgestone Alenza RFTs and competitively think they are quite nice vs Conti and Michelin tires I have had on previous vehicles.
I had studded gislaved nord frost tires on a FWD Chevy Spectrum back in the day and was unstoppable.
First snowfall here in Toronto, ON on new years eve and they did not disappoint. +1 on the break in, as the tires began to come in on their own with the added kms. Also, nvh is simply superb, these are the quitest tires I have ever driven
I’ve driven a wide variety of winter tires. Bridgestone, GoodYear, Firestone, Cooper, Michelin, Continental, and one or two others. Some were quieter, some were better on ice, some were better in deep snow. None were terrible. If you go with major brand names, that are not much over 5 years old, you should be ok.
I have found it quite hard to predict, but Bridgestone were extremely noisy for me. Then I had Michelin which were slightly quieter but still didn't satisfy me completely.
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