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[the_saintusa]

Originally Posted by left footed whooten

Get her some goodyear UGIWRT, great snows and she wont know the difference between AS, they drive well in the dry. Great in snow conditions, ran 2 sets.

Can second the Goodyear UGIWRT for a good winter tire. Had them on my C63 and was very happy with them.


Great in snow and in the dry. Quite good on ice, but not as good as the Nokians, or X-ices.

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[left footed whooten]

Yeah, a highly underrated crescent wrench of a snow tire. Ice is its weak point, but not far behind the leaders. Better than blizzaks with 1 winter on each of them though. They wear so much better than the blizzaks do.

If I didnt offroad so much during the winter in the dry also, Id get the UGIWRT LT for my truck. Im afraid of beating the snot out of them though. Havent seen them in person, not sure how different from the P rated XL version im used to.

[desmoface1]

Thanks for the reply, I’ll have to read up on those.

Originally Posted by left footed whooten

Get her some goodyear UGIWRT, great snows and she wont know the difference between AS, they drive well in the dry. Great in snow conditions, ran 2 sets.

[oichan]

Originally Posted by desmoface1

Hello everyone,

So my wife has decided a new wrx is in our future, which isn't a bad thing. I live in NE Ohio, so we get snow, sometimes lots of it. I've been researching snow tires and the Nokian R3 has caught my attention as one of the best, maybe?

My wife wants to buy some good all-seasons and call it a day, maybe a Continental DWS06, as it's a bit of a pita to swap tires twice a year. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Steve

I run DWS06 on my WRX in stock size on my winter set which are Prodrive GT1's. I get snowed often but the snow plows do a decent job. Up to 3inches of snow on the ground is no issue on my WRX. Deeper I can still get out, but struggles vs snow tires.

Considering 99% of the winter is drivable for me the all-seasons do just fine and work out better because I have a wider window of when to swap to and from the stock summer tires. Snow tires wear rather quickly when driven in warmer months, I hate the squirm they have.

If I live in the mountains or rural areas where one's kind of left out fending on their own, then snow tires make a lot of sense to get.

[krzyss]

Try performance winter tires. You may like them better than all seasons in winter.
And summer tires will be much better in dry and wet (and warm) than all seasons.

Krzyś

[left footed whooten]

^^^this. If your conditions allow, theyre a good choice.

[MTL JIM]

Originally Posted by krzyss

...And summer tires will be much better in dry and wet (and warm) than all seasons.

Krzyś

But this is a winter tire thread, isn't it? Summer tires will only be better than all season tires at temperatures above about 45*F.

[left footed whooten]

Yes it is, and welcome. Yes, summer tires will be better in the dry and wet and warm than all seasons. Read his first sentence, addressing a 2 set approach with performance winters and summers.

This is the winter tire thread, not the argument thread.