Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: Astro14
+1 - seen several Subarus in ditches or crashes in Northern VT.
How many of them were STIs, the owners of which somehow thought that their semi-slick, pure MAX performance summer, OEM B-stones were going to get them through the winter
because of their AWD, and various other 'nannies'?
Generally plain-jane Outbacks and Legacys...and yeah...looked like the OEM All-seasons. The issue with Vermont (or Finland where Nokian produces great snow tires) is the variety of precip, particularly near freezing. Snow, slush, ice, freezing rain and combinations thereof make for some very low traction and really treacherous driving...That's where the snows really shine; slush/ice/freezing.
Never saw one Subie wipe out with snow tires on it...of course, all the subies with green plates had snows on them. Subies are all over Vermont...might as well make it the state car...like the state flower, or state bird...they are perfectly suited to that environment...but even Subies need 4 snows to stop or turn...
I am going to be in Germany next week. German rules
require snow tires on cars from 01 Nov to 01 Apr. So Avis (from whom I am renting this time) ensures that EVERY car they rent during that period has 4 (not 2...4) snow tires on it.
The Germans legislate common sense it seems...and their climate is no worse than New England.