My 2015 Honda Fit is on its third set of tires. In slippery weather it's a nightmare. If the road is just a little slippery the tires are spinning. It's just not safe.

I'd replace it now if I could find a replacement im interested in that doesn't include a market adjustment above the MSRP. But I can't. So I'm in for another winter in my Fit.

Can anyone recommend tires that will perform the best is rain/snow/ice? I mean it's a really light cat so I'm not expecting a miracle but I'd like to get the best (safest) I can get for another winter.

 

Best all around all year tires.

Check your local Discount Tires.

 

No.
If you're looking for really good winter traction then you really need a separate set of winter tires. "All season" tires aren't and they've been somewhat displaced by "all weather" tires which are better in the winter still not as good as dedicated winter tires. I have a set of studded winter tires which I change over to for the winter up here.

 

The problem with separate winter tires is that they do no good when the weather is bad they're not on. What I mean is that the worst driving experience in my Fit was in mid-late April this year (Chicago area). I set of to work. Got halfway to the interstate and realized to road I was on was a sheet of ice and the wind actually pushed my car sideways because of how slick it was. April may not be perfect weather but I generally don't expect conditions like that and would have taken off winter specific tires before then. So separate tires for the winter wouldn't help.

 

"April may not be perfect weather but I generally don't expect conditions like that and would have taken off winter specific tires before then."

Easy solution - don't take off your winter tires until winter is over. You don't go by the calendar, you go by the conditions in the place you live and drive. Some parts of the US have a month of "winter," other places I've lived (e.g., WY) have 8+ months of "winter." I'm in MA now and run winter tires from around Thanksgiving to late April-early May.

Look at it this way - what's worse, running your winter tires for an extra month or crashing on your commute because you took them off a week too early?

As for winter tire recommendations, there are many posts here. If you want to spend money for the best, I think Michelin X-ice are top rated. Bridgestone Blizzaks are also good. I put a set of Nokian Hakkapeliittas on my wife's car a few years ago and they're also really good. If you have a bit less money, I used General Altimax Arctics on a Toyota Yaris hatchback (even lighter than a Fit) and it was unstoppable in Syracuse, NY, winter conditions. I regularly drove past Subarus and 4x4 SUVs and trucks stuck in the snow or spun off in the ditch.

When it comes down to it, any set of decently-rated dedicated winter tires will outperform all-season tires on cold, wet, icy, or snowy roads. Anyone who tells you different is either a daredevil psycopath or doesn't do a lot of driving in real winter conditions.

You can read winter tire reviews to tailor your tire purchase to your most common winter conditions (e.g., cold and wet vs icy vs deep snow), as noted by the poster above who mentioned using studded winter tires in Manitoba. If possible, I always recommend a separate set of winter rims (steelies are fine) to make the swap easier. If you want something a little fancier, you have dozens of styles of older Civic, Integra, and Mini alloy rims to choose from, often at bargain prices.

 

Here we get scorching hot summers, lots of winter snow and ice, basically We get it all.
My Nokian WRG4 tires have been more than impressive.

https://www.nokiantires.com/all-weat...SAAEgIyWfD_BwE

 

The way you drive also has a bearing on how your car handles. Even with super duper snow tires you have to drive more carefully and SLOWER. Even if the roads are salted and plowed.

My Yokohama Avid Ascend GT tires are great in all weather conditions and all seasons.

 

Yes you gotta adjust our driving habits but tires make a huge difference. All of Drew21 recommendations are excellent, I personally run X Ice snows and Xi3s before that.

I live in Canada and even with the warmer weather, there are black ice days where all seasons just don’t have any traction. There’s a hill near my old apartment that you cannot get up without winter tires on.

The physics of it also means that even if you’re 100% perfect in your driving, you will not be able to stop as quickly or steer around a sudden obstacle. Doesn’t matter if your reaction time is perfect, if an accident happens in front of you or someone comes barrelling through an intersection at the bottom of a hill, all seasons won’t do squat.

 

I have Bridgestone WeatherPeak tires on my '19 Fit EX. Have been great in my NEOhio weather.

 

+1
I also run Michelin X-Ice tires.
Overall, a fantastic tire that's well suited to most driving needs.

 

I upgraded to these tires two years ago for my winter set up. Really love how they handle in the snow/wet.

 

Directional Cooper Evolution Winter T 88 rated that are studdable . Plenty of deep sipes to base of the tire . Can be purchased for well under $110 and usually get a rebate in the late fall to ease the cost .