Winter tire discussion for grown ups thread.

[68style]

Originally Posted by trollface

Still on Indy500


Doesn't afraid

SO MUCH HAIR ON YOUR CHEST!!!

[trollface]

I don't play by any rules, not even my own.

[whitev70r]

And quite slippery on those South Van/South Burnaby slopes

[Acura604]

IF I DONT SEE SNOW BY END OF JANUARY I'M SWAPPING BACK!!!!!

THIS IS BS.. MY POOR WINTER TREAD IS WEARING DOWN FOR NOTHING WHILE DUMBASSES WITH 2% SUMMER TREAD STILL ROLLING!!!!

[bcrdukes]

@red kryptonite - How is it over on the Island? Still need winters? Or okay to run R-compounds safely?

[sonick]

This is the exact temperature/weather winter tires are made for. They are called winter tires not snow tires for a reason.

[red kryptonite]

The mornings been kinda icy lately. My neighbour washed his car yesterday and the water froze over night.
This winters been mild, a lot of the mustangs and chargers I see in parking lots are still on summers.

[trollface]

Still on Indy500.

I'll be signing autographs outside the ICBC claims center tomorrow at noon.

[supafamous]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFLiZWJz...RlODBiNWFlZA==

Looks like the CrossClimate 2 has real competition now:

I finally got the chance to try my new Goodyear Assurance Weatherready 2s in the snow! People often ask me what tires I fit on my personal vehicles and for this winter in Utah, I've decided to try the new Goodyear Assurance weatherready 2 instead of my usual CrossClimate 2s.

So far I'm extremely impressed with the new Goodyear. The snow grip seemed excellent in the limited running I did, and the dry and wet has also been very good. I'm particularly impressed by the comfort of the tire, even though it is quite a heavy tire which I think is affecting rolling resistance slightly. My friends at @tirerack also rate the tire highly.

I will be doing a full all weather category tire test soon so keep an eye on YouTube.

Got that eyebrow look too.

[bcrdukes]

Badhobz just fainted.

[Badhobz]

GOODYEAR!?!??! man fuck that noise. Either you go Michelin or you go ching chong ding dong tires. You either eat steak, or you eat mcdoubles. What is this half assed bullshit.

[trollface]

Is tire tech just a slow burn scam at this point? All the thread patterns look the same, rubber compound is very well understood at this point.

You're telling me we sent robots to Mars and a Tesla to space, and get stuff dropped off in my backyard by an Amazon drone, but we just found out a V pattern is pretty good?

How can they get better and better each year some how. At this pace, in 50 years tires will be so grippy it spins the earth faster and we lose 2 days a year due to the new CrossClimate 40's.

Common now.

[Badhobz]

I’m not listening to the logic of a face troll. That’s stupid.

Spoiler!

(P.s. I’ve been driving on these summer stone bridge tires this entire winter and I haven’t slipped or skidded once… it’s a summer tire… wtf. Why do you even need cross climate 2s ?!?)

[trollface]

I’m not wrong and you know it.

Big tire is blowing air up your ass. Same folks that make tires for space shuttles and f1 just found out about the triangle shape.

[yray]

maybe the cost to make the eyebrow mold is finally cheap enough for our cheap asses to accept

[Hondaracer]

I had good year assurance on my car prior to my new set, they were actually excellent tires in all conditions. Would have bought them again if the Costco deals hadn’t swayed me

[AstulzerRZD]

Most all weather tires absolutely blow in the wet.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests...y.jsp?ttid=336

A couple new entries now as good in wet as CrossClimate 2
- Toyo Celsius Sport
- GY WeatherReady 2
- Vredestein Quatrac Pro+
- Cinturato WeatherActive

[Badhobz]

Aye cross climate 2s are old now. I’ll wait for cross climate 3s

[radeonboy]

Canadian Tire is clearing out their X-Ice Snow tires for those in the market.

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/m...-0052089p.html

Too bad there's no stock for the size I'm looking for - I'm looking at a new set of all-seasons + winters at the end of the year (CC2s aren't available).

[EvoFire]

Bummer, sold out in my size

[RabidRat]

Originally Posted by radeonboy

Canadian Tire is clearing out their X-Ice Snow tires for those in the market.

A sign of X-Ice Snow 2 to come?

[radeonboy]

I think CT begins their steep winter tire discounts around this time - I lucked out twice with them around this time in the past.

[dark0821]

NoooOoooOooo welp, oh wait... they have it for my prius LOL hmmmmmm

[trollface]

Still on indy500.

[TypeRNammer]

Originally Posted by radeonboy

Canadian Tire is clearing out their X-Ice Snow tires for those in the market.

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/m...-0052089p.html

Too bad there's no stock for the size I'm looking for - I'm looking at a new set of all-seasons + winters at the end of the year (CC2s aren't available).

X Ice Snows for 235/45/18 at $229.59 seems like a decent price

Thoughts on it in terms of pricing?

I've previously had X Ice Snows on my previous BMW X1 and absolutely blasted through the previous snow dumps in Metro Vancouver


EDIT:

I currently have Momo Tires NORTH POLE W-2 on my Model 3, and it's the definition of hot garbage. Had it on for 3 winter seasons. The compound is on the harder side, and gets stuck on my street when there's a snow dump