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You're not wrong in the sense that snow tires are designed first to stop you. Not to start you. But if you call snow tires on a FWD "kool-aid" I completely disa
by explorer83 3y ago
You're not wrong in the sense that snow tires are designed first to stop you. Not to start you. But if you call snow tires on a FWD "kool-aid" I completely disagree with you there. unless maybe you bought "true" all seasons (tires where some of the tread is like a winter tire), which are still relatively new and have a lot of tread depth. Those can probably get you by OK to where you would think true snow tires aren't worth it. But once they wear I'd still take worn snow tires over them any day.
Source - Worked at a large tire wholesaler. Driven multiple FWD cars with true all seasons and true winters in winter conditions.
- dsfyu404ed 3y agoI've lived it (these were proper studded snow tires). The improvement is there any very tangible but there's a reason I put the wife in the AWD one. I agree that tread depth is massively important in the slushy conditions that commutes in the snow devolve into. You need that depth to provide a path for the "thick water" to GTFO so you're not hydroplaning on slush.
- secabeen 3y agoI've seen the true all seasons more and more. Both my and my mom's car have standard tires from the manufacturer, yet both also have the M+S designation that indicates a Mud and Snow tire. Are these tires of the form you describe?
- explorer83 3y agoIt sounds to me like you already have picked this up but that M+S designation is kind of 'generously' applied in my opinion. At best it's relative. They will be better than a tire designed for dry pavement performance. But still range widely to how they perform compared to actual mud or snow tires.