Snow question

kenchan · 02-13-2013, 01:54 PM

if you get more than an inch of snow you'll want to run snow tires. if less than an inch or your area has good snow plow service, you might be able to get away with tires by Continental called DWS. D = dry, W = wet, S = snow.

I actually tested this tire on my front wheel drive dd this winter in our snowbelt state, and it's been doing pretty good. not as good as snow tires in deep snow, but quite good.

here's a good site to get your tires.

Tire Rack - Your performance experts for tires and wheels

also check out locally:

www.discounttire.com

for snow tires i recommend the Bridgestone LM60.

JARblue · 02-13-2013, 01:58 PM

Congratulations on the safe trip and

My wife had no trouble driving the Z in 5" heels... manual transmission

It seems Blizzaks are generally the snow tire of choice around the forum, but don't take this Texan's word for it. If you can avoid driving in the snow for the rest of the winter season, you may be able to put off new tires until you need them or until next winter. At that point you may just want some high quality all season tires if you don't see too much snow or can avoid driving in it (i.e. public transportation or boyfriend drives you).

Or as Kenchan recommends the Conti DWS

kenchan · 02-13-2013, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JARblue

Congratulations on the safe trip and

My wife had no trouble driving the Z in 5" heels... manual transmission

It seems Blizzaks are generally the snow tire of choice around the forum, but don't take this Texan's word for it. If you can avoid driving in the snow for the rest of the winter season, you may be able to put off new tires until you need them or until next winter. At that point you may just want some high quality all season tires if you don't see too much snow or can avoid driving in it (i.e. public transportation or boyfriend drives you).

Or as Kenchan recommends the Conti DWS

mr. jar - if it's very light snow less than 1inch, i think the Z can handle it no problem with the DWS. my dd's front wheel drive, so it can handle a lot deeper snows even with the DWS.

but anything deep, i recommend the LM60's for the Z.

cossie1600 · 02-13-2013, 02:17 PM

That's what I used before the Blizzard, the roads had about 3" at the time

alcheng · 02-13-2013, 02:55 PM

I will simply suggest a set of good snow tires for this 300+hp RWD sports car.

cossie1600 · 02-13-2013, 03:16 PM

This helps in the snow

02-13-2013, 01:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 44 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684441	Congratulations on the safe trip and My wife had no trouble driving the Z in 5" heels... manual transmission It seems Blizzaks are generally the snow tire of choice around the forum, but don't take this Texan's word for it. If you can avoid driving in the snow for the rest of the winter season, you may be able to put off new tires until you need them or until next winter. At that point you may just want some high quality all season tires if you don't see too much snow or can avoid driving in it (i.e. public transportation or boyfriend drives you). Or as Kenchan recommends the Conti DWS __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

02-13-2013, 03:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 30	This helps in the snow kenchan and GaleForce like this.

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02-13-2013, 01:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	if you get more than an inch of snow you'll want to run snow tires. if less than an inch or your area has good snow plow service, you might be able to get away with tires by Continental called DWS. D = dry, W = wet, S = snow. I actually tested this tire on my front wheel drive dd this winter in our snowbelt state, and it's been doing pretty good. not as good as snow tires in deep snow, but quite good. here's a good site to get your tires. Tire Rack - Your performance experts for tires and wheels also check out locally: www.discounttire.com for snow tires i recommend the Bridgestone LM60.

02-13-2013, 02:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 30	That's what I used before the Blizzard, the roads had about 3" at the time

02-13-2013, 02:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
alcheng A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Toronto Posts: 28,894 Drives: 2011 ZR PW w/Clutch Rep Power: 418353	I will simply suggest a set of good snow tires for this 300+hp RWD sports car.