Studded snow tires

[VehiGAZ]

Okay, I take it all back - studded snows are an EXCELLENT idea to avoid ramming Neons and for people who have never driven on snow before!

[mbeach]

LOL,
My wife is not an ice driver either. I was initially buying the Nokians for her VX, and decided to get them for mine as well.

I don't think that that price is for the same tires that I have, mine cost just about $300 each (18"). I'm certain that they would be better priced in a 16" size.

This site was indispensable:
http://www.snowtire.info/

Based on their recommendations, I went searching for the Green Diamond tires, using the Yokohama M/T as a base. These were unavailable up here, so I decided just to eat the cost and buy Blizzaks. Well, I didn't want to give up my 18's (this all makes sense later), and the Blizzak DM-Z3 (18") cost over $300 a corner. Since I was already spending the money, I figured that I'll go with a premium brand ice/snow tire.

These are the tires I have:

The ones on the left are the 'new pattern'. These are the ones that I was sent. My only complaint is the tread void size. The voids are 1/4 to 1/2 an inch across, which is coincidentally the exact same size as the gravel that is spread on the roads here (we don't use salt -too cold). These tires fling rocks-a-plenty and they are tearing up my mudflaps.