2019 VW GLI Northside of Indianapolis area. So some years snow events, ice, slush, cold, mild etc.
No days off for bad weather for my wife or I who both drive the car
I’m a believer in winter tires even though most people in this area or worse areas think they are silly. I’d rather drop the $ over a few winters than get in accident due to crappy wrong season tires.
the info and reviews of the available tires are not plentiful almost like you have to guess or just go blindly
tires I had in the past. X ice 2. These were on a prius and weren’t bad really. Got around in 14” of unplowed snow. Ws50 had those on a camaro SS back 20 years ago. Those with some sand bags in the back that thing was great. Yokohama w drive. Had those on a WRX and they were not great IMO. Like just an all season tire. Ws80 have those on our Odyssey now and they are great will be the last winter on them this one. winter contact si. Had those on an accord (the car before this GLI) and those were very good.
so where I am at thinking wise is WS90, x ice snow, or VikingContact 7. The WS90 according to tire rack are pretty good in dry and wet non snow driving which lets face it that’s a lot of Midwest winte
the sottozero 3 have ok tire rack rating but no experience with them
anyone with thoughts
No days off for bad weather for my wife or I who both drive the car
I’m a believer in winter tires even though most people in this area or worse areas think they are silly. I’d rather drop the $ over a few winters than get in accident due to crappy wrong season tires.
the info and reviews of the available tires are not plentiful almost like you have to guess or just go blindly
tires I had in the past. X ice 2. These were on a prius and weren’t bad really. Got around in 14” of unplowed snow. Ws50 had those on a camaro SS back 20 years ago. Those with some sand bags in the back that thing was great. Yokohama w drive. Had those on a WRX and they were not great IMO. Like just an all season tire. Ws80 have those on our Odyssey now and they are great will be the last winter on them this one. winter contact si. Had those on an accord (the car before this GLI) and those were very good.
so where I am at thinking wise is WS90, x ice snow, or VikingContact 7. The WS90 according to tire rack are pretty good in dry and wet non snow driving which lets face it that’s a lot of Midwest winte
the sottozero 3 have ok tire rack rating but no experience with them
anyone with thoughts