I just felt like commenting on how good the Michelin's that come equipped on the HHR SS from the factory are in winter. Very pleased.

 

I respectfully disagree, I got stuck twice on my flat driveway in about 4" of snow. With proper snows the only that stops me is ground clearance.

 

Fair enough MusicGuy. Sorry to hear that. Does anybody else have any good or bad stories?

 

They worked for me around town, but now that I moved further from work I wanted the added security. I also noticed last year I spent some time with a few other members and the more miles you got on the tires the worse they are. Last winter I only had about 8k miles on them. I now have quite a few more miles.

 

Ditto Musicguy. Stuck on the flat driveway last year in the snow. Also, the spin a lot for me on dry pavement rolling hard accelerations. Put new Nitto NT850 A/S today. Ride home has a lot more traction. Hopefully, they will work better in snow. I believe my Pilots (stock) were summer tires not A/S.

Also, not pushing Nittos; just went with the advice of the tire guy and compared tread, price, ... and chose these.

 

Sorry the Michelin went by by when I added stg1. I have had 5 different tires on this car, conti-dws, eagle f-1's, potenza 760's,Gmax 03, the Michelin didn't even work in the rain, leave alone snow.

 

stock tires were trash .. fell apart , chunks came out , and i could spin em all day long with the GMS1 .. i got the GMAX 03s now , love em

 

I am going into my 1st winter in my SS, I live in baltimore and would like any advice from locals as to whether I need snow tires.

 

I just got my HHR SS, and I would not have even attempted running the Michelins in the snow. I didn't get my winters on in time and got caught in an early snow here and it was terrible. I have a a friend with a HHR SS and he has blizzaks and swears by them.

 

My opinion... they are horrible in any weather condition. The stock SS's tires suck for what these vehicle's were designed for. In warm dry conditions, they just spin and would only hook up around 45mph, with just the turbo upgrade. In snowy conditions, traction was nonexistent. The first mod done on an SS should be better tires, imho.


Dave