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If you want a real performance tire for 9/10ths of the time, something you'd enjoy driving at an autox, consider the Pilot Super Sport. Michelin even has a tread life warranty (30k) on it, and it is very close to Star Spec in dry conditions but at the same time a much more comfortable every day tire. I'd get a set of those and then buy a really cheap set of wheels and get pure snow tires (assuming this is a car you want to actually drive in winter conditions) on them, swapping those on to the car the day before an expected winter event and leaving them on for a month or two. The difference between an all-season and a performance snow tire is substantial. Anyway, a plan like this gives you the best of both worlds.

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Current stable:
2019 BMW M2 Competition slicktop 6MT
2011 BMW M3 sedan slicktop 6MT
2007 BMW 328i wagon (slushbox for now)
1975 CanAm 125MX2

Yeah, I found the wheels on Craigslist, but didn't know if the prices were reasonable. Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it.

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"Build a man a fire and he'll stay warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll stay warm the rest of his life."
'93 Subaru Legacy DIRTBOMB
'98 BMW M3
2013 Rallyx Co-VP

A lot of this has already been said. Two sets will give you the best of everything. A summer set that maximizes performance when ground temps are above 45 and a sset of winter tires to be run the rest of the time. The term snow tires can be misleading. They are really winter tires. The rubber compounds in winter tires stay soft and grippy when it is cold the same way your summer tires do when it is warm. The added sipes help the tire clean out the snow and slush when the weather does turn.

All seasons are a compromise. Suppossedly you are getting a tire that can do everything. But you will give up some "summer performance" and some "winter capability".

My recommendations for an all-season tire would be the Conti DWS or Michelin Pilot Sport A/S. The Bridgestone 960s are great too, but I haven't seen anything on the new model yet. Both Michelin and Continental will honor the mileage warranties on staggered fitment vehicles but it is reduced to 50%. So the Contis for example on your car would be warrantied for 25K.

Hope that helps some.

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1993 Crystal White Miata ST 27 - Slow, but always finishes
2006 Flint Mica Metallic Lexus LS430 - Pure luxury
2005 Toyota Sienna XLE - The "new" Mobile Closet, Sandbox and Grocery Getter

Hey if you need tires, I know a guy....

Jeb,

Can you give examples of winter tires that work well for solid axle rwd wide tire cars like Mustangs or irs rwd cars cars like BMW's?

As you said, all seasons don't cut it but my old Dunlop Graspic "snows" are not desirable for good "winter" weather due to extremely "mushy" response and questionable braking in dry/wet conditions.

For my next set of "snow" tires I would like something that has "enough" accel and braking traction on snow and our wet ice.

I'm hoping to "need" 18's for a 5.0 Mustang this winter.

Thanks,

Dick

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Dick Rasmussen

FS 50 2018 Mustang GT

Dick.

I would say the Bridgestone Blizzak LM-60 or the Michelin Primacy Alpin PA3 should be fine. I have a few cusotmers that run one of these on rear wheel drive applications.

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1993 Crystal White Miata ST 27 - Slow, but always finishes
2006 Flint Mica Metallic Lexus LS430 - Pure luxury
2005 Toyota Sienna XLE - The "new" Mobile Closet, Sandbox and Grocery Getter

Hey if you need tires, I know a guy....