Egg Zachary

Though IMO you could get some good-performing A/S tires and use them as summers, then you have acceptable performance in those 'shoulder' seasons between summer and winter.

 

This is exactly what I do. I use Toyo Proxes 4's for the Spring/Summer/Fall and Have a dedicated winter setup. However I think I am going to swap them out for a summer pair when those wear out.. or I get new wheels whichever comes first.

 

Not all of us live in Canada, New England or other snowbelt areas where a set of snow tires is a near-must. I got by on crappy stock RS-As all just fine the past 2 winters in my area (NYC metro area, Long Island) and plan to go AS again this winter, this time with Eagle GTs. Hell, I spent 4 winters at school in Buffalo driving a POS Ford Taurus wagon on AS Bridgestones with decent thread; I had to adjust my driving habits (drive in higher gear, no sudden accelerations) on bad snow days but got through OK every time. Didn't know much about winter tires then...

 

I have the Yoko H4s's and live in Colorado and have no issues what so ever. We have had a crazy amount of black ice, some snow and -14 before wind chill. Every review says they are a joke in the winter, but i like them. I drive an X which helps, plus the G is so predicable I never feel unsafe.

 

Snowtires losing lot in cold weather on dry and wet road. They are really good in snow but dry road and wet road some snowtires are horrible. Michellin X ice for example.

It all depends where you live. If you live a place where it snows a lot and stays on the ground the snow tires are the way to go. If it goes away quick or they clean the roads often or just doesn't snow much then all season is better. Especially like Nokian all season tires. They work really good.

 

In cold, snowy or icy climates this is exactly right.

Unfortunately plenty or people around here don't accept this and won't spend the money for snows.

On a separate note why do so many people on these tire threads spell tire tread as thread?

 

Oh I hate that also Deane, thread (tread), breaks (brakes), bumber (bumper) are a few of my other hates.

 

I live in Chicago and have long commute on highway. Haven't had much problem last two winters on A/S tires on my X. But occasionally, there was some slippage when turning slightly quickly. And i always try to be careful due to RWD bias of the X.
I have used Nokian before on my RWD J30 and they were very good even for RWD. I might use them again once these stock tires wear out, unless Michelin/Yoko can out perform them.
I agree that the best way would be winter tires but it's a lot of hassle to switch them, so that is why i prefer A/S thinking it would perform fine in winter. But this article from Infiniti dealer made it sound like A/S are not very good, then why did they stock A/S on their X?