Hello, I recently got a 2007 G35X and was wondering if anyone can provide some feedback on whether it's ok to drive in the Canadian winter without winter tires? will it handle well?

If you do recommend winter tires, any suggestions? Thanks

 

Need? Probably not, but I highly recommend it.
I do know that the stock Goodyears suck in the winter.

I have a set of Blizzack WS50's on 17" wheels for the winter.
The car is pretty good in the snow but needs a ire designed for those conditions to really shine.
My car is better in the snow and ice than my wife's Acura MDX once I have my snows on.

 

Michelin X-Ice.

 

That depends, are you in Vancouver or Northern Quebec? I have Blizzaks on mine for the winter. The difference is night and day.
Check out the Canadian section of the forum. There is lots of help on winter tires. Most suggest Blizzaks or X-Ice.
https://g35driver.com/forums/canada/...ian-forum.html
https://g35driver.com/forums/canada-36/
https://g35driver.com/forums/canada/...necessary.html

 

I drive in NJ with the AWD model with Goodyear Eagle GT (all season, high performance tires). I never had a problem in the snow. One time, I had a foot of snow, and the G drove smoothly. I even tried to accelerate quickly in a wide turn, and never had a problem. It also depends on the driver. I know some people panic when they start slipping.

Whenever I detect slippage, I turn my steering wheel towards the direction of the skid. Always works every time. It's better with the AWD model because the VSC will correct for that.

 

Get a decent set of snows and you'll detect a whole lot less of that.
It's true that you can get away without snows. The thing to understand is just how much better the car will perform with the proper tires for these specific road conditions.
It's night and day and very much worth the investment.

 

You can find bunch of info about this topic.

The answer is where you live. If you have snow on the road most of the winter time than well worth it. Good quality winter tires are better on snow and ice. However they are not as great on dry road those days when temperature is warmer or on wet road and you have the road noise with it too.

It all depends where you live and where/when you drive.

 

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! Good old Alberta winter!

 

^^^^ Buy snowtires. For that much snow I would. You can survive with all season but with that much snow I would buy snow shoes.

 

I run the same tires and live in the same general area. In NJ/NYC metro area, there are only a few days a year when it really snows and for most part you can get away with a decent set of A/S tires. If I lived in places like northern NY, New England and Canada I would have set of dedicated winter tires, 100%.