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es, I knew they were smaller, but getting 4 tires and rims for $600 was too good of a deal especially Michelin tires!! I still have the larger 215//17 tires and rims for the summer. the only difference I have seen is the speed/odometer is off by about 3mph, which I can live with. Te summer tires say 'all season' but they would not handle even a forecast of snow.
Just be careful when going through radar traps, account for the difference. Don't mix 16s and 17s, the ABS and traction control will complain.
"All Season" means all season down here where it rarely snows. I would think the law up there would be you need "Snow" tires, The just changed the law in VA 10=20 years ago. Now we don't get ticketed for getting stuck in snow without snow tires. I haven't seen non all season tires in a long time.
My HHR does fine in snow, except the wheel well clogs with snow and ice. I have all season tires - never had dedicated snow tires, even when I lived on the west side of Michigan where it snows practically everyday in some winter months. Often the limiting factor in snow driving is clearance, not traction. If it gets too high, I’m fortunate enough that I don’t need to go out, and if so, I have a SUV for those rare days.
Agreed. Mine got so much sludge in the wheel well I couldn't turn the wheel. Another time we got over a foot of snow and didn't see a plow for 7 days, my only problem mas the bumper wouldn't clear the snow on my street. Our street clearing people are not prepared for big snow (over 2 inches).
There are all-season tires that are good in the snow. Look for the “severe snow service” rating with the3-peak snowflake mark. There are not a lot of them, but they exist.
I want these, but don’t need them bad enough. My Pirelli P7 All-season+ do well enough and may last me the rest of my life.
Last edited by PulpFriction; 02-22-2022 at 11:12 PM.
Lowering springs, works for me! Never had an issue with depth of snow or crunching thru ruts! And Oldblue was driven everyday! Lowered a full 2” in the back and 1 3/4 inches up front.
I just ordered a set of Michelin Primacy A/S all weather tires for our 2018 Terrain, but we don’t drive it much.
The tire guru said the Cross Climates were noisy
My street had about 12 inches of frozen snow with 12 inch deep ruts from the 4 wheel drive trucks. The snow was frozen solid my bumper couldn't budge it. No problem with the all-season tires, work well in VA. Like I said; our snow removal folks aren't used to more than 2 inches in a week. A few weeks ago we got 4 inches all in about 2 hours then freezing rain under and over it the entire region was immobilized for a week. You guys up north wouldn't think twice about it.
That's just a morning frost for us.. (just kidding) ice and snow never mix well. last year we had 1/4 inch of ice with 10 inches of snow on top. I slipped getting into the car, broke 3 ribs and detached my lung. A whole new level of pain!! Kid called an Ambulance, which couldn't make it up to the house because of the ice. it was a long week of hurting, and 2 months to recover.
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