Snow tires

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imported_Devilsown

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With winter fast approaching I am in need of snow tires. I got a second set of wheels now I need to wrap them with a kick arse snow tire. I will be putting on 215/45/17. Or maybe a 205, not all to sure yet, I've read you want a skinny snow tire in order to punch through the snow and get the pavement, but not all to sure. This will be my first true winter. So what's a good snow tire, its for a mini cooper s



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Yeah, dropping down to a more narrow size can work very well (I usually do that). Plus, IMO this is *not* an application where you want a short/stiff sidewall anyhow.



I'm always happy with Blizzaks, but they really are a *SNOW*/ice tire and they're not so great on dry pavement. Plus, they'll wear pretty fast on dry roads too.



My FWD minivan, with Blizzaks, was better in the winter than my AWD/4WD vehicles with regular tires (so much so that I always run snows on those vehicles too).



The latest Consumer's Reports (with whom I almost always disagree on topics where I know my stuff...) rated a whole bunch of winter tires better than the Blizzaks, so you might oughta talk with one of the friendly, helpful people at the TireRack. They've hardly *ever* steered me wrong. The tech behind such stuff changes all the time, and there might be some new tires that're really great.
 
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