2 or 4 snow tires

Kishore · #1 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 09:06 PM

Mostly driving in Richmond/Vancouver Flat Roads

Planning for snow tires this winter

Some say for a front wheel drive and not any highway driving
snow tires on the front only is good

suggestion please

Olyar15 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 11:16 PM

4 snow tires

Don't skimp on safety.

Wopasaurus · #3 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olyar15

4 snow tires

Don't skimp on safety.

this.

4 all season tires are safer than just 2 snow tires

Mela_SC · #4 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 10:34 AM

Of course 4 snow tires

awptickes · #5 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 10:59 AM

All four wheels need traction to maintain handling. 4 snow tires.

Some people get away with two, but they drive cautiously, and having driven on just front snow tires, and rear summer tires, I wouldn't recommend it, it makes the rear end just slide around everywhere and you'll have no control at speed.

kenchan · #6 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 02:12 PM

4 is the way to go. much better than 2.

Firebat666 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 07:03 PM

4 tires! 2 is unsafe!, if you only have snows on the front, the rears will loose traction LONG before the fronts, thus you will be going sideways off the road if you slip.... so unless you enjoy sideways driving/ crashing get 4!

grtpumpkin · #8 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 08:17 PM

This is the difference between Canada and the lower 48. There isn't a tire center or chain garage left in America that would even install two snow tires. They would at least make you sign a fifteen page "waiver of liability" agreement.

Kishore · #9 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awptickes

All four wheels need traction to maintain handling. 4 snow tires.

Some people get away with two, but they drive cautiously, and having driven on just front snow tires, and rear summer tires, I wouldn't recommend it, it makes the rear end just slide around everywhere and you'll have no control at speed.

Thanks for all the replies. Special thanks to awptickes - this is the reply I was looking for, some one who has driven on front snows and rear all season and will not recommend it. This is what this forum is about.

I will be purchasing four snow this week end - Michelin X-Ice Xi2

Quote:

Originally Posted by grtpumpkin

This is the difference between Canada and the lower 48. There isn't a tire center or chain garage left in America that would even install two snow tires. They would at least make you sign a fifteen page "waiver of liability" agreement.

I did not say that I will be purchasing two snows. I have four rims two with snows and two with all season over and above the four all seasons I am running. All got via Craiglist. (Mainly for the rims)
For sake of records no tire store will sell you two snown north of the 49th parallel also.

proudly Canadian

theFITMASTER · #10 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kishore

Mostly driving in Richmond/Vancouver Flat Roads

Planning for snow tires this winter

Some say for a front wheel drive and not any highway driving
snow tires on the front only is good

suggestion please

some say its ok to marry your cousin, most will disagree

ALL pros and experts and most civilians (i.e. no lazy cheap aszes) say 4 is the only way

i guess if u only had enough money to buy 2 then it's better than nothing
(i shoe is better than no shoe!)

j5ive · #11 (**permalink**) Yesterday, 04:44 PM

4 snow tires. It's actually worse to install just two snow tires on a FWD car. If you had to brake and the front has more traction than the rear, the tail will swing around.

Same with normal driving actually. But the better tires in the rear.