Yes You Need Snow Tires

[Brownski]

When I had the rwd Safari I would buy snows IF I found myself replacing my tires in the winter. Otherwise I never thought about it. I learned to drive upstate in the eighties though so I guess technique overcame technology.

 

[Low Angle Life]

Fun!

I've had two and held on to the second one as my "weekend go-cart". Small light weight manual RWD cars just keep getting harder and harder to find.

 

[Gorehoar]

All seasons are for full time flatlanders, minimal snow. All weather are tweeners. A compromise biased towards the all seasons. What are you driving?

 

[Peter Minde]

Will be mounting Nokian snow tires on the shooting brake in the next 10 days. When I move to the north country, I'll run studded Nokians.

 

[Endoftheline]

If you plan on spending most of your winter in the Adirondacks you need real snow tires. I've been doing the snows on steel rims for 30 plus years on vehicles. I tend to keep vehicles for 10 plus years so it works for me. All Weather/All Seasons tires=Worst of All Worlds.

 

[tirolski]

When I had the rwd Safari I would buy snows IF I found myself replacing my tires in the winter. Otherwise I never thought about it. I learned to drive upstate in the eighties though so I guess technique overcame technology.

Yup.
Drove 690 thru the Cuse to get to and from work for over 35 years.
Biggest problem was inexperienced folks screwing around.
Anti-lock brakes, AWD and good tires help but can’t fix stupid.

 

[Gorehoar]

Wife has Goodyear Assurance all weathers on her Mazda CX-5. Commutes to GF daily (40 miles round trip). No problems. Even blasts through the plow berms when it storms. She grew up in Utica, so that helps!

 

[Peter Minde]

"Anti-lock brakes, AWD and good tires help but can’t fix stupid."

Yup. When SUVs were first a thing in the mid 1990s, I used to see a lot of them in ditches when it snowed. People seem to have acquired more sense in the last few years.

 

[Campgottagopee]

I've had two and held on to the second one as my "weekend go-cart". Small light weight manual RWD cars just keep getting harder and harder to find.

RT on!
This summer I went to Watkins Glenn for the IMSA race ---- those things were all over the place there. I've always had an appreciation for that car.

 

[Endoftheline]

"Anti-lock brakes, AWD and good tires help but can’t fix stupid."

Yup. When SUVs were first a thing in the mid 1990s, I used to see a lot of them in ditches when it snowed. People seem to have acquired more sense in the last few years.

I spent a few years in Colorado late 70s when Audi first put out their AWD sedans. It was noticeable how many were buried off I-70 either in the median or off the right side. Drivers thought they were invinceable. (sp).