So what does Légaré in all his ice racing driver experience recommend for winter tires? “The Pirelli Ice Zero FR, the Nokian Hakkapeliitta, the Michelin X-Ice and the Toyo GSi-6 with its crushed walnut shells.” (We weren’t joking about the walnut tech.)īetter yet, what does Légaré stick on the rims of his own daily driver? The highest-end studded winter tires he can find. Try this after an ice storm on your city’s streets!” If you play hockey, you know you can walk on ice without falling. “If you want my personal advice, the ice of a skating rink is never as slippery as black ice or wet ice. Sylvain Légaré doesn’t believe too much in this “indoor” ice testing. “We test the braking from 10 mph (16 km/h) and no, we never crashed a car - although we sometimes came very close,” Eugene Petersen, Consumer Reports’ tire program manager, told us. You have to know Consumer Reports, based in Connecticut, is testing winter tires in a local indoor ice skating ring. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Otherwise, you’ll affect your vehicle’s stability and, in the long run, the whole integrity of your vehicle’s traction systems.) That means the tire has undergone additional testing to ensure winter weather usability. With this symbol, a tire is considered severe snow service-rated. (Also, yes, you want four snow tires, not only two. This is a tire’s three-peak mountain snowflake symbol and is stamped on the sidewall of tires that meet required performance criteria in snow testing. The best “cold-weather tire” advice we can give you? First off, since a set of four winter rubbers will last you an average 40,000 km (three or four years) make the effort to visit a couple of tire stores. (We shop for a new car for weeks, even months, comparing models, options, reading reviews - how come we don’t put half that effort into buying the only thing keeping that well-chosen car on the road?) Your winter tires can’t do it all The bad news: You’ll have to work harder than just walking into any big-box store a few hours before a snowstorm to hastily choose what you think is the best quality-priced winter tires. “Many tires in the market today achieve levels approaching 130 per cent so there can be quite a range between tires that meet the minimum and the ones that perform at the higher levels,” explains Yutronkie. With this symbol, a tire is considered severe snow service-rated.
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