Snow tires thread? Just bought 4 General Altimax Arctic, and

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>>16256160
Yes

Hakkapeliitta master race reporting in

>>16256247
I wish I could afford those, I hear they are one of the best. If not the best brand.

I just ordered a set for my car to can't wait to see how they do.
I liked the design of the firestone winterforce but the general got better reviews.

>>16256160
>hould I be an asshole and go back and ask for them to replace the tire with a newer, to match the other 2?
yes
You paid for new tires

Can somebody redpill me on the studded Ipikes? I drive a lot of fresh snow and kind of need the tread depth. I know they're not the greatest on ice and bare pavement. I see a lot of shallow tread depth tires clogging up and spinning. The hakka's are nice but they seem to lack tread depth.

>>16256261

They are mostly a meme, any studded tire will do for the winter really. Finns just cant shut up about their Nokian.

>>16256160
>the tires are a year older than the rest.

New condition means they were not previously sold to someone else and then returned. I asked long ago about tires, and they said that they don't stock every tire naturally and order them from distributors. Thus some tires will have different manufacturing dates within 3 years of the purchase date. As long as it meets that, Sam's Club would sell them to me as new tires. Don't know about Costco's age policy for new tires.

That's what I was verbally told. I could find no written similar description at Sam's Club in the tire contract or website. Well, they work well enough for me so kept mine.

As long as the tires have those little rubber whiskers sticking out all over the tires, then you know it is physically not driven by someone else. Otherwise all those whiskers are worn off. That is my main method of verifying if a tire is "new" or not. No whiskers? Then it might be a returned tire since someone drove on them for ten miles and ground off all the whiskers. It took about 12 miles to lose my whiskers if you're curious how long they last on Continentals.

>>16256247
Hakkapelitta R2 or 8?

>>16256767
I double checked and two of the tires I couldnt find the manufacture date next to the DOT, it must be on the other side of the tire, facing the inwards. The other two in question, one was week 22 of 2016, and the old one was week 44 of 2015. I got them from Walmart, but I know the manager there, so maybe I can talk to him about getting me a new tire or something, or just suck it up and keep them.

>>16256811
>so maybe I can talk to him about getting me a new tire or something, or just suck it up and keep them.
As long as they are new tires, and not damaged in any way, let it be.
Don't be so fucking autistic. Shit, they'll sit in your garage after you take them off in a few months anyways

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>>16256412
This, big time.
Always been on 8-9/32 used winter tires with no problems.

Nokian are for bad drivers.

>200Ft/torque RWD MEAN MACHINE

>>16256811

>buying tires from walmart
>ever

I used to unload tire trailers for them. Old tires are the least of your worries. A lot had big chunks of rubber missing from the insides, I wouldn't be surprised if they patch them and mount them up.

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I absolutely cannot comprehend cold weather driving or snow. Seriously if it gets below 32 degrees here work and school is cancelled, the news makes public warnings about how you shouldn't go outside, and there are a hundred wrecks.

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Blizzak DM-V2s for lyfe

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>>16256412
>>16256855

mfw plebs compare random studded tires with hakkapulkalolitas.

>not even finn

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As a tire installer, no fuck off I'm busy enough as it is without some prick coming back in demanding the freshest tires like it's fucking fruit.

And no it wont matter in the long run with proper wheel rotations every 10 000 km as you will always have to replace in pairs minmium. Or if 4 wheel drive and especially all wheel drive you will have to replace all 4 at the same time. So if the older tire starts to develop cracks larger than 1 mm you can replace the pair instead of spending money on 4 then replace the other 2 next year.

>>16256357
Check local laws first if you are allowed to use studded tires on public roads

>>16257089
>Blizzak DM-V2
How do they compare to WS80?

>>16257132

Cheap studded tires > whatever studdless tires you got

They work well enough. You don’t need racekar/rally tires on a dd.

>>16256873
These ones were delivered by Fedex from one of their warehouses.

>>16257193
Can't say, never used WS80's. Though we had some freezing rain and these did pretty good.

Its probably safe to say both are pretty good options for winter, a bit pricey if that.

Am I a pleb for running hangook i-pike rs?

>>16257252
>hangook i-pike rs
Yes, General is better and cheaper.

Michelin X-Ice Xi3 reporting in

$200 each at Costco (Canada) but literally no snow on ground yet

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>>16257368
I hope its below 40, otherwise you're eating up your tread.

>>16257368
What size?

do i really need to get winter tires

i have all season tires. i mean. ive been driving for 10 some years now and ive never actually bought winter tires

>>16257401
You'll be doing yourself a favor

>>16257401
Think of it as extra insurance for your car. If you dont give a shit about your car dont bother. But Winter tires make a huge difference when it comes to stopping and controlling your car.

That doesn't matter OP. I'd say as long as the rubber "feels" the same before you do too much driving, they're close enough in age for it to not matter, so generally 2 years or so.

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>>16257373

Temperature is literally holding steady at high single digits in Celsius, been 7-9 degrees pretty much

That's like 46 Fahrenheit (8 degrees celsius)

And I've already put 5000 Kms on them, like 3000 miles baka

>>16257380

215 55 r17

2015 Toyota Camry LE with Upgrade package, alloy wheels 17 inch

>>16257193

The DMV-2 is more for bigger SUV's and light trucks, well the WS80 is more for CUV's and cars. You get some cross over sizes in the bigger cars/smaller SUV's, but other then that they keep them separated.

>>16257424
Leaf?

>>16257373

Rule of thumb is 7 degrees C road temps or lower wont cause any extra wear. Not sure what that converts to in burger, but you start to see more advantages in that area. Plus some areas can go from a strong 7C one day to below 0 and snowing the next day, so its better safe then sorry at that point anyway.

>>16257431

Si señorita

Hamilton Ontario

>>16257438
You're good, we gonna get hit with some cold weather next week.

>>16257438
>>16257444
Serious?

t. burlington fag

>>16257449
Yup I am western NY, and we got some cold shit coming our way.

>>16257452
Excellent

>>16257444
>>16257449

All I see on google weather is Sunday rain and showers 6pm to Monday morning 3am

I don't even drive during that time but I guess I'll have to baka

>>16257456
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/weakening-polar-vortex-may-yield-longer-harsher-winters-in-north-america/70000025

>>16257463

Interesting

Well I am hoping for lots of snow

>>16257473
You and me both, cuz I just dropped 400 on my winter tires.

>>16257480
Haha same another anon from western ny. They come in next Monday

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>>16256261
The best tire for where I live atleast. If I saw less ice I'd probably buy Continental

>>16256803
8 SUV, 245/70/16

>>16256855
>>16257197
When did maximizing traction become a problem?

>>16257449
Burlington here too. Live near downtown. X-ice3 on steelies is one of the best 4chan memes I fell for.

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Coworker is complaining that its too slippery on the roads currently

Do you guys have any idea what the problem might be?

>>16259253

Natural selection, maybe

>>16257373
That's outdated mom science. Good modern winter tires can be driven in warm weather (within reason) without suffering extra wear and tear.

>>16259253
>16 year old tires
Hopefully he just kills himself.

>>16256412
Clearly never experience Nokian killer grip.

>>16257766
>When did maximizing traction become a problem?

Its like you don`t want to get hektik, or something.

>>16259277

Not tires that are goid on ice. Nokian WRs are not in the same category as Blizzak ice tires.

>>16259343
Its a damned Hilux - I can get that rear out anytime I want

>>16259367
Fact.

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>>16259367

You can also pop it on 2 wheels

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>>16259470
I thought that was common knowledge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoHbn8-ROiQ

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>>16257074
Currently -10f will be -25 to -30 tomorrow. I'll drop my kid off at school on monday as usual.
>>16259362
agreed an ice tire will wear like cheese at higher temps

>>16259540
Where are you? We've been having shit stability... two days ago it was 32F/0C, today -10C/14F, and soon they're saying it might drop to -16F/-27C

Damn, all this talk about snow tires makes me want for some snow....

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Continental WinterContact SIs reporting in. Now my SS stands for "Snow Sport" right?

>>16261534

Be careful on wet roads or even dry pavement. They're not Pilot Sports. But I'm sure you know this.

I use Nokian WRs on my Subaru. I get along great in Northern Ohio winters, but they are noisy and don't grip in rain as well as some better all-seaons. They're much better in snow and OK on ice, so it's a nice tradeoff.

If I lived in some place that had lots of freezing rain or awful winters (eg UP Michigan) I'd go with Blizzaks or Winter Ice's.

>>16261551
I'm in s/e MI so snow isnt crazy, basically same as you, maybe even less since I dont really have a lake erie west of me.

i dunno, all reviews were positive about the cont's so i figure im nearly, if not am, as well off as i can be without studs.

i drove a bald-tired, no-weight-in-the-back F150 through many winters and never had trouble. granted it had better clearance but that aside, i'm probably at least better off that that

>>16259253
Needs TPMS sensors

I've got a set of Continental Wintercontacts, and a set of Blizzak LM001's and both are round the top of their class in tests.

Both are okay up to 210km or 130mph.

Wet traction on the Bridgestones is a bit better and testers claim the Conti's are marginally better in snow. Though I haven't thoroughly tested them each in snow.

>>16259253

Holy shit how have those tires not disintegrated yet? They should be dried husks