We did the first couple months of winter on all-seasons when the Outback was new and it wasn't terrible. I was actually kind of surprised that the new X-ice2's we put on later, didn't feel that much better. The factory all-season have a very narrow contact patch for the size and they have nearly the same land to sea ratio, so performance in the deep stuff wasn't much improved with the x-ice2's.
Who has their winter tires on already?
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^^^Odie, you’ll be unstoppable. And if you have AWD, you’ll climb mountains.
Summer tires will be unstoppable.^^^Odie, you’ll be unstoppable.
Studded tires will have enhanced stopping capability
It's a 2nd generation FIT w/ F.W.D. , never had A.W.D. for 40+ years of driving . Started buying winter tires w/ studs after hitting a guard rail , that was 30+ years ago .
^^^Now, that's what I call unstoppable! 
The guard rail stopped the unstoppable
Put my Michelin X Ice snow suv on our Honda Odyssey this morning. They are on stock wheels with tpms. Got them at the very end of last year on some sort of sale so I couldn’t pass it up considering I was gonna get new ones this year
I go by outside temps, when temps drop to just a few deg above freezing at night - it's time to winter tires, usually mid Oct.
Summer/all seasons go back on when temps stay above freezing at least 7deg at night on regular basis, usually mid Apr.
Summer/all seasons go back on when temps stay above freezing at least 7deg at night on regular basis, usually mid Apr.
It's supposed to be 50+ degrees here on Sunday in Eastern Washington so I'll wait another week. I usually try and wait until the beginning of December because the temperatures vary considerably in October and November.
Dunno about you guys but I swap them tires in personal garage with garage door open and like doing it when it's still or already somewhat warm and not blowing snow in. I actually adjust maint sched so I don't do much during winter anyway, just oil changes.
Goodyear lists the WinterCommand Ultra's as starting at 11/32". According to my depth gauge they are barely over 10/32" at least in my 205/65/16 size. They are listed as a 99H XL (WeatherReady was 95H)
The xB‘s new Contis are mounted & balanced on the newly repainted OEM steelies-watching the weather forecast… The MGM has Tripletreds, so it’s always ready, and the Express still has a pair of studded 10 plys on Ford steelies ready too. 2 years ago, they never got installed at all, but I think this winter will be a different story.
I like the deep sipes that go the whole way down the tread. On some winter tires the sipes disappear before the tire is worn out.
The more the merrier . Downside is handling on corners and emergency maneuvers .
