Anyone Driven Snow Compounds this time of the year

[chefwong]

Anyone Driven Snow Compounds this time of the year
Gummi Bear compounds on hot blacktop....

I never have and am heavily contemplating it for this one stint....
Vehicle service warranty is right around the bend and scheduled brake flush on this is covered.
I don't want to risk having my aftermarket wheels damaged in any way....big calipers are easy to kiss the inner wheel well.
I use wheel hangers when removing/installing....

So I'm thinking I might throw the snows on, drive the 40 miles to the dealer.....etc...
Current temps is around 75-80F

 

[joegreen]

You will be fine. May feel a little squirly

 

[daves87rs]

Very squishy

 

[fdcg27]

Ran out a set of Blizzaks in exactly this way.
Other than being really squishy, no issues.

 

[CharBaby]

I don’t myself run dedicated winter snows during the non-winter months but I know several people who do. When they buy tires they just buy winter tires and keep mine all year around. These particular folks don’t put many miles on their car/SUV and they just don’t wanna mess around anymore in their retirement age of switching over tires season after season.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

You should consider the Nokian WRG5 or the Nordman Solstice 4, which are basically winter tires that can be used year-round.

How much tread is left on the snow tires?

 

[Klutch9]

I’d just drive very carefully to and from the shop.

 

[spj]

While I don't live in the south where the heat might be more of an issue, I happily run winters through the summer when I know they are too worn for duty the following winter. Doing it now.

 

[Patman]

While I don't live in the south where the heat might be more of an issue, I happily run winters through the summer when I know they are too worn for duty the following winter. Doing it now.

That’s a really smart idea that a lot of people don’t think about doing. But once you get to the last half of the life of a winter tire it’s generally not going to be very good in the deep snow but it’s still perfectly capable in the rains of the summer. So you might as well get your money’s worth out of them for 8 or 9 more months before tossing them

 

[cheesepuffs2]

Some snow tires even reveal an all-season compound toward the lower end of the tread depth.

OP, it'll be fine.

 

[MNgopher]

Currently running a set of winter tires out that hit the end of their winter service... but they are fine for the summer. Will wear them down and then replace with new winter tires this fall...

 

[Marcozi]

Stopping distances will be longer on snows.

 

[edyvw]

We used older snow tires in 1/4 mile drag races. Didn’t have money to warm up performance summer tires to grip. Snow tire will provide good grip going forward in straight line without warm up. The problem was stopping. Oh boy, what difference it is between summer performance tire and snow tire when braking from 100mph etc.
You slam on the brake and eventually you start thinking: “ok, anytime now would be good to stop.”

 

[IndyIan]

Anyone Driven Snow Compounds this time of the year
Gummi Bear compounds on hot blacktop....

I never have and am heavily contemplating it for this one stint....
Vehicle service warranty is right around the bend and scheduled brake flush on this is covered.
I don't want to risk having my aftermarket wheels damaged in any way....big calipers are easy to kiss the inner wheel well.
I use wheel hangers when removing/installing....

So I'm thinking I might throw the snows on, drive the 40 miles to the dealer.....etc...
Current temps is around 75-80F

No problem really, driving normally. You could take a lot of life out of them if you were carving up some winding roads, but don't do that and they will be fine.

 

[kschachn]

That’s a really smart idea that a lot of people don’t think about doing. But once you get to the last half of the life of a winter tire it’s generally not going to be very good in the deep snow but it’s still perfectly capable in the rains of the summer. So you might as well get your money’s worth out of them for 8 or 9 more months before tossing them

Every winter tire I've bought has two sets of wear bars, one is for snow performance and the other for safety.

 

[krzyss]

I found modern studless winter tires to be out of its element in warm wet environment.
Hot wet, I suspect, will be even worse.

Krzyś

 

[GaryMX5]

I'm usually pretty good at holding off on installing snows until it gets cold out and remove them early in the spring as the pavement heats up. But when my snows get down to less than half tread depth I'll run them into the early summer to get my money's worth out of them. That's what I hate the most about snow tires....they're pretty much useless (as a snow and ice tire) once the small sipes are gone.

 

[chorty]

michigan here.

i've rolled around on studded tires in the summer. I get odd looks in the parking lot. Sounds like i'm driving on wet gravel....when the pavement is dry.

besides that, i didn't notice anything.

 

[Finklejag]

My friend drives on Firestone Winterforce 2 tires year round on his Chevy Sonic commuter. He gets 55K miles a set he says. He drives 50 minutes each way to work and lives in the hills. The sonic has 15 inch wheels so prices are pretty cheap compared to the average tire size these days.