Fam, I’m looking at new winter tires this season. What tires have served you well and you’re happy with?
Specifically asking Canadians their opinion as US winters pale in comparison to what we drive through.
Currently considering the Michelin X-Ice and Bridgestone Blizzak. I’ve had the Blizzak before but wondering if there’s better.
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@[email protected] <looks up from south africa> you folk have to weather your tires?
@mensrea yep. Most swap tires for the winter season. Some invest in separate steel rims for the winter. If you plan to drive through British Columbia, you are required to have tires that have the winter snowflake on them.
For me, I have been happy with “all-weather” tires (they do have the snowflake on them) because I don’t often drive before the plows are out on our major roads, but a trip like this needs meatier tires.
@[email protected] Michelin X-ice, very happy with them. Blizzak is supposed to be great too but wear faster.
@[email protected] type of drive wheels ? Front…rear or 4wd ??
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@[email protected] Full disclosure I have family that works for Goodyear in Ontario but Goodyear winter command and ultra performance are great. I have also had good luck with continental vikings on my rear wheel drive Chrysler 300. I’ve never had issues with either even the year before last where I was driving home on Christmas Eve during the worst snow storm in recent memory when they shut down the 401 (with me on it) because there was so much snow coming down they couldn’t clear it fast enough.
@[email protected] I’m pretty happy with my Nokian Hakkapeliitta’s.
Most people won’t be able to give you good advice on this because they don’t have enough to compare to.
I like using a rating site to see where different tires excel or leave wanting.
My library card gives me access to consumer reports which might also have some recommendations.
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=W&VT=C
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@[email protected] we’ve been happy with the Toyo Observe tires.
@[email protected] From 7+ years of driving Toronto -> Montreal -> Ottawa -> North Bay -> Toronto, I can tell you that any winter tire is going to be better than any all-season tire.
No matter what you end up buying, get an alignment done every 12-18 months or 15-20k kms to make sure they last! Bad alignment can burn through tires very quickly, especially on larger/heavier vehicles.
@[email protected] I’ve seen terrible alignments, but really we just need to be able to traverse the Rockies which anyone in “central Canada” (@[email protected]) has no experience in unless they’ve done it before.
I’ve done it many times, I’d be happy to do it on all-weather tires but my partner is demanding winter tires. But as they say, happy partner, happy life.
@[email protected] @[email protected] costco for tires Chad and FFS listen to Kendra 🙄
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] used to use all weather tires - then got winter tires. Noticeably better control over icy roads. Partner is smart to demand them.
@[email protected] Winter tires. Driving with anything else through mountains in winter is foolish.
@[email protected] I’d put a vote in for Toyo. I live in Ontario, and have gone through 2 sets in the past ten years. Been very happy with them.
@[email protected] Both are great and a definite upgrade from all-season. Do it.
@[email protected] Those two are pretty much the best you can get. Definitely get separate steel rims. They’ll help preserve the beads on both sets.
@chad Currently running both. Large vehicle = X-Ice. Smaller vehicle = Blizzak. Can’t go wrong either way. Blizzak grippier and better for RWD or rear-weighted AWD. X-Ice a little better in deep snow. For an accord I’d say X-Ice.
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I’ve run Nokian WRG4 all-weather tires on four different vehicles (even when I lived in 100-Mile) & they were great. I couldn’t get them to fit the ID.4 so I ordered some Michelin Crossclimate 2’s which ironically have never seen winter because we ended up with a flat before the Michelin’s arrived. The only tires we could get on short notice were a set of Continental Viking 7 dedicated winters. We’re happy with the Vikings and for a dedicated winter tire they’re unusually quiet.@[email protected] uses to drive in the winter. The mountain passes and crosses over bridges are the iciest parts.
BC contracts out ice removal by region, so its common to round a corner and find the road 20x slippery due to lack of sand or plowing.
