Okay, here is the deal. I need snow tires, 215/55/17 for my sedan RWD. I have been looking at the Continental Extremewintercontact specifically, because i have been hearing good things about them.

Here is the thing though, I go to school in Fargo ND and commute back to Minneapolis probably once a month on the interstate doing 75+mph for 3-3.5 hours at a time, plus various trips to Bismark, Grand Forks, etc.

I need good performance though. Theres quite a bit of snow in Fargo during the winters, and it tends to drift into deep spots, so snow traction is critical. But, i also dont want to burn up the tires on my higher speed interstate driving.

The other option would be a good all season tire like the Goodyear Assurance or Continental Contitract DWS, but i'd really like to get a dedicated snow tire that i can transfer over when i get my new car.

Trying not to spend a lot here, and thats why i like the continentals. Right around $500 for the 4 tires (love shopping for 17s vs 19s, which mine are shot...)

So what are you guys running in the snow and are you doing interstate driving or just buzzing around town? If i lived at home, i'd just toss the snow tires on and call it a day, but they need to work on the interstate.

Thanks for any info.

 

I hear the DWS are good for a good amount of snow but nothing too deep. There are many people running the DWS in snow google to see if the pics of snow they drive in is what you need it to do. But nothing will be as safe as snow tires.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=124

Check the video in the 3rd tab

 

Thanks for that. DWS looks pretty good, but im not sure how it would fair vs a snow tire.

 

So nobody runs snow tires? i was hoping to get some opinions before i go down to ford today haha

 

Ended up buying Continental ExtremeWinterContacts after talking to my friend whose the manager at tires plus. Got them for $550 shipped off tire rack. Excellent ratings so im really pumped to try these babies out in the snow!

 

i live in chicago and i just have good all season tires! and put some weight in the trunk during the winter and never had a problem! i love rwd in the winter so much better then fwd!