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[holmes]

nokians all the way, i live in the mountains and will never use anything else ever again in the snow, they are a dream, i drive a ford escape....holmes*

[Damien]

Agreed with the skinnier tire comment.

I run 215-45-17 in the spring, summer and fall and 205-50-16 in the winter.

I ALWAYS run all four winter tires.  Makes no sense to me why people don't spend the extra money and do all four at the same time.  Your tires are being used 100% of the time, why would you skimp out there of all places?

[camtheman]

I bought an extra set of wheels for her car, the winter I use 16" wheels instead of the 17" summers.
The winter tire is narrower and has more side wall for cushion in bad pot holes.
Now I change them out myself and the expensive summer tires will last much longer.

and for the people that think they have "true 4x4" hate to say it, but its not true 4x4.

not unless your locked front and back
but then have  fun on pavement

[Matt]

not unless your locked front and back
but then have  fun on pavement

a locked rear isn't bad, but locked front, thats a whole other kettle of fish.

As for BFG all terrains, good on gravel and light rock, hard wearing, bad in thick mud, pretty good when new in snow, hard wearing but once they wear down a bit they loose a fair bit of wet road traction.  Only decent on ice when worn down a bit (~60%).  Tough tire.

Skinny tires almost always outperform wide tires, narrow works best in snow, mud especially.  Tire cuts through the slop to get down to harder ground, also, doesn't hydroplane on slush.  I ran 31x10.5s on a 4500lbs truck which was too wide for that weight of truck, I run the same tire on a 6000lbs truck and it works better.  Would run a 235/85r16 if I had the cash to lay out for new tires.

[mzmann]

X2 on the Nokians.....after switching to them last winter I will never again buy anything else!....mind you it also helps that the missus works for Kal tires corporate office and the Nokians are what they ask all their employees to get as they say they want only the best for their employees.....not to mention the extremely good discount we get with her job!!

[prairiefire]

I'm running Yokohama Geolander A/T-S  235/75/R15 on my Delica. They seem to get me anywhere I need to go. I've been fishing and snowboarding for over 20 years and I've never had to throw chains on. Not saying there were times I should have. 

[camtheman]

Agreed with the skinnier tire comment.

I run 215-45-17 in the spring, summer and fall and 205-50-16 in the winter.

I ALWAYS run all four winter tires.  Makes no sense to me why people don't spend the extra money and do all four at the same time.  Your tires are being used 100% of the time, why would you skimp out there of all places?

you agree but yet your winter tires are wider?

[Danube Boy]

you agree but yet your winter tires are wider?

How is that?
205mm < 215mm......no?

[Matt]

you agree but yet your winter tires are wider?

205s are narrower than 215s