I'm not sure if i should go with snow tires or all season tires for this winter. Is the winter here mild enough so i dont have to burn through snow tires, or am i just asking for trouble. I want high treadwear but i dont want do die a snowy death.

How many seasons can you get out of a set of snows?

I'm not sure if i should go with snow tires or all season tires for this winter. Is the winter here mild enough so i dont have to burn through snow tires, or am i just asking for trouble. I want high treadwear but i dont want do die a snowy death.

How many seasons can you get out of a set of snows?

I cannot speak for Oshkosh, maybe some of the other guys in northern WI can speak up -

Winters in SE WI are typically mild. Couple of severe storms, but nothing terrible.

I would go with better all seasons than with dedicated snows based on the snow we get in SE WI. I had snows on my last cars, and I hated the way they affected handling.

Blizzak WS-50s. You should be able to get 3+ winters out of them. Thanksgiving to Easter seems to be a good winter tire season.

As a NW Indiana resident, I expect our winters are much less severe than yours.

Anyways, I've found the car to be not so fun in snow with all season tires. I've used snow tires for as long as I've owned the car. I got about 4 seasons out of my first set. Mileage can be estimated from my webpage vehicle history if you're interested.

Blizzak WS-50s. You should be able to get 3+ winters out of them. Thanksgiving to Easter seems to be a good winter tire season.


I have 4 of them - 205/70-16s. Used them for 4 winters. 99/00/01/02. They were balanced at the beginning of winter when mounted, and rotated as well. (12,000 miles on them - plenty of tread left)

They are mounted on steelies meant for a Bonneville (GM offset), but you could dismount the steelies if you want and put the tire on something else.

Let me know if they would work for you. I can take pics as well. If you are interested, PM me! Hopefully we can work something out!

Last winter was my first winter driving anything on snow tires. I will never go back to all seasons in the winter especially on a rwd car. Maybe some cheap all seasons on a crappy 50 dollar winter beater, but not anything I want to stay on the road.

I think i'll go with snows. I'm thinking Winterforce M+S.
Thanks for all the help!

You definitely need to go with Winter tires, not all-seasons. Remember, it's not just snow traction, it's COLD traction and it does get cold in up in the north. I've found that on the really cold days, even the all-seasons get too hard. Winter tires are the better way to go as they stay soft enough to do well. If you better performance, get the Dunlop Winter Sport M3's or the Blizzak LM-22/25's. Those are really good winter performance tires but aren't quite as soft so they won't force you to sacrifice handling.

I think i'll go with snows. I'm thinking Winterforce M+S.
Thanks for all the help!

Had those on my jeep last year. They were good for stopping and handling. Noise was not bad either. They wore great.

My only complaint was that they had less than ideal traction from a stop to get going. It wasn't bad enough where i ever got stuck, but there's something to be said about the more expensive snow tires.

Having said that, I'm probably going to get them again for the BMW this year.

My WS-50's have two full seasons on them, and I'm actually quite pleased with the treadwear. Now I do drive very easily on them, but I'm sure I could get two more full winters until I'm near the wear bars. If you're cool with taking it easy (driving wise) for a few months, I'd get the snows. And with your lighter winters, i'll put in another vote for the performance winter tires.