Originally Posted by
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For the driving you describe, Blizzak DMV2 or Hakka R3 are the ultimate in performance.
If you rarely have exposed pavement and are always driving on ice and hardpack between fresh snows, that is when studded is worth it over stud-less (which truly do have comparable performance on hardpack/ice). I'd choose a Hakka studded for top studded performance.
Mich Xi3 is the preferred long life studdless snow. Hankooks seems to be the budget choice.
Whatever you get: narrow your section width by 10-20mm, so if you were a 265/65/17, a 245/75/17 will give you much more performance because in deeper stuff, instead of planing or getting pushed around, you will cut through slush and get the tire on the road surface. Narrowing the section width also offers the opportunity to lower the tire height which gives you less snow tire squirlies on the corners and a lower center of gravity. Dropping your ride height can be a good idea unless you frequently are encountering snow that is near or above your car's clearance.
This. Well said and put together.
I experienced this first hand when I moved from Eastern WA to Western. Although it was kinda fun to side-slide/power-spin through wet concrete curves with worn Hankook studded. Not fun knowing that traction wouldn’t be there if needed in an evasive manuever.
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