Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras - View Single Post - To snow tire or not to snow tire, das ist kvestion

Dean · 2007-09-21, 09:46 AM

Search for "Snow Ice tires". Back in 2005 I summarized TR and CR data on Snows. The Nokians didn't cut it.

Even the best AS can't touch the worst dedicated snows in snow/ice performance, but many are acceptable for light snow on maintained roads. Snows are a must in the deeper stuff or ice & hills.

I've run both the ASX and Nero all seasons on the A4 for a few years and like them both. Compared to my W300s (Good) or Debbie's Revos(great) in the snow though, they are only fair, but acceptable.

A quick review of TR data shows that probably the best UHP AS tire remains the Pirelli PZero Nero M+S. I had these on the A4 before the ASXs and they were better, but at the time I was replacing them they were almost twice the price. Now they are much more reasonably priced and they do very well in the dry as well.

2007-09-21, 09:46 AM	#15
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Search for "Snow Ice tires". Back in 2005 I summarized TR and CR data on Snows. The Nokians didn't cut it. Even the best AS can't touch the worst dedicated snows in snow/ice performance, but many are acceptable for light snow on maintained roads. Snows are a must in the deeper stuff or ice & hills. I've run both the ASX and Nero all seasons on the A4 for a few years and like them both. Compared to my W300s (Good) or Debbie's Revos(great) in the snow though, they are only fair, but acceptable. A quick review of TR data shows that probably the best UHP AS tire remains the Pirelli PZero Nero M+S. I had these on the A4 before the ASXs and they were better, but at the time I was replacing them they were almost twice the price. Now they are much more reasonably priced and they do very well in the dry as well. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids... Last edited by Dean; 2007-09-21 at 09:52 AM.