I thought I would pitch in here.
(prices are relative to my tire size)
The WS-60 is the best all around snow and ice tire. - 85$ each +shipping
Its also R- rated .. thats lower than Q rating.. in other words on the highway its going to feel like rolling on marshmallows.
The new ws-60 IS better than the ws-50 but not amazingly better.
The continential extremecontact run about 70$ they are new for this year. I purchased these. They are T-rated. They are kinda mushy at 60degrees but at 35F they are similar to normal T-rated tires. Part of the reason is the big soft tread blocks will squirm more regardless of the tire speed rating.
The continentals ultimately were what I picked because of the combination of only slighty worse than the ws-60 and better handling.
The X-ice Xi2 from michelin is susposed to be very similar to the continentials and possibly better wearing it runs about 90$(in my size)
If you havent ever had studded snow tires dont get them.. you will have a good chance of being very unhappy with them. As they are an extreme trade off for bad winter conditions with little to no improvement over modern studless tires like the blizzack ws-60 etc.
I was looking at the new dunlop GS-3 but was told they are still slightly behind the others in ice traction(and the contis were 3$cheaper)
If I were you I'd buy either continential extremewintercontacts
or the michelin xice xi2 so you dont lose all handling.
they are 95% of the blizzacks with better handling for those days its 30 and dry out etc.
(prices are relative to my tire size)
The WS-60 is the best all around snow and ice tire. - 85$ each +shipping
Its also R- rated .. thats lower than Q rating.. in other words on the highway its going to feel like rolling on marshmallows.
The new ws-60 IS better than the ws-50 but not amazingly better.
The continential extremecontact run about 70$ they are new for this year. I purchased these. They are T-rated. They are kinda mushy at 60degrees but at 35F they are similar to normal T-rated tires. Part of the reason is the big soft tread blocks will squirm more regardless of the tire speed rating.
The continentals ultimately were what I picked because of the combination of only slighty worse than the ws-60 and better handling.
The X-ice Xi2 from michelin is susposed to be very similar to the continentials and possibly better wearing it runs about 90$(in my size)
If you havent ever had studded snow tires dont get them.. you will have a good chance of being very unhappy with them. As they are an extreme trade off for bad winter conditions with little to no improvement over modern studless tires like the blizzack ws-60 etc.
I was looking at the new dunlop GS-3 but was told they are still slightly behind the others in ice traction(and the contis were 3$cheaper)
If I were you I'd buy either continential extremewintercontacts
or the michelin xice xi2 so you dont lose all handling.
they are 95% of the blizzacks with better handling for those days its 30 and dry out etc.