Originally Posted by BoilerUpXFire
John, I am going to have to keep it real and say anyone who wanted to get the most from their car, and still has to drive it in any real winter weather needs 2 sets of tires - period.
20s for the sun
OEM size blizzaks for the snow
Well I agree with this... Well about having diffrerent tires at least. I have my summer tires Hankook Ventus V12 Evo K110 on during the summer, then during winter I have stock wheels with contis on the front (225/40/18) and blizzak lm-25's on the rear (265/35/19). I just replaced the original contis from the SRT at almost 30k miles. I put on the original contis from my N/A (wrecked 4/09) that have 11k on them...and a lot of tread. I expect them to last another 15k miles at least. I am a big fan of the Hankooks but I will not be running summer tires on the front until I move somewhere that sees less than an inch of snow a year. Otherwise I'm a big fan of the Hankooks, very good tire with good wear, and pretty good traction.