Yes You Need Snow Tires

[Peter Minde]

With the summer tires, someone needs to walk in front of my Miata with a broom to swipe every last snowflake from the road, but it's pretty good with the winter tires, way better than my Mom's Country Squire with retread snows on the back only.
A few years ago I used to see a Miata with Connecticut plates at Sugarbush and Mad River Glen almost every time I went up there. It looked like he drove with the top down too. I'll take my mine to Gore sometime this season.

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LOL... one of my friends has a Subie and a Mazda Miata. Susie was racked up at the mechanic and he need to go veto a ski race. Dude just put the Miata's top down, loaded his boards, and off he went.

 

[Warp daddy]

I have lived in The Northern most part of the state for 58 years . Drove thru the blizzards of 66, 77, 88 and everything since . Drove 35 miles everyday to work for 35 years never ever missed a day due to snow .


We have been skiing since the mid seventies all over the Dacks , The Laurentians , the Whites , The Greens and Have NOT had a snow tire on any of our vehicles since 1978 . I have driven at night when i am one of very few on the road in blizzards along the St Lawrence never ever spun out or had a snow related accident ..

Just sayin' ..maybe it comes down to driving style and Prudent speed and vehicular spacing l
Had Saabs during the 80s thru 2007 , then Outbacks since then In the 70's had fwd Vw's

 

[Tjf1967]

I have lived in The Northern most part of the state for 58 years . Drove thru the blizzards of 66, 77, 88 and everything since . Drove 35 miles everyday to work for 35 years never ever missed a day due to snow .


We have been skiing since the mid seventies all over the Dacks , The Laurentians , the Whites , The Greens and Have NOT had a snow tire on any of our vehicles since 1978 . I have driven at night when i am one of very few on the road in blizzards along the St Lawrence never ever spun out or had a snow related accident ..

Just sayin' ..maybe it comes down to driving style and Prudent speed and vehicular spacing l
Had Saabs during the 80s thru 2007 , then Outbacks since then In the 70's had fwd Vw's

Amen brother. Snows are a luxury not a necessity. That said I have snows. The increase in traction is awesome. The ride on 0 degree dry roads is softer and you can corner better. I still get 55k on each set so really it's a matter of swapping them out twice per year. No increase in overall tire cost.

 

[Harvey]

vehicular spacing

This is also a luxury, to have control of it.

Long live the snowtire thread!

 

[Milo Maltbie]

... Have NOT had a snow tire on any of our vehicles since 1978 .

!978 was the end of the retraed-snow-tires-on-the-rear-only-of-your-Impala era. Four Blizzaks have made winter driving a pleasure since the mid-80s. I never had to miss meetings in Massena or Syracuse or anywhere else once I had 4 winter tires, which was huge because people were always trying to blow my deadlines.

No one except skiers uses snow tires anymore. The biggest factor in winter driving around here is being stuck in traffic. I don't need winter tires for that. OTOH once every couple of years I need to get out to make the first chair for a powder day at Gore or in the Catskills and I need snow tires for that. Also, the board certified registered nurse/dominatrix that I live with needs to go to work regardless of weather and she's uncomfortable driving in snow unless she has good tires. I could drive her to work but I want to go skiing. So I end up buying 2 complete sets of winter tires hoping for new snow somewhere in driving distance. That's totally worth it to me. YMMV

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[Warp daddy]

!978 was the end of the retraed-snow-tires-on-the-rear-only-of-your-Impala era. Four Blizzaks have made winter driving a pleasure since the mid-80s. I never had to miss meetings in Massena or Syracuse or anywhere else once I had 4 winter tires, which was huge because people were always trying to blow my deadlines.

No one except skiers uses snow tires anymore. The biggest factor in winter driving around here is being stuck in traffic. I don't need winter tires for that. OTOH once every couple of years I need to get out to make the first chair for a powder day at Gore or in the Catskills and I need snow tires for that. Also, the board certified registered nurse/dominatrix that I live with needs to go to work regardless of weather and she's uncomfortable driving in snow unless she has good tires. I could drive her to work but I want to go skiing. So I end up buying 2 complete sets of winter tires hoping for new snow somewhere in driving distance. That's totally worth it to me. YMMV

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Chacun a son gout

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

My snow tires have been invaluable in getting me to first chair on pow day, but they have also been an endless PITA. Having to store and swap tires twice a year is not something I recommend. They also have a vibration issue at 70+ which forces me get them looked at every season. Everything is aftermarket so is it the wheels being slightly bent, the tires which came with an egg, the plastic hub centric spacers being shot, a balance coming off?

I dunno but if I didn't ski I would have long gotten rid of them.

 

[rebel1916]

No one except skiers uses snow tires anymore. Also, the board certified registered nurse/dominatrix that I live with needs to go to work regardless of weather and she's uncomfortable driving in snow unless she has good tires.

Well, skiers and essential workers. My buddy with a lift and a tire change machine has a decent side gig mounting snows, this time of year for COs, in the Catskills.