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I would actually never put any of these tires on a Z4, personally. I would stop at the Pilot Alpin / "performance winter" type of tire. Any of the tires from the X-Ice's studless category will move a Z4 up to its ground clearance. |
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I have tried 3 "performance" winter tyres and all three were terrible once tread wore down after a season or two.
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As for ground clearance I drive my car even though there is snow above bottom of my bumper, I act like a snowplow lol on some mornings when the plow didn't have time to pass. A bit of snow won't stop us Canadians Last edited by TheMidnightNarwhal; 11-09-2023 at 01:06 PM.. |
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Kal Tire has exclusive Nokian in Canada. Have had nothing but excellent service from them.
Nokian also has a sub brand that sells an older tread pattern that’s considerably less expensive. |
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It's minimal gain for high risk though, I tried them and yeah they feel better in the dry, sure, but not life changing. Then it snows or there's ice about and there's no fucking grip.
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Like I said in my OP and seems like many agree, I just want to get by winter as safely as possible, so my #1 priority is traction, and then long-lasting tires. I really couldn't care less about performance in winter because it's kinda crazy when anyone can just hit some black ice and then game over; if I'm going at a manageable speed, I have a better chance of recovering, and, believe me, I've had to do many saves due to circumstances beyond one's control...if I was really speeding, it may have not turned out so well. I enjoy spirited driving as much as the next guy, but no way in hell I'm doing any of that in real Cdn winter.
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The Alpin's worked great for me, but we never see real snow like you guys do in Canada.
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I use Michelin X-ice on my 1M. They are incredible.
the snow and ice grip with Nokias Hakkapelitta was better—but the dry grip and warmer temp grip was awful on the Nokians .
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For anyone who doesn't believe the Michelin's are equals to the Nokian or Bridgestones. The performance of all the top tires are extremely close. |
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That's quite picturesque, whereabouts do you live w that nice, what, 1/8" snow? I love having 4 seasons, but those (sometimes) 1'+ snowfalls here are quite unbearable and treacherous.
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These are the best, I live in the mountains in CO and have had them all. Blizzak would be my second choice. Keep in mind this is more for snow. If you just need them for cold conditions and a little snow a few times a years Perelli will drive the best in the cold, but do ok with snow
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I had the high performance LM blizzaks before. They sucked. I mean, if it was totally dry and cold, I'm sure they'd be fine, but it's not and conditions here are nasty enough that you need a real winter tire. Sure, you are "limited" to 100mph or so speed rating, but going that fast in these conditions is out of the question anyway. I'd never buy those high performance winter tires again, just no real point IMO.
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We get 1-3" a few times a season, nothing huge (except once in 1979 we got 25" in a day). That pic was taken for fun, I drove right back into the garage. Hey, I'm a photographer, what can I say?? The Last Hurrah by Andrew Thompson, on Flickr |
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