Winter drive feels super slippery

[Mach-Lee]

I'm next door in Wisconsin. I run the Michelin X-Ice snow tires in the winter. With those, the car is very planted, and skidding is at a minimum. I use 1PD Whisper just fine in the snow, I only disable 1PD in the most extreme conditions. The only time I have trouble is with ice, but ice is hard for any tire without studs. The X-Ice were a huge improvement over the stock tires which had very poor snow traction.

If you don't want to swap tire sets each fall or spring, then I think the best recommendation is to run Michelin CrossClimate or Pirelli Scorpion WeatherActive tires year-round.

I'm not sure if you are saying you have the original summer tires on, because that would be insane in Minnesota right now! If so, almost any other non-summer tire would be a HUGE improvement! There is no way in heck I would even leave my garage with summer tires on in winter. I'd probably slide down my driveway.

Also, I second the opinion to please refrain from posting AI-generated content. Especially if it's something you are not knowledgeable about. Just search or ask for recommendations, and if it's AI-generated content, it should be quoted so it's clear it's not your voice.

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[canuck1975]

@gokulmig Define "Winter"....

Do you mean this? (That's my garage Ring cam from earlier this week...).

If so, then full winters. If temps regularly drop below 7c, you need full winters. Well, maybe not "need", depends on your tolerance for risk.

That's not very YYZ if them. Shouldn't they be out whining to neighbours about the snow?

I say this as someone who moved down the QEW to be able to afford a house.

For OP, after much research, I went with Michelin X-Ice for my GT. I had Felkens on my Select and the X-Ice are significantly better.

 

[MacherAWD]

@gokulmig Define "Winter"....

Do you mean this? (That's my garage Ring cam from earlier this week...).

If so, then full winters. If temps regularly drop below 7c, you need full winters. Well, maybe not "need", depends on your tolerance for risk.

I've done that! Snow day in HS, only I pulled my friend across a field, so much fun!

 

[gokulmig]

I'm next door in Wisconsin. I run the Michelin X-Ice snow tires in the winter. With those, the car is very planted, and skidding is at a minimum. I use 1PD Whisper just fine in the snow, I only disable 1PD in the most extreme conditions. The only time I have trouble is with ice, but ice is hard for any tire without studs. The X-Ice were a huge improvement over the stock tires which had very poor snow traction.

If you don't want to swap tire sets each fall or spring, then I think the best recommendation is to run Michelin CrossClimate or Pirelli Scorpion WeatherActive tires year-round.

I'm not sure if you are saying you have the original summer tires on, because that would be insane in Minnesota right now! If so, almost any other non-summer tire would be a HUGE improvement! There is no way in heck I would even leave my garage with summer tires on in winter. I'd probably slide down my driveway.

Also, I second the opinion to please refrain from posting AI-generated content. Especially if it's something you are not knowledgeable about. Just search or ask for recommendations, and if it's AI-generated content, it should be quoted so it's clear it's not your voice.

I did quote about it in the first sentence of my post that I asked AI and continued to ask this group if that what all you have tried or experienced.

 

[GreaseMonkey]

I did quote about it in the first sentence of my post that I asked AI and continued to ask this group if that what all you have tried or experienced.

You’re not being specific enough in your question. What type of tires are you driving on? How good is your remaining tread? I think you’re on continental a/s but only by the look of your wheels. And mileage doesn’t mean anything. We need the tread depth to tell.

To have great traction in Minnesota winter conditions, you need winter tires. Can you get by with all seasons? Probably. But this nonsense about the car being planted because it’s heavy is just that: nonsense. You need the right rubber compound and enough tread. Nothing beats winter tires.

Like many here, I have a set of Michelin X-Ice and they’ve been great for the past four seasons. I have them installed on dedicated OEM 19” wheels, which fit great over my brembo brake calipers. I stay on 1-pd unbridled and deal with some slippage when I aggressively get off the accelerator pedal. But 2-pd in Whisper is better for the uninitiated. It gives you more room for error.

 

[MellowJohnny]

I've done that! Snow day in HS, only I pulled my friend across a field, so much fun!

To be honest that's how we got to high school many many winter days. In our suburb in Montreal the roads were plowed, but not generally salted. So we skitched / bumper hitched to school by holding on to the nice, solid steel bumpers of the old GMC city busses. Must have been five or six of us holding on at a time, all the way to school.

 

[Beerbronco]

Thanks I will search for the thread on the tires , I am at 25k miles, I was just using AI to see what it recommendeds but still value experienced members recommendations here

Living in Colorado I switched out the stock tires before this winter because the first 2 years no problems but I could tell from new to when they started to wear. I went with CC and the drive is great even though we have had minimal snow this winter.

 

[celestial_knight]

I turn off 1 pedal in active snow and switch to Whisper already, I have good instincts

I am resigned to getting a truck or off roader before I go sliding around in the snow

That said, depending on conditions you can go 80+ on the highway with a regular car on packed light snow cover

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